Call for deer cull as spiralling numbers threaten farmlands
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
Deer numbers have soared thanks to a series of mild winters, tree planting schemes, and an absence of natural predators. They are thought to be at their highest level for years. But farmers have warned that they are wreaking havoc in many areas, especially in the Partry and Tourmakeady areas, destroying woodland, crops, even gardens, and also causing a danger to motorists on the roads. Despite more than 20,000 deer being legally hunted each year, experts believe there could be five times as many around the country.
Read more ...Councillor calls for volunteer database to assist those in need
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
While Mayo County Council is dealing with emergency situations there are still people who are in need of assistance, particularly those who need a supply of heating oil, according to Fine Gael councillor Joe Mellett
Cllr Mellett said that in the Swinford electoral area he knows situations where the oil delivery truck could not gain access because of the state of the road leading to the house. “The only solution to this problem is to arrange for a 50 gallon drum to be delivered in a smaller vehicle such as a four wheel drive jeep or tractor,” he said. “This is where neighbourly help is required. The problem here is that such is the remoteness of some houses that they have no neighbours, and in any event the neighbour might not have a suitable vehicle. Also in a changing Ireland there are people who do not have any contact with their neighbours”.
Read more ...Children's projects in Mayo apply for €60,000
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
Special needs projects, schools/after school programmes, youth clubs/awareness and development groups, and crèches are just some of the 61 Mayo projects that have applied for funding from the AIB Better Ireland Programme 2009/2010.
Read more ...Mayo struggling to stub out smoking
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
New research from Aviva reveals that approximately 20 per cent of those completing an online health check and who admit to smoking are from Mayo.
Read more ...Balla to feature on BBC documentary
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
The BBC will film a documentary in Mayo in January 2010 as part of a new major historical series to be broadcast jointly on BBC N Ireland and on RTÉ in 2011.
Read more ...Car stolen from Conway Motors
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
A 2002, five-door Reno Clio, with a Mayo registration, was stolen from Conway Motors, Breaffy Retail Park, Castlebar, over the Christmas period.
Read more ...Do you need to unwind after a hectic Christmas and New Year?
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
The hotel is the ideal location for a short break located just minutes from the town of Claremorris and offers pampering in beautiful surroundings to banish those winter blues.
Read more ...Do you need to unwind after a hectic Christmas and New Year?
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
The hotel is the ideal location for a short break located just minutes from the town of Claremorris and offers pampering in beautiful surroundings to banish those winter blues.
Read more ...Mayo based charity to be commended by United Nations
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
An Irish charity that provides repayable finance for community and voluntary projects and which has an office in Foxford, is to be commended in a forthcoming United Nations report for promoting social integration and inclusion — one of only 14 organisations selected from 190 projects based in 60 countries.
Read more ...Take part in a workplace growing challenge
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
Agri Aware are offering businesses and organisations from Mayo the chance to grow fruit and veg in the workplace. For a donation from as little as €40 (to cover delivery costs) you can get your green fingers growing from the comfort of your desk.
Read more ...Top energy saving tips for 2010
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
Chances are, at some time in your life, you've made a New Year's resolution - and then broken it. This year, Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) gives you seven really good reasons to resolve to make permanent changes in your energy use and therefore make big savings on your energy bill.
Read more ...Mayo placenames feature on national website
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
Visitors to www.logainm.ie can now listen to sound files that have been added to 713 placenames in Mayo. Sound files in Irish and English have been added to the names of the baronies, civil parishes, and electoral districts as well as the names of some physical features.
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