Claremorris in good position to face difficult times - McHugh

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

At a recent Fianna Fáil meeting in Claremorris Councillor Pat McHugh stated that Claremorris is in a good position to face difficult times.

New Gaeltacht roads scheme to benefit Achill

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

Éamon Ó Cuív TD Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has announced a new Gaeltacht scheme called Scéim Bóithre Pobail (Community Roads Scheme) which is set to benefit Achill.

World School Games 2009 Cleveland

Fri, Feb 06, 2009

The World School Games will be held in Clevland, Ohio, this summer. If any schools in Mayo wish to participate they are asked to contact the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council Councillor Joe Mellett for further details.

Greens are the fag butt that FF will inhale and discard

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

The Green Party has been in the news all week. Their sole city councillors in Dublin and Cork have resigned. The party leadership has dismissed the resignations of Bronwen Maher and Chris O’Leary as merely due to “personal and local constituency” reasons.

Grass roots

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Local Government is often the butt of many jokes: from the depiction of gombeen councillors in RTE’s Hall’s Pictorial Weekly through to Pat Shortt’s more recent comic creation of Councillor Maurice Hickey there has been quite a lot of comic material emanating from local council chambers.

O’Mahony demands immediate payment of grants to farmers

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith TD, to immediately sanction the payment of outstanding grants owed to farmers who participated in the Farm Waste Management Scheme. It was revealed at the weekend that the Government underestimated what it has to pay to farmers by €400m and the Minister is now hoping to persuade farmers to accept some form of deferred payments.

Barrett calls for release of ocean energy funding

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Labour’s Harry Barrett has hit out at the failure of the Government to provide a €2 million grant aid package promised to the county for ocean energy.

Being judged on your record

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

With the Ballinrobe electoral area being swallowed up by the newly bloated Claremorris electoral area the seven sitting councillors in these two areas will be reduced by one, so it’s itchy feet time for the sitting councillors in south Mayo. Two term councillor Damien Ryan will be putting himself before the people for the third time this summer, and despite the apathy people may be feeling to his party in these current times he’s looking forward to getting out there and meeting the people.

Being judged on your record

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

With the Ballinrobe electoral area being swallowed up by the newly bloated Claremorris electoral area the seven sitting councillors in these two areas will be reduced by one, so it’s itchy feet time for the sitting councillors in south Mayo. Two term councillor Damien Ryan will be putting himself before the people for the third time this summer, and despite the apathy people may be feeling to his party in these current times he’s looking forward to getting out there and meeting the people.

Labour ticket to be decided today

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

It is expected that Labour will select one candidate for the Mayo County Council elections in June and two candidates for Castlebar Town Council at a convention today (Friday).

Labour is trying to increase the participation of women in the electoral process by ensuring a 50-50 balance on all electoral tickets for the 2009 Local Elections. The selection convention is to be held in the Traveller’s Friend Hotel at 8pm.

Former Green member to stand as independent

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Former Mayo Green Party member Andy Wilson has announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming council elections. Mr Wilson, who works as an energy consultant and is editor of Sustainability Journal, says he has absolutely no faith in the ability of the mainstream political parties to get to grips with the economic catastrophe facing Ireland.

Price of affordable housing needs to fall in line with property market

Fri, Jan 30, 2009

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has warned that the price of affordable housing units needs to fall in order to maintain the previous gap that existed between affordable housing units and the normal property market.

Deputy Kenny has been made aware of some situations in other counties where the concept of affordable housing was non-existent as there was little difference between market and affordable prices.

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