Government attacked for reneging on Castlebar-Belmullet funding

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

Independent councillor Michael Holmes has hit out at the Government for its decision to slash the €200,000 it had allocated for upgrading the Castlebar to Belmullet road. The funding was granted in February of this year under the Strategic Regional and Roads Grant scheme. However the decision to cut it was announced only a matter of weeks later, in the 2009 Budget.

Barrett wants council action on jobs

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

A Castlebar councillor will be calling for a sub-committee to be appointed by Castlebar Town Council to address the worsening unemployment situation in the county town. Labour’s Harry Barrett will ask that this sub-committee be supported to meet with potential employers and state agencies like the IDA, to promote Castlebar as a location for industry.

Westport art auction

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

Celebrated sculptor John Behan is the latest artist to put up a piece of his work for an art auction being organised by the Chernobyl Children’s Project Westport Group which will take place on Friday, May 1 at the Clew Bay Hotel starting at 7.30pm.

ICA AGM

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

The Mayo Federation ICA AGM will take place in the Mayo Suite of Hotel Westport on Tuesday April 28 at 8pm.

Counselling grants approved for local organisations

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

A number of north Mayo based organisations are to benefit from funding under the Department of Social and Family Affairs Scheme of Grants for marriage, Child and Bereavement Counselling, according to Mayo FF TD Dara Calleary.

Belmullet/Erris Lions Club

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

Belmullet/Erris Lions Club would like to thank all who participated in the Slimathon 2009. Thank you to Annie Mai Leech and Maureen Gallagher (Unislim) for all their expertise, and generous sponsors Kenny Concannon (Reilly's Chemist), Seamus Cafferkey, Eddie Cuffe, and Dr Swanick.

Spring clean

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

The National Spring Clean campaign is continuing with the people of Mayo out in force organising a variety of fantastic clean up events in the county.

Book launch

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

The Minister for Rural, Community and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív, will formally launch Deirdre agus Mic Uisnigh, the new graphic novel by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh, on Friday April 24 in Claremorris Library at 8pm.

Volunteers needed

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

The organisers of Féile na Tuaithe at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park, which is one of the most successful free family festivals, are seeking a number of volunteers to assist with various duties on Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24 from 12pm to 5pm.

Allotments meeting

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

There will be a meeting of the recently formed Westport and District Allotments Group on Thursday April 30 at 8pm in the Wyatt Hotel Westport.

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.

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