Castlebar Town Council withdraws part of McHale Park planning permission

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

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.

Mayo entrants in Good Food Ireland Awards

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

The annual awards of Good Food Ireland will take place in The K-Club next Tuesday and Mayo will have five fine culinary representatives, who use local produce, at the ceremony.

Barman convicted for drink driving

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

At Castlebar District Court this week a 25-year-old father of one was convicted of drink driving after he left a poker game to rush to his pregnant girlfriend’s assistance.

Driving disqualification for Castlebar man

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

A 19-year-old BMW driver who holds a provisional driving licence was disqualified from driving for two years at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Fine for man for theft of cable

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

A man who pleaded guilty to his part in the theft of €500 worth of cable from an Eircom yard in Claremorris was convicted and fined €100 at Claremorris District Court this week.

Fine’s for man with no NCT and bald tyre

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

A 20-year-old man was convicted and fined for not having a NCT and having a bald tyre in Claremorris District Court this week. Michael Quigley, Garryedmond, Brickens, Claremorris, was stopped by Garda Brian Guerin at Clare, Claremorris on April 23 2009. Quigley had no NCT displayed on the car and it had not been put through the test. He also had a bald tyre with no tread on it. The court was told that Quigley had since put the car through the NCT and it had failed, but he had an appointment for a retest in October and he changed the tyre after being stopped. For having no NCT he was convicted and fined €160 and for having a bald tyre he was convicted and fined €100, while the non display of a NCT was taken into consideration.

Bord Gáis Networks and Hotel Westport win environment award

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Earlier this year Bord Gáis Networks won the Sustainable and Environmentally Enhancing Product award at the Catex Exhibition, the annual showcase event for the hospitality industry. Bord Gáis Networks’ award was for its case study on the application of Combined Heat and Power at Hotel Westport.  They recently presented the award to the Management Team at Hotel Westport in recognition of the work undertaken to reduce their CO2 emissions through the selection of a more environmentally friendly technology and fuel.

Lisbon will worsen the economic crisis — Conway-Walsh

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

“Lisbon will worsen the economic crisis both in Ireland and throughout Europe” according to Sinn Fein Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh. “The threat to our economy is not in a rejection of Lisbon. It is in the ongoing privatisation policies of the government and the failure to properly invest in education, health, childcare, research and development and broadband.” Rectifying these failures will be all the more difficult if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, the councillor claims.

Leave Child Benefit alone — Ruane

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane, responding to the Commission on Taxation proposals to tax child benefit, insists that this is grossly unfair, and would create real difficulties for families as they struggle to make ends meet. She also claims that this would push women out of the workforce and into social welfare dependency and poverty.

Ring calls for farming support schemes to be restored

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Mayo Deputy Michael Ring, Fine Gael spokesperson for community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food and the Government to reintroduce some of the schemes cut back previously to help support Irish farmers.

IWAK chairman thanks public representatives

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Chairman of Ireland West Airport Knock Liam Scallon this week thanked the region’s public representatives for making representations to the Minister for Transport in relation to securing €285k in grant aid for the airport to subvent its significant operational costs.

National Drugs Strategy ‘worryingly vague’ — Ring

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Fine Gael community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs spokesperson Michael Ring has described the new National Drugs Strategy as “worryingly vague”, adding that the crisis in the public finances means that the strategy has to be built on clear actions that can be delivered despite budgetary constraints.

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