Mayo grandparents to go back to school

Fri, May 01, 2009

Thousands of Irish primary schoolchildren will soon find themselves sitting beside unlikely classroom companions – their own grandparents.

Man crashed into woman and children and drove off

Fri, May 01, 2009

A 37-year-old, who crashed into the back of a car — in which a mother and three children were travelling — and who left the scene, was before Ballinrobe District Court on Friday.

Conviction for overtaking on continuous white line

Fri, May 01, 2009

A man from Achill who was observed overtaking vehicles on a continuous white line was convicted and fined by Judge Mary Devins at Ballinrobe District Court on Friday.

Mayo woman experiences life at the Lyons Tea plantations in Kenya

Fri, May 01, 2009

Charlotte Fleming from Ballina, Co Mayo has travelled to Kenya and visited the Lyons Tea plantation, the first tea plantation in the world to earn Rainforest Alliance certification, meeting comprehensive environmental and social standards.

Man clocked doing 112kmph escapes conviction

Fri, May 01, 2009

A Kilmaine man who was detected doing 112kph in a 60kph zone was given the Probation Act and directed to pay a sum to charity after he contested that there was no proof that his was the car which was clocked.

Garda Patrick Forde outlined that on November 20 2008, while operating a speedcheck in Partry at 9.30pm a white Honda Integra being driven by Gerard Burke, Kilmaine, was clocked on a speedometer travelling at 112kph. Garda Forde said that he stopped the defendant and issued him with a fixed charge penalty notice, which was not paid.

Fifth class Castlebar students scoop top prizes in no-smoking competition

Fri, May 01, 2009

At an event in the Croke Park Conference Centre this week, Minister Aine Brady, newly appointed Minister of State for Older People and Health Promotion, awarded a first place prize to winning students Emma Horan, Sinead Mangan, and Roisin McEvoy and second place prize to student Khansa Akhtar, all from St Angela’s National School, Castlebar, at the inaugural Irish Cancer Society competition.

Influential Swedish golf journalists check Mayo facilities

Fri, May 01, 2009

A large group of influential golf writers from Sweden arrived in Mayo last week. They are all members of the important Swedish Golf Writers’ Association, here to experience at first-hand some of the fantastic golf courses on offer in counties Mayo and Sligo.

Westport House season family pass winners

Fri, May 01, 2009

Mayo winners
1. Alanna Halpin, 8 Chestnut Grove, Castlebar.

Junior Minister Calleary rises quickly through the political ranks

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

Dara Calleary’s rise through the political ranks continued apace this week with the announcement that he has been appointed a Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, with special responsibility for Labour Affairs. Calleary, who was elected to the Dáil for the first time at the last general election, has become the first junior minster to be appointed from the county since Tom Moffatt lost his Dáil seat as a sitting junior minister with responsibility for health in the 2002 general election.

Balaclava-clad men enter Glengad site with iron bars

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

The already tense situation at Glengad, Belmullet, between anti Shell activists and security staff working at the Shell compound, escalated on Wednesday night, April 22, when at approximately 11.30pm “up to 15 men wearing balaclavas and armed with iron bars and chains entered the compound and threatened the security staff,” according to a Garda statement.

Frank Chambers for Europe?

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

The shock news that sitting MEP Seán Ó Neachtain will not now be contesting the European Parliamentary Elections in June due to ill health has left Fianna Fáil in a tight corner and down a candidate with only just over six weeks to go to the election. The burning question is to who will they get to replace the former Galway school teacher on the ticket alongside the recently nominated Pascal Mooney.

Rottweiler broke loose and caused car accident

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

A Knock man was convicted and fined €500 after his Rottweiler broke loose from its chain at the back of the house and caused three cars to crash. Garda Donal Raftery told the court that he was called to the incident in the town at 12.30pm where three cars had been involved in an accident after Emmett Coyne of Lakehill, Knock, Claremorris’ dog broke loose from the back of his home.

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