Castlebar man admits assault outside take-away

Fri, May 08, 2009

An 18-year-old Fás student, who pleaded guilty to a Section Two assault on a man outside Top Nosh, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Mayo teams win F1 awards

Fri, May 08, 2009

Two teams from Mayo won national awards at the Honda F1 in Schools Technology Challenge 2009 which took place this week in Griffith College in Dublin.

Award for Killala community

Fri, May 08, 2009

Irish Rural Link, the national organisation campaigning for sustainable rural communities, will present Killala Community Council with a National Rural Award at IRL’s annual conference in Waterford this week. The awards are made in recognition of the hard work and dedication shown by various community groups and individuals in improving their local communities and the wider fabric of rural Ireland.

Deadline looms for submissions on Westport draft development plan

Fri, May 08, 2009

With the deadline for submissions of the Westport Town and Envrions Draft Development Plan drawing to a close (May 12 at 5pm) Fine Gael town councillor Peter Flynn is urging locals to examine the significant changes which are proposed for the town and to submit their observations to the town council offices before Tuesday.

President to visit Westport and Clare Island

Fri, May 08, 2009

This Saturday morning, President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, will visit Clare Island, after which she will head inland to Westport, to celebrate their success in the 2008 National Tidy Towns Competition.

‘Proud record’ of past five years of Westport Area Committee

Fri, May 08, 2009

As it was the last meeting of the Westport Area Committee before election time, town manager Peter Hynes said that it was important to look back at the proactive work achieved by the area committee during the last five years, and highlighted some momentous achievements such as the: Westport Environs Plan; the Aughagower sewerage scheme; the car park at Silverstrand; the Louisburgh Playshcool; beach management and beach bye-laws; navigational aids at Clew Bay; the improvement of piers in the county; tourism projects—walks, cycleways; housing projects in Aughagower and Cushlough; the redevelopment of the old station in Newport; the scheme in Kilmeena; the development and the improvement of housing and roads in the area.

€2million cutback in social housing allocations

Fri, May 08, 2009

Senior executive officer Martin Keating said that revised housing capital allocations had been received from the department last week, with the local social housing programme decreased by €2 million from €12 million to €10 million. Due to this decrease the development at Kileen and rural applications will be on hold.

Council takes over running of Westport Harbour

Fri, May 08, 2009

Mr Hynes outlined that since the end of March the harbour at Westport was handed over from Westport Harbour Commissioners to the Mayo County Council with the intention that the Westport Electoral Area would be an advisory committee. The town manager said that a formal thank you would take place for the Westport Harbour Commissioners in the near future.

Castlebar man found in possession of ecstasy and cannabis

Fri, May 08, 2009

A 42-year-old Belcarra man, who was detected with cannabis and one ecstasy tablet in his possession, appeared before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Gardaí issue advice on crime prevention

Fri, May 08, 2009

Recently a number of business people in the west of Ireland have had sums of money stolen from their premises by people using distraction techniques. These crimes usually happen at rural shops, post offices, etc. The method used is that a group of foreign nationals, usually six or seven and mixed in gender, enter a rural business. Sometimes they have children with them. Some of the group will engage the staff in conversation about different products on sale while one of the gang, usually a female, slips into the office or private part of the building. This individual will then search for cash and steal whatever is found and in most cases the amount is substantial.

Mayo Abbey man convicted of drink driving

Fri, May 08, 2009

A man from Mayo Abbey who, on seeing a Garda checkpoint, reversed his van around the corner, and then failed a breath test, was convicted and disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Two year ban for drunk

Fri, May 08, 2009

At Ballyhaunis District Court a 32-year-old father of five was given a two year driving ban and fined a total of €800 after pleading guilty to charges of drunk driving, driving without insurance, having no driving licence, and giving a false name to gardai.

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