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NUI Galway men’s basketball and senior rowing teams have jointly won the college’s team of the year award for 2011.

At the monthly meeting of Castlebar Town Council last week, Fine Gael councillor Noreen Heston raised the issue of why the traffic lights in Newtown were out of order for so long. Cllr Heston told the meeting: “It is an important issue, I know it’s a county council matter, but the lights were left out of order for a very long time and there were a number of accidents there. There should have been a member of the Gardaí or a traffic warden placed at the lights because it was very dangerous.” Cllr Heston said that she had been in contact with the gardaí about the issue and was told that it was a matter of resources that they couldn not post someone there all the time, while the council said it was a similar issue for them.

The Wind Turbine Action Group South Roscommon (WTAGSR) would like to thank all those who supported the recent drive to raise funds to conduct its campaign.

The bombshell that Mayo VEC is to be amalgamated with Sligo VEC as part of a radical plan agreed by the Cabinet this week to cut the number of VECs in the country by half down from 33 to 16, has left the education sector in Mayo reeling this week.

The College of Hairdressing, Connaught will welcome visitors to an open day on Tuesday August 24 at Kiltartan House, Forster Street, Galway. The college has recently upgraded its facilities and boasts the only dedicated hairdressing training salon in the west of Ireland.

A peaceful protest took place in Castlebar this week as families of those suffering with physical and intellectual disabilities took to the streets to lobby against possible cuts in respite care services.

The issue of anti-social behaviour was the catalyst for a long debate at a meeting of the Castlebar Joint Policing Committee this week. The meeting was told of a number of incidents of this type of behaviour over the recent past, with one member of the public retelling the harrowing ordeal he is currently suffering at the hands of his neighbours and the lack of interest the landlord of the rented property has shown towards the issue. Castlebar Mayor Cllr Michael Kilcoyne also told the meeting of an incident he was made aware of early in the week. “I got a call from a relative and the carer of an elderly man about an incident at the weekend. The man, who lives on Linenhall Street, was outside at 1.30am last Saturday night on the street and three young fellas urinated on him. The gardaí know about this and are investigating it, but the poor man is traumatised after it and his carer and his relative who rang me are very concerned about him.” Cllr Ger Deere told the meeting, “This was a terrible act to carry out and I hope that those who carried it out were caught on camera on the street to help the gardaí investigate this properly.”

A new summer time outdoor seating area for customers is now open at the popular Olive Tree restaurant in Newtown, Castlebar, which has developed a top reputation for wonderful Middle eastern food.

A mother and daughter were before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for a string of public order offences, with the daughter sentenced to six months detention in the Dóchas centre.

Are you ready to rock? If so, Friday night April 30 is your night. There will be a feast of rock music performances covering all tastes including Celtic rock, rock music, mixture of traditional and rock and alternative rock. This promises to be a marvellous night’s entertainment with music from Mayo based bands Celtica, Search Engine, and Prickly Pears. These bands will be on stage from 8pm in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, and it is recommended to arrive early for a full night’s entertainment.