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The elected members of Mayo County Council and the executive of the council will sit down today at 2pm, to try and thrash out the budget for the council for 2009. The council met for four hours on Monday and managed to get through only four of the programmes for consideration and no agreement was reached on the budget.

Claremorris Chamber is hosting a Fashion and Food Extravaganza on February 7 in the McWilliam Park Hotel. The event is in association with Mayo Cancer Support - a charity that helps families dealing with cancer. There will be a fashion show, food demo, hair and make-up advice, and a best dressed lady competition with a prize of €300 to be spent in the participating shops.

A 1 per cent hike in commercial rates has been confirmed by Westmeath County Council for 2009, which is set to generate €80,000 for the county.

Seventy soldiers from Westmeath met with Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday when he paid a visit to Irish troops serving in Kosovo.

Sinn Fein County Councillor Gerry Murray has said that the Ernie O’Malley memorial on the Mall in Castlebar should not be moved from its present location.

Rates in Athlone will only increase by 1 per cent this year, after the figures were set at Friday’s (December 19) budget meeting at the Council chambers.

Rates in Athlone will only increase by 1 per cent this year, after the figures were set at Friday’s (December 19) budget meeting at the Council chambers.

At the adjourned Mayo County Council meeting last Friday a rate of a zero per cent increase was negotiated by elected members and council officials during the four and a half hour meeting — the result of which leaves the current commercial rate at €70.16, making 2009 “a year of standstill”, according to county manager Des Mahon.

THE RECESSION is set to bite badly in the New Year but you can still start 2009 off with a good laugh in the company of one of Ireland’s best loved comedians - Brendan Grace.

As our economy takes hit after hit and people find themselves in the dole queues for the first time, a Kilkenny-based company is hiring new staff.