Dangerous driving conviction for motorist who collided with car

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

A man from Lithuania who lost control of his defective car and crashed into an oncoming car was disqualified from driving at Ballinrobe District Court last week.

Mayo VEC committee unanimously supports Dr Bernie CourtneyMayo VEC committee unanimously supports Dr

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Following what Labour candidate Dr Bernie Courtney describes as “having ruffled a few feathers” at GMIT, Castlebar, leading to her being informed that she would be removed from the liaison committee of GMIT Castlebar Campus, Dr Courtney has in fact been given unanimous support from the Mayo VEC committee last Thursday night. The committee, who reserve the function to appoint and remove members, instructed that Dr Courtney would continue as its representative in GMIT and to attend the next meeting of the liaison committee which took place on Wednesday.

Man arrested for stealing from Garda compound

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

A Galway man, with 15 previous convictions, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday after he removed two planks of scaffolding from the Castlebar Garda compound and placed them in his trailer after he retrieved his impounded car.

Man gets suspended sentence for abuse of taxi driver

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Trusting and respecting your taxi driver is a lesson that was hard learnt by a Ballinrobe man who received a suspended sentence this week for “totally unacceptable” public order offences.

Man convicted of drink driving

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

A Claremorris man who was observed driving on the wrong side of the road and who was found to be over the limit was convicted for drink driving at Ballinrobe District Court on Friday.

Disqualifications for women who parked in disabled spaces

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Two women who parked in disabled car parking spaces in Castlebar were both disqualified from driving for one year at Castlebar District Court this week.

Local hairdressing salon wins again

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Ballina based salon allure Hairdressing has once again enjoyed immense success in the Irish Hairdressing championships in Dublin with its highly trained team sweeping the boards in a number of categories.

Celebrating forty years in business at Gerry McGuire’sCelebrating forty years in business at Gerry M

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

To celebrate Gerry McGuire's 40th anniversary both the Ballina and Castlebar stores will be offering an array of fantastic prizes and offers from April 6 - 11. As part of the in store promotions both the Castlebar and Ballina stores will hold a free prize draw with three fantastic prizes in each store to give away.

Celebrating forty years in business at Gerry McGuire’s

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

To celebrate Gerry McGuire's 40th anniversary both the Ballina and Castlebar stores will be offering an array of fantastic prizes and offers from April 6 - 11. As part of the in store promotions both the Castlebar and Ballina stores will hold a free prize draw with three fantastic prizes in each store to give away.

Komandor superior sliding wardrobes

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Do you have space in your home that could be more efficiently used?

Do you have high ceilings in your home and feel that an ordinary wardrobe would not utilise the space well?

Airport power deal to save 861 tonnes of CO2

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Ireland West Airport Knock has signed a new green power deal with competitive electricity provider Energia. The “Green Supply” power deal will see the airport continue to progress on its aim to be carbon neutral and reduce its carbon footprint by 861 tonnes each year.

French and Spanish summer camps

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Following the success of the French interaction camps for secondary school students, this summer Gort Ard, Salthill, is adding a Spanish camp. The camps are a unique blend of language teaching and activities, together with French or Spanish students attending a parallel English language course. The French camps take place throughout June and the Spanish camp is in July. Students can attend on a day or a residential basis.

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