Glenamoy social housing

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

A fundraising draw for Glenamoy Social Housing Ltd will take place in The Angler’s Rest, Glenamoy, on Easter Sunday (April 12).

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Fri, Apr 03, 2009

The Custom House Studios at the Quay in Westport will reopen on Saturday April 4 with a new exhibition of works by Breda Burns.

Fun Easter activities

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Head to the Museum of Country Life, Turlough on Thursday April 9 at 11.30am to 4.30pm for a few hours of Easter family activities. Decorate your own Easter egg on Sunday April 12 from 2.30pm to 3.30pm, while on Thursday April 16 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm an Easter egg hunt will take place in the grounds of Turlough Park House. Other activities: On Friday April 17 from 11am to 1pm take part in a knitting circle for adults and children (aged seven or over) or on Thursday April 23 at 10am or 11.30am attend a water divining workshop with Austin McTiernan.

Defibrillator for Westport for your old phones

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Mayo Sailing Club and the Westport Rugby Club are looking for your old phones in order to get a free defibrillator to share between their clubs. There is a collection box in the clubhouse outside the cadet room on the ground floor and also one in the offices of Atlantic Coast Holiday Homes, Distillery Road, Westport. So look for your old phones now!

Meet and Train in Claremorris

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Claremorris Meet and Train continues at Claremorris Track at 8pm on Thursday April 9, 16, 23, 30, and May 7.

Hub status denying Castlebar and Ballina groups access to Leader funds

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Ballina’s hub status, once viewed as a positive label for the town, is now working to the detriment of small local businesses and organisations with the loss of a potential €2 million funding for the town.

Heroin user to go to jail or leave the jurisdiction

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

A man in his thirties who resides in Knock, but is from the UK, was sentenced to nine months in jail or told to leave Ireland in the next 30 days and not return to the jurisdiction for five years, after he was convicted for possession of heroin — which he was smoking outside a petrol station in Castlebar in the middle of the day.

Easter holiday opening hours

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

The Mayo Advertiser offices will close at 3pm on Good Friday and reopen at 9am on Tuesday April 14.

Pedestrian access the main focus of Castlebar town centre revamp

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Officials from Castlebar Town Council presented preliminary proposals for the redevelopment and upgrading of Castlebar town centre to local business representatives this week.

Consumer Association vice chair launches Respect campaign

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Speaking at the launch of the Mandate trade union campaign entitled ‘Respect Retail Workers’ in the TF Royal Hotel the vice chairman of the Consumers’ Association of Ireland, Castlebar councillor Michael Kilcoyne, said how pleased he was to be asked to launch the campaign. He said it was important that the public at large understood that frontline workers just carry out the policy of their employers in relation to how they treat their customers, and when consumers and members of the public have an issue in relation to the goods or services that they purchased, they should not let their anger or their frustration out on the worker.

Man assaulted and garda spat at in Castlebar Garda Station

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

A Castlebar man who assaulted a member of the public who was reporting an incident to the gardaí at Castlebar Garda Station, was sentenced to three months in jail by Judge Mary Devins at Castlebar District Court this week.

Security guard had eye and head glued after fracas

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Two men faced charges of violent disorder at a Castlebar District Court sitting this week, after a Tesco security officer claimed he was violently set upon, after he intervened to break up a fracas outside the store in Castlebar.

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