€3.9m awarded in respect of 165 claims in Mayo
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
There were 165 compensation awards in Mayo in 2012 for road accidents with the total compensation in the county for 2012 being €3.9m, according to the Injuries Board. The Injuries Board received three claims for fatal accidents last year from claimants in the Mayo region.
Read more ...Westport home to feature on Room To Improve
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
Architect Dermot Bannon is back with a new series of Ireland’s favourite home improvement show, Room To Improve which will feature a couple from Westport.
Read more ...Development of new facilities at Ballina District Hospital
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
On Wednesday representatives from HSE West and Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation met to sign the contract with the preferred bidder for the new refurbishment and extension works for the female ward at Ballina District Hospital.
Read more ...People feeling ‘harassed’ by Gridwest says Calleary
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary said that people in Mayo are feeling “harassed” by the Gridwest project team. The Ballina based Dáil deputy was speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday where he outlined a number of concerns about the proposed Eirgrid project nationally and at home. In his speech, he said: “In my own area, Eirgrid and their agents have been calling to landowners in relation to the Gridwest project. This seems innocuous enough however they are doing this in spite of being asked not to, in spite of signage on properties telling them not to enter, and they are making multiple phone calls to land and property owners. A number of people have spoken to me of feeling ‘harassed’ by the Gridwest project team. This is not what one expects during a consultation process, and this is why we feel the Government need to proceed without delay to establish the independent review.”
Read more ...Roundfort-Hollymount Flood Mitigation Proposal
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring and Councillor Patsy O’Brien met last week with Jim Ryan from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht, and officials from the OPW in relation to the Roundfort-Hollymount Flood Mitigation Proposal.
Read more ...Last cases heard in Ballyhaunis after 139 years of administering justice
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
The district court was cleared for the last time in Ballyhaunis on Tuesday. Before lunchtime Judge Mary Devins heard an application for a search warrant, and when she finished considering that application the administration of justice in the east Mayo town concluded for the final time after 139 years.
Read more ...Achill students get to grips with speed
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
Students from Tonragee primary school in Achill were trained to use speed guns similar to what gardaí use in a bid to crackdown on motorists who race past their schools. Third to sixth class pupils from Tonragee National School, aged eight to 12, joined forces with the road safety office of Mayo County Council to hold Speedwatch sessions outside their school.
Read more ...Westport based banking academy has programme accredited for the UK
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
The International Academy of Retail Banking (IARB), whose research and content division is based in Westport, Co Mayo, has announced that its Certified International Retail Banker (CIRB) qualification has been accredited by the Chartered Banker Institute of the UK, the oldest banking educational institute in the world. The IARB opened in Westport just over one year ago and currently employs 13 people in the town. A chief executive is currently being recruited. It intends to create around 40 jobs over the next three years, with the support of IDA Ireland.
Read more ...Achill students get to grips with speed
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
Students from Tonragee primary school in Achill were trained to use speed guns similar to what gardaí use in a bid to crackdown on motorists who race past their schools. Third to sixth class pupils from Tonragee National School, aged eight to 12, joined forces with the road safety office of Mayo County Council to hold Speedwatch sessions outside their school.
Read more ...Last cases heard in Ballyhaunis District Court after 139 years
Fri, Dec 06, 2013
The district court was cleared for the last time in Ballyhaunis on Tuesday. Before lunchtime Judge Mary Devins heard an application for a search warrant, and when she finished considering that application the administration of justice in the east Mayo town concluded for the final time after 139 years.
Read more ...Jobs announcement a major boost for Mayo
Fri, Nov 29, 2013
The announcement this week that 150 new jobs will be created in Castlebar over the next three years will be a major boost for the town and for An Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The Taoiseach has come in for some serious criticism from a number of quarters recently in relation to his delivery of jobs and investment in his home town. The announcement by Northgate Information Solutions that it intends to create these new jobs will be seen as a significant success for Mr Kenny following the criticisms laid at him.
Read more ...Influential American tour operators eye Mayo
Fri, Nov 29, 2013
A group of influential American tour operators visited Mayo recently. They followed an action-packed itinerary, which also took in Galway, Sligo, Donegal, Belfast, and Dublin. These tour operators are responsible for making the travel arrangements for a range of large groups across the United States – including choral, pilgrimage, Christian heritage and educational groups. Their fact-finding visit was a fantastic opportunity to showcase what Mayo and Ireland has to offer such groups. They enjoyed a tour of Westport House before visiting the Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre and the National Famine Monument in Murrisk. Carefully selected and invited here by Tourism Ireland in New York, the itinerary for the tour operators was designed by Fáilte Ireland.
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