Search Results for 'Castlebar Town Council'

The first grant award presentation of CastleCash YouthBank took place recently in the Youth Information Centre, Pavilion Road, Castlebar. Grants were distributed by the youth committee of YouthBank to local youth groups in Castlebar to run community initiatives. The event was attended by the newly elected Mayor, Councillor Michael Kilcoyne.

Following a proactive Westport Town Council campaign, it has been confirmed that a train service from Westport which will arrive in Dublin’s Heuston Station before 9am will commence, along with extra services on the Mayo line, in September.

Mayo County Council has signed up for the National Gum Litter Taskforce Campaign for the first time and launched the campaign in partnership with Castlebar Town Council in Castlebar last Friday. Mayo County Council now joins 29 other councils in the joint initiative between the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government and the chewing gum industry.

Four convictions were recorded in Claremorris District Court this week for illegal dumping at a site in Claremorris which cost Mayo County Council over €10,000 to clean up. One person pleaded guilty to the charges in court, while one other person was convicted in her absence and two others who pleaded not guilty were also convicted by Judge Mary Devins.

There are 20 state of the art houses lying empty in a newly built Castlebar Town Council housing scheme because the Department of the Environment has withdrawn funding for affordable houses.

European Mobility Week 2009 takes place from September 16 to 22 and the aim of the week is to encourage people in towns and cities all over Europe to get out of their cars and move to a more sustainable means of transport. This year, for the first time, Castlebar is participating in this exciting new project and it is hoped that the people of Castlebar will participate and really get behind this. “We're encouraging people to get out of their cars, and walk or cycle to work and school for this week and into the future,” said Noel Gibbons, Road Safety Officer with Mayo County Council.

Castlebar Town Council withdrew part of the planning permission for McHale Park at its monthly meeting last Thursday. The meeting, which was attended by a large number of the residents of McHale Road, but not by members of the Mayo County Board, saw a motion put forward by independent councillor Frank Durcan and seconded by fellow independent councillor and Mayor of the town Michael Kilcoyne passed by six votes to three in the chamber.

The McHale Park planning row will roll on to the end of October following a meeting of Castlebar Town Council on Tuesday night. The special meeting had been convened to consider a motion put forward by Independent Councillor Frank Durcan which called on the council to refuse the granting of planning permission for the retention of the TV broadcasting tower at the multi million euro development at the ground.

Mayo TD Beverley Flynn has welcomed the decision of Castlebar Town Council to proceed with the construction of the link road between Aldi and St Gerald’s College.

Castlebar Town Councillor Ger Deere has called on Mayo County Council to repair the footpaths at Davitt’s Terrace and the surrounding areas of the Sacred Heart Hospital as part of their ongoing works on Newline Street. The footpaths between Newline Street and the Sacred Heart have fallen into disrepair and are completely unsuitable considering the number of elderly and infirm people using the route. Many elderly people walk to the Sacred Heart visiting friends or receiving treatments.