Man who overtook right turning lorry convicted

Fri, May 01, 2009

A Ballina man who overtook a lorry on a continuous white line which approaching a crossroads, and collided into the vehicle as the lorry turned right, was convicted and fined €150 at Ballina District Court this week for driving without reasonable consideration.

Starring role for Mayo in global ad campaign

Fri, May 01, 2009

Mayo has been highlighted in Tourism Ireland’s new global advertising campaign, Go Where Ireland Takes You, which is being rolled out in all its main markets around the world this year.

Operation Alteration

Fri, May 01, 2009

Knees up, tummy tight, punch that water, harder, faster, go go go, dear God can I take any more abuse? I wonder if Vanessa has any holidays coming up? Only joking Vanessa you know I love you and the dog’s abuse, God knows I need it and the summer drawing closer.

Bed and breakfast absconder to leave country or be jailed

Fri, May 01, 2009

A German national who absconded from a Ballina bed and breakfast without paying, and has a conviction for similar offences in Mayo last year, was given the opportunity by Judge Mary Devins to leave the jurisdiction after compensating the B&B owner or face six months in jail.

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.