Rugby match sign switch irks Castlebar councillors
Connacht's Shayne Bolton, Jack Carty and Shamus Hurley-Langton visit Hastings Insurance MacHale Park ahead of the BKT United Rugby Championship game versus Munster Rugby on Saturday, March 29th. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie
Castlebar councillors were left flabbergasted that Mayo Co Council replaced a Castlebar Municipal District sign welcoming the Connacht and Munster rugby teams. The two teams will meet in a BKT United Rugby Championship game at MacHale Park in Castlebar on Saturday.
The sign on behalf of the Castlebar Municipal District was erected on the Mall. However, on Wednesday afternoon it was usurped for one bearing Mayo Co Council’s name. Cllr Blackie Gavin pointed out the switch at a meeting of Castlebar Municipal District.
“Someone has taken our sign,” said Cllr Gavin while Cllr Donna Sheridan said the original sign should go “straight back up".
Cllr Al McDonnell said a sign for a bar on the way to Balla was recently removed by the council and has since gone missing.
“I would be surprised if they don’t put up a Mayo.ie sign instead,” quipped Cllr Sheridan.
