Man struggled with garda to prevent his car being seized
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A man who refused to give a garda his car keys after he was informed that his car was being seized was convicted at Ballina District Court this week for the obstruction of a peace officer and for road traffic offences.
Read more ...Mayo jobless numbers dropped last month
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
There has been a decline in the number of people in Mayo on the live register last month, with a reduction of 189 from 13,346 signing on in January of this year to 13,157 in February.
Read more ...Green’s revamp on RTÉ 1’s Retail Therapy
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Next Tuesday Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy will feature Claremorris family run department store Green's.
Read more ...Council to lease lands to Ballyhaunis soccer club
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
The Claremorris electoral area gave the go ahead to lease part of a green area at Station Rise in Ballyhaunis to the newly formed Ballyhaunis soccer club at its monthly meeting this week.
Read more ...Blacked out car windows leads to conviction
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A man whose car had blacked out windows, a bald tyre, and non conforming number plates was before Belmullet District Court on Wednesday.
Read more ...Jury discharged in Mayo barman rape case
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Mayo man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting two children in the pub where he worked as a barman has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict.
Read more ...Drunk woman tried to get into solicitor’s office
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
An intoxicated woman who tried to enter a Ballina solicitor’s locked office was before Ballina District Court this week for being intoxicated in a public place.
Read more ...Councillors call for CCTV in Ballinrobe
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Ballinrobe is need of a CCTV camera system according to a number of councillors who spoke at the monthly meeting of the Claremorris electoral area committee this week.
Read more ...Swinford man will spend St Patrick’s Day in Liberia with Trócaire
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Figures just released by Trócaire reveal that the Diocese of Killala donated €106,421 to its Lenten campaign last year, while the Diocese of Tuam donated €358,399, all with support from people in Mayo.
Read more ...Motorcyclist disqualified for cutting through roundabout
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A professional bus driver was disqualified for six months at Ballina District Court this week for carelessly driving his motorbike, after gardaí observed him driving around a roundabout anti-clockwise.
Read more ...St Anthony’s principal meets Oireachtas committee to discuss SNA cuts
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Yesterday (Thursday) a delegation from St Anthony’s Special School in Castlebar, along with a number of other special schools, met with the joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science in Leinster House to discuss the ongoing row over the axing of a number of special needs assistants jobs.
Read more ...Judge says Ireland would be better off without two Latvian thieves
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Two Latvians who between them went on a thieving spree in Roscommon, Galway, and Mayo, were before Ballina District Court on Tuesday following a break-in to a hairdresser’s in Ballina last month.
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