Civic reception for newly appointed Ballina Minister

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A civic reception was accorded to Minister of State Dara Calleary last night (Thursday) by Ballina Town Council.

Local authority projects offered funding lifeline from EU - Higgins

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has confirmed that the European Union is set to announce details of a €14 billion package that will allow Ireland and other EU countries to claim 100 per cent of the cost of projects funded by the European Social Fund and the European Structural and Cohesion Funds for the years 2009 and 2010.

Voters should protest at FF tax hikes as new levies hit home – O’Mahony

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Pay packets have shrunk further this week as Brian Lenihan’s latest round of tax cuts hit home, with the average family now paying €7,700 more tax compared to 12 months ago, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O'Mahony said.

Lack of broadband affecting business start up and growth

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

The lack of proper countywide broadband has shown how Mayo has been let down by central Government according to one candidate in the Ireland North West constituency.

EU wide reform of sheep farming sector vital for Irish farmers – Mooney

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

The future of the sheep farming sector in Ireland is under threat without further EU assistance and European wide reform, according to MEP candidate for the North West, Paschal Mooney (FF).

Chambers praises Mayo General Hospital in his last days in politics

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Newport Fianna Fáil councillor Frank Chambers will bow out of political life this week but not before he heaps praise on the staff of Mayo General Hospital.

Government rapped over welfare issues

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A Labour party candidate for Castlebar Town Council, has hit out at the Government for what she called a callous attitude towards the old and the young. Bernie Courtney said: “I have met many elderly people who are terrified they will lose their medical card. One couple told me they had received a renewal form from the Department of Social Welfare for their medical card. The form is a gross intrusion into the affairs of elderly people who had found great difficulty in completing the forms. This is no way to treat decent people, the backbone of the country over the years,” said Courtney.

Road through Castlebar car park labelled dangerous

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Castlebar Town Council candidate, Stephen Lavelle, has raised the issue of the danger to pedestrians using the roadway through Castle St Car park. “I have observed the danger to pedestrians and people pushing pushchairs attempting to walk along the road while traffic passes in both directions,” he said.

Eleven counties, four provinces, 13 candidates and only three seats

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

One thing is for sure about the European election count on Sunday is that all eyes across the EU will be on The Royal Theatre, Castlebar when the ballot boxes are opened thanks to one man’s name on the ticket, Declan Ganley. The Galway man and Libertas leader has emerged as the most controversial candidate in an election in Ireland for years. Ganley and his Libertas group’s anti-Lisbon Treaty campaign last year lead the charge for the no-vote on the treaty in the country and his party has now gone pan-European in these elections. If Ganley fails to take a seat in this election, where does his or his party’s mandate go to in the expected re-running of the referendum later this year? We will have to wait and see.

Two men jailed for ‘thuggish behaviour’ at hospital A&E

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Two men who caused severe chaos at the Accident and Emergency department of Mayo General Hospital in aggressive incidents which occurred less than a week apart— in which the men were extremely abusive, were forcefully removed by security, and caused criminal damage to the outside glass door of the department, were both jailed by Judge Mary Devins at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for this “thuggish behaviour”.

Mayo tops the poll for clean beaches in Ireland

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Mayo has topped the poll for the highest number of blue flags awarded to any one county in Ireland this summer.

Driving ban for man whose house burnt down last weekend

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A Ballyhaunis man whose house burnt down last weekend was given a three year driving ban and a €300 fine after pleading guilty to drunk driving in Ballyhaunis District Court.

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