Welder banned from driving for three years
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
A Latvian welder was banned from driving for three years and fined €750 at Claremorris District Court this week after he pleaded guilty to drink driving.
Read more ...Sentencing adjourned on learner driver until January
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Judge Mary Devins adjourned sentencing this week on a Ballinrobe man who pleaded guilty to driving without insurance. Thomas Ackroyd, Carrowkeel, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, was detected after being involved in an accident at Scardaun, Claremorris, on November 23 2009.
Read more ...Con man who swindled €390,000 pleads guilty to theft of a van
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
A Galway man currently serving five years in prison, for his part in a con operation where an elderly Galway woman was swindled out of €390,000, pleaded guilty to theft of a van from Claremorris motor auctions this week. Con Murphy with an address at 116 Castle Park, Ballybane, originally pleaded not guilty to the charge in court, but changed his plea to guilty because he told the court he wanted to get it sorted out and get on with his life.
Read more ...Mayo County Council engineer being investigated
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
A senior executive engineer with Mayo County Council is to be formally investigated by the Standards in Public Office Commission — the first investigation into any public service working for the State — for two allegations.
Read more ...Prison for man who failed to pay compensation
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
A Ballyhaunis man who was in court in June, and given a chance to pay compensation to two injured parties for criminal damage he caused to their property, was sentenced to three months in prison this week in Claremorris District Court after failing to pay any monies.
Read more ...O’Mahony calls for extension of free childcare scheme
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has said that he believes the free pre-school scheme should be extended to cover the summer months when working parents have to juggle both work and care of their children.
Read more ...Fianna Fáil has dragged Ireland back to the eighties — Ring
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
“Ireland is losing an entire generation as its best and brightest are shipped abroad to escape the unemployment crisis,” Fine Gael social protection spokesman Dep Michael Ring has warned. Deputy Ring was speaking after new CSO figures showed the highest net emigration levels since 1989, and unemployment at 13.2 per cent between April and June.
Read more ...A Gap Year Gift from grandparents
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
As Grandparents’ Day falls this Sunday, the elderly need to be aware of the vital role they can play in building bridges between the rich and poor, both in Ireland and internationally. That is according to Cartan Finegan, founder of the Gap Year Gift, a novel philanthropic endeavour which encourages people to make their bequests to their grandchildren contingent on their spending six months assisting a charity in the third world or in Ireland.
Read more ...The arts need to be protected — Ring
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Fine Gael spokesperson on social protection, Deputy Michael Ring has said that his party will support the arts in Government, pointing to the sector’s vital role in Irish society.
Read more ...Belmullet energy company tipped for global success after €2.5 million ESB funding award
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
A Mayo lighting company has received a massive investment of €2.5 million from the ESB to help develop the company’s international profile and expand its customer base. SELC, which stands for superior electronic lighting controllers, is chaired and managed by award-winning entrepreneur Sean Noone who operates the business from a state-of-the-art purpose built high tech facility in the Udaras na Gaeltachta business park in Belmullet, where it currently employs 45 people.
Read more ...Connolly welcomes funding for Claremorris green area
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
Claremorris Fine Gael councillor Tom Connolly has welcomed the allocation of funding for the improvement of the green area at Clareville Estate, Ballindine Road, Claremorris.
Read more ...Second stage of Ballina traffic management plan to kick in
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
The second stage of the Ballina traffic management plan will be implemented at the end of the month with a number of changes in the direction that traffic may travel on streets in the town. The new management plan, which is the second phase of the development, will come into effect on Wednesday September 29 at 8am. The plan is aimed at discouraging through-traffic from the centre of the town when it has no business in the town. Streets that will be affected include Tone Street, Hill Street, Casement Street, and O’Rahilly Street. Traffic on O’Rahilly Street, Hill Street, Connelly Street, and Tone Street will now move in the opposite direction than it did previously, with Casement Street, Bridge Street, and a portion of Market Street becoming one-way only.
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