Reek Sunday walk
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The Tochar Phádraig Pilgrim Walk from Ballintubber abbey to Croagh Patrick, on Reek Sunday, will depart the Abbey at 8.30am.
Read more ...Castlebar ICA
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The Castlebar ICA Guild is closed for the summer. During the year the guild was successful in making it to the All Ireland finals in the Guild Year Book National competition. New members are invited to join in September, where weekly meetings will take place on Monday nights.
Read more ...Meadow Park Residents Committee
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
A residents committee has been established in Meadow Park on the Westport Road.
Read more ...Ballyhaunis serial fraudster ‘Tom the Con’ given suspended sentence
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
A former prison officer turned serial con man who was the subject of an RTÉ Liveline campaign to track him down has been given a three-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Read more ...Mayo’s town councils could get the ‘snip’
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The lengthy and much awaited report by An Bord Snip Nua which was released yesterday outlining a potential saving of €5.3bn has recommended the abolition of town councils and regional authorities, along with reducing the number of county councils from 34 to 22.
Read more ...Clarke family collections steering committee
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The Mayo County Council will speak to the members of the Clarke family about the appointment of members to the steering committee for the library after the council failed to appoint a member to the committee at its monthly meeting this week.
Read more ...Disqualification for Ballina bus driver
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
A 41-year-old Ballina man who refused to provide a breath sample after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was disqualified from driving at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...Further period of remand for Castlebar murder suspect
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Seamus Marrinan, Blackfort, Castlebar who was remanded at a special sitting of Castlebar District Court for the murder of his mother in the family home last week was further remanded in the custody of the Central Mental Hospital at Castlebar District Court this week.
Read more ...Mill Street improvements in pipeline, meeting told
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The Westport town councillors were informed by the town architect, Simon Wall, about proposed environmental improvement works to Mill Street and Upper Fairgreen at their monthly meeting last week.
Read more ...Westport youth initiatives
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
A provision of €20,000 was allocated in Westport Town Council’s budget for youth initiatives. €10,000 is to go towards the Cove youth café while other initiatives to benefit are a teenfit programme at Westport Leisure Park, the Covey Club at Westport Leisure Park, a festival of sport which will take place on August 23, and the Scout Thing a Ling.
Read more ...ESB upgrade on track, Cllrs query decision to put cables overground
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Members of the Westport electoral area committee have queried the decision by the ESB to install overhead wires for the majority of the Carrowbeg/Castlebar 110KV project.
Read more ...Mayo woman to represent Dubai at Rose of Tralee
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Clodagh Fleming from Ballina has been chosen as the United Arab Emirates’ Rose after fighting off stiff competition in the recent Dubai Rose Festival.
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