Ballyhaunis man killed in crash
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
A 61-year-old man from Ballyhaunis was killed on Monday when his car collided with a van on the main Claremorris to Ballyhaunis road.
Read more ...Long road ahead before N26 gets back on track
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
The long running saga of the N26 linking Ballina to the N5 and beyond is set to run on for at least another year before a new preferred route for the road emerges. The item was up for discussion at the September meeting of the Ballina Electoral Area Committee this week where Tony McNulty, road design senior executive engineer with Mayo County Council, answered a number of questions from the elected councillors in the area.
Read more ...‘Light fingered’ Breaffy man stole cash from wallet
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
A 62-year-old married father of three, who took cash from the wallet of woman, was convicted and fined for the “unsavoury incident”.
Read more ...Turf cutting restrictions to affect only a small minority, says NPWS rep
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
The newly enforceable restrictions on turf cutting will only affect a very small number of people who have turbary rights on three raised bogs in Mayo, the members of the Environment and Agriculture SPC of Mayo County Council were told this week.
Read more ...Taxi driver who parked in disabled bay faces one year off the road
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
A taxi driver who, after being told by gardaí to move from being parked on a double yellow line, was observed parked in a disabled bay, was convicted, fined, and disqualified from driving by Judge Mary Devins.
Read more ...Ireland West Airport Knock welcomes planning approval
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Ireland West Airport Knock welcomes the recent decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for the proposed development at the airport of car park extension, new entrance, and roundabout, fire station extension and advertising billboards. The granted application allows for necessary improvements as outlined in the airport’s Master Plan and, together with the recent terminal extension and airfield enhancement works, provides for increased capacity at the airport.
Read more ...Seven teens injured in Foxford crash
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Seven teenagers were involved in a road crash in Foxford on Monday morning.
The car in which they were travelling hit a wall and a pole at Church Street in Foxford at 4.30am on Monday August 30.
Read more ...Castlebar organisation wins Bord Gáis funding
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Representatives and volunteers from the Castlebar Voluntary Social Services had plenty of reason to celebrate this week following the announcement that they were to receive €25,000 worth of funding from the Bord Gáis Energy Community Energy Fund.
Read more ...Student nurses withdrawn from MGH
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has told the HSE that beds in hospitals in Mayo will be closed due to the release by the HSE of 376 pre-registration student nurses from the west region this week. Replacement qualified nurses have not replaced the student nurses, which means that without this replacement, beds and services will close.
Read more ...Castlebar man in topless brawl
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
A 22-year-old man who engaged in a fight in a Castlebar car park was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday where he was convicted of being threatening and abusive in a public place.
Read more ...Drunk man told gardaí ‘we run this f***ing town’
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
An intoxicated man, who after he threatened to smash windows of a pub, ran from gardaí and shouted that his family, the McDonaghs, “run this f*****g town”, was convicted and fined at Castlebar District Court this week.
Read more ...More than 10,000 expected for National Grandparents’ Pilgrimage
Fri, Sep 03, 2010
More than 10,000 grandmothers and grandfathers from all over Ireland are expected to converge on Knock Shrine on Sunday next for the largest pilgrimage of its type in the world — and 13 year-old Ireland’s Got Talent winner Chloe Coyle will perform with her mentor Dana as part of the celebration.
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