All roads leading to Castlebar as three major festivals combine

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

It is a case of all roads leading to Castlebar over the coming week as three major festivals are combining to bring the streets of the county town alive with music, entertainment, markets, shopping, and leisure.

The triumvirate of festivals is made up of the Heart of Castlebar - a street festival of music, exhibitions, and shopping in the heart of the town; the Connacht Fleadh - the biggest celebration of traditional Irish music and dance in the region; and the International Four Day Walks - a walking festival that attracts visitors from all over the world to Castlebar, putting boots on the highways and byways of the town and the surrounding area for four days.

Photography display brings New York to Castlebar

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

An insightful exhibition of photography from the streets of New York is going on display from Friday June 27 in Café Rua on New Antrim Street in Castlebar.

New laws on binning food could reduce waste

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

A new regulation coming into effect on Tuesday could help householders in Castlebar and Ballina cut down on the thousands of euros of food that is being binned each year.

New Glasgow Celtic exhibition opens in Straide

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

A new exhibition exploring the strong links between one of Mayo’s greatest patriots and the birth of Glasgow Celtic Football Club has opened at the Michael Davitt Museum in Straide.

Planning applications down but building work up in latest property figures

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

The number of home building projects started in Mayo in the first four months of 2014 has increased by a huge 206 per cent on figures from the same period in 2013.

Woman admits Pampers theft was ‘stupid’

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

A woman with seven previous convictions for theft was before Castlebar District Court for stealing four packets of Pampers nappies and a can of Red Bull from a local shop.

Judge calls last orders for Newport man

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

A barman has been banned from all licensed premises other than his place of work because of his unruly behaviour outside a nightclub in Castlebar.

Cannabis whiff lands man before court

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

The whiff of cannabis from a Kilkelly man’s car landed him before the local district court last week.

Final countdown to the Heart of Castlebar festival

Fri, Jun 27, 2014

The final countdown is underway to this year’s Heart of Castlebar family festival, which kicks off on Saturday, July 5.

Huge cost to deal with sticky littering problem

Fri, Jun 20, 2014

Mayo County Council is forking out some €15,000 over the coming weeks to deal with the gooey mess that is gum litter on Ballina’s main thoroughfares.

Director of services in the Ballina Municipal District, Paul Benson, revealed the clean-up costs for the sticky problem at the launch of a new campaign to reduce gum litter in the north Mayo capital on Monday.

Bertra to reopen in two weeks’ time

Fri, Jun 20, 2014

Although the prized Blue Flag is no longer flying over scenic Bertra Beach at the foot of Croagh Patrick, things are finally starting to look up again at one of the county’s favourite bathing spots.

Changes to oil and gas licensing terms are ‘cosmetic’ — Shell to Sea

Fri, Jun 20, 2014

The announcement by Minister for Natural Resources Fergus O’Dowd this week of the details of the 2015 Atlantic Margin Oil and Gas Exploration licensing round were described as ‘cosmetic’ by Shell to Sea this week.

Shell to Sea spokesperson Maura Harrington said: "These changes are cosmetic, Ireland will continue to rely almost exclusively on a tax on profits as a means of extracting revenue from the oil and gas it has given to private companies. We have seen recently how creative accounting has resulted in corporations such as Apple paying almost no tax on profits in Ireland." She continued: “The changes are not retrospective, so the best areas of Ireland's territory for which licenses have already been given out will continue to be subject to the old terms."

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