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Top Stories | Tuesday, February 09, 2010


     Family returns home to find house gutted by massive fire

A KILLASSER family returned from a shopping trip to Castlebar to discover that their beautiful home had been utterly destroyed by fire.
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Genial Joe is Mayo’s top person

THE Mayo Person of the Year for 2010 is well-known Manchester-based businessman Joe Kennedy, writes Sandra Coffey.
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More News | Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Emergency garda unit for West

CLAREMORRIS is to be the base for the new Regional Rapid Response Emergency Garda Unit.  more >

Financial debts ‘need to be faced’

MEMBERS of Kiltimagh Credit Union are being urged to seek help if they are struggling to meet their loan repayments.  more >

Natural burial ground trend to come to Mayo?

PLANS to bring a natural burial ground to Mayo are in the pipeline.  more >

‘Legal drugs for sale on Mayo’s high streets

TWO stores in Castlebar are offering ‘herbal highs’, including bath salts and ‘incense’, which are claimed to mimic the affects of cocaine and cannabis.  more >

Second power plant for Erris?

A SECOND gas power plant is in the pipeline for Bellacorrick.  more >

Ballina school to stage 26th musical

ST MARY’S Secondary School in Ballina must have one of the longest traditions of staging musicals in the country and the staff and students are currently in the throes of preparing for their 26th consecutive annual production.  more >

Bus services to be reduced

TWO routes in Mayo have been targetted as part of a cost recovery plan which is being implemented by Bus Eireann.  more >

Crash victims’ friends launch campaign

FRIENDS of the four students who were killed in a tragic crash on the N17 between Ballindine and Milltown have set up an internet site to campaign for improvements to the notoriously dangerous stretch of road.  more >

€80k drugs seizure

GARDAÍ in Mayo made one of the most substantial drugs finds in the history of the county when they stopped a vehicle at a routine checkpoint in Charlestown on Friday night last.  more >

Rural postcodes to be delivered next year

POSTCODES are expected to be introduced to rural towns across the country by the end of next year.  more >

Seminar to focus on attracting more tourists

BOOSTING the tourism potential of the region in the current economic climate is the main focus of a Fáilte Ireland event taking place in Westport today (Tuesday).  more >

New volunteer crisis service

PLANS are underway to set up an emergency service that will bring local volunteers together to help in crisis situations.  more >

Solicitors get €130k legal aid

A BALLINROBE solicitors’ firm has earned more than €130,000 in the past year through the criminal legal aid scheme.  more >

Aras Attracta staff threaten ‘all-out war’

STAFF at Aras Attracta in Swinford have threatened “all-out war” if a unit at the hospital is closed.  more >

Payment claims cost you €1.2m

MAYO’S county councillors have received more than €1.2m in payments over the past year.  more >

Claremorris loses out on civil service jobs

THE planned decentralisation of the Office of Public Works (OPW) to Claremorris has been deferred indefinitely.  more >

Students get insight into world of work

STUDENTS from five Mayo schools have teamed up with some of the world’s largest multi-nationals to develop their business skills.  more >

Bryan Adams rocks TF

CANADIAN rocker Bryan Adams has become one of the biggest international stars ever to grace a Mayo stage, writes Siobhán Foody.  more >

Courthouse sale to keep council ‘out of the courts’

THE former courthouse building in Foxford is to be sold to a publican in the town.  more >

Knock car boot sale to raise urgent funds for Gena Heraty Haiti appeal

KNOCK will become the focus for one of the biggest fundraising appeals in the county which hopes to raise money for the people left devastated by the earthquake in Haiti.  more >

Son picked €7.5m winning numbers

CASTLEREA native and latest lotto millionaire Michelle Ryan has her son Dylan to thank for helping her win the jackpot of over €7.5 million.  more >

Underage drinking hotspots flushed out

A GARDA campaign to combat anti-social behaviour, which has been piloted in Swinford, may be rolled out in the rest of the county.  more >

Airport boss delighted with 14 new daily bus services

FOURTEEN new bus services are on the way to Ireland West Airport Knock, writes Sandra Coffey.  more >

€1.1m investment in Mayo childcare

PROPOSED childcare centres in Foxford and Kilkelly must be ready to go to construction within the next six weeks if they are to secure substantial funding.  more >

Gardaí seek a new home in Foxford

GARDAÍ in Foxford have been forced to move out of the local garda station after the water pipes burst during the cold spell.  more >

Musical society to host Pirate Queen festival

WHEN Ballinrobe Musical Society stages the world amateur premier of The Pirate Queen next month it will do so in style.  more >

Ladies, get set for mini marathon

LADIES, listen up – it’s time to put those running shoes on and put the West on the marathon map.  more >

Roads cash ‘crisis’ may mean single lane traffic

AS MOTORISTS continue to dodge potholes on roads across Co Mayo, officials from the National Roads Authority (NRA) have visited to the county to see for themselves the damage to some of the main roads.  more >

Belmullet on the ball with new facilities

PLANS for a sports facility in the centre of Belmullet will be unveiled at a meeting of Mayo Co Council later to-day.  more >

Parking fees yield €200k in South Mayo

PAY and display parking has generated €200,000 each year since it was introduced in 2005 in the South Mayo towns of Claremorris and Ballinrobe.  more >




 

 

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