Manulla FC awarded with Texaco Sportstars bursary

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

Manulla Football Club were one of 25 successful Irish sports clubs chosen to receive a Texaco Sportstars Bursary, which was presented to them at an awards ceremony in Dublin on Wednesday.

Man arrested for drink driving twice in four days

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

A Polish man who pleaded guilty to drink driving after being found to be over the legal alcohol limit twice in four days was convicted, fined and disqualified at Ballina District Court this week.

Hallowe’en dangers not just from ghosts and goblins

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

With road safety always on our minds, we are reminded the major dangers at Hallowe’en are not from ghosts and goblins…but rather pedestrian/vehicle collisions. To date this year 36 pedestrians have been killed on Irish roads.

Ó Cuív to meet council delegation after Oireachtas Committee meeting

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has asked the delegation from Mayo County Council who will be giving a presentation to the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Local Government next week to meet with him. Fianna Fáil Cllr Al McDonnell revealed the news to a special meeting of the council this week while discussing the presentation the delegation will make to the committee. Cllr McDonnell told the meeting that “just a few minutes ago Minister Éamon Ó Cuiv asked that that members of our delegation meet with him as soon as we are finished giving our presentation to the joint committee”. He continued saying that “he has been a good friend to Mayo, while we have been trying to develop the county there were others trying to stop us.”

€1.3 million for Mayo group water schemes

Fri, Oct 31, 2008

Minister for Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has announced that he has allocated CLÁR top-up funding of €1,381,995 to group water schemes in the county.

Castlebar and Ballina move up in IBAL rankings

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

Castlebar and Ballina were both celebrating earlier this week with the news that they have moved up in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) standings for 2008. Castlebar saw its ranking shoot up 28 places from number 36 last year and break into the top ten at number eight. Ballina were also celebrating a double-digit rise from number 49 to 37, moving it from a seriously littered town to a moderately littered town.

Student convicted for drink driving

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

A man from Ballina who drove his friends to work the morning after he was out the night before, was convicted, fined and disqualified at Foxford District Court on Tuesday.

vIreland West Knock wants aviation policy anomalies addressed

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

During this week’s meeting at the joint Oireachtas committee on transport, the group MD along with the CEO of Ireland West Airport Knock urged the Government to address and amend a number of aviation policies which are adversely affecting growth at the international airport and which are conferring unfair competitive advantages on other airports in Ireland.

Mobile phone movie to put an end to drink driving

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

The Road Safety Officer in Mayo County Council has launched an October bank holiday weekend road safety campaign with a hard-hitting commercial designed to make motorists think about their driving behaviour.

Motorist fined for speeding in 50kmph zone

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

A driver of a Renault Megane which was detected driving in excess of the speed limit in a 50km zone was convicted and fined at Foxford District Court this week.

Foxford man has ‘first class honours’ in benefit fraud

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

A man in his late fifties who obtained a total of over €28,000 in benefits from the state after he claimed that he was not working was convicted and fined at Foxford District Court after it came to light that the man had in fact been working on a part-time basis.