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The Fine Gael party in Castlebar has not made any deal with Fianna Fáil councillor Blackie Gavin to get him to support former town councillor Kevin Guthrie’s appointment to a vacant post on Mayo VEC, according to Cllr Ger Deere. The post, which was vacated by Fine Gael councillor Noreen Heston when she resigned from the VEC in March, was filled by former Mayor of Castlebar, Kevin Guthrie, on Tuesday night when he beat fellow nominee Tony Deffley by five votes to four in council chamber. “I can categorically deny that any deal has been done with Cllr Gavin in relation to him supporting Kevin Guthrie for the post in the VEC,” Cllr Deere said. “He made up his own mind in relation to it and thinks Kevin Guthrie is the best person for the position.”

Yesterday (Thursday) a delegation from St Anthony’s Special School in Castlebar, along with a number of other special schools, met with the joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science in Leinster House to discuss the ongoing row over the axing of a number of special needs assistants jobs.

The fact that only 30 odd people, including seven or eight local councillors, turned up to the head shop protest last week raises some important questions.

The four Castlebar Fine Gael town councillors Ger Deere, Noreen Heston, Eugene McCormack, and Brendan Henaghan, have decided that they will conduct a weekly picket to protest against the rise of head shops in the town.

The four Castlebar Fine Gael town councillors Ger Deere, Noreen Heston, Eugene McCormack, and Brendan Henaghan, have decided that they will conduct a weekly picket to protest against the rise of head shops in the town.

The fact that only 30 odd people, including seven or eight local councillors, turned up to the head shop protest last week raises some important questions.

Some people are afraid to protest outside head shops because of the kind of people who ‘may’ be involved in them, the February meeting of the Castlebar joint policing committee was told. The committee was debating the protest held outside the two head shops in the town last week, when Fine Gael councillor Eugene McCormack made this suggestion. “It was a good solid performance and we got on the national media and made a mark,” Cllr McCormack told the meeting. “It’s regretful that it is not easy for the public to come and stand in front of a head shop because of the type of people who could be involved in them.”

The four Castlebar Fine Gael town councillors Ger Deere, Noreen Heston, Eugene McCormack, and Brendan Henaghan, have decided that they will conduct a weekly picket to protest against the rise of head shops in the town.

Arising from a proposal by the Mayor of Castlebar Cllr Michael Kilcoyne at last Thursday night’s meeting of Castlebar Town Council, that consideration should be given to the holding of a protest outside the two head shops in Castlebar, it was unanimously agreed by the members that a protest should be arranged as a matter of urgency, given the strong local opposition to these shops, situated as they are so close to two of the local secondary schools and two of the primary schools in the town.

Castlebar Town Councillor Eugene McCormack said that the conviction of Mayo County Council in the District Court last week for a sewage leak into the Castlebar River was “unacceptable” and “embarrassing”, during a meeting of the Water Supply and Sewerage SPC this week.