Snippets
17 February 1999
Castlebar housing development
go-ahead
Westport
developers George and Hugh Golden of Logden Homes has been
granted planning permission by Mayo
County Council to build 62 houses and 22 apartments at
Moneen, Castlebar.
Work on the development is due to commence towards the end
of March.
Rail upgrade meeting
FUTURE plans for the upgrading of the three main rail
routes serving the West of Ireland will be the subject of a
presentation to be given by Brian Garvey, Chief Engineer -
Infrastructure, Irish Rail, in the Dalton Inn, Claremorris
tomorrow (Thursday) night at 8p.m.
The evening which will be hosted by the Western Section
of the Chartered Institute of Transport, is open to the
public.
IFA CAP protest in Castlebar
today
UP TO 300 farmers are expected to gather in Castlebar
today (Wednesday) to protest over CAP reform.
Members of the IFA will assemble at Springfield at midday
and will proceed through Main Street and the Mall where they
will stage a rally which will be addressed by IFA Regional
Organiser Roy O'Brien.
It is expected that dozens of tractors and farm machinery
will be part of the protest and will result in traffic
disruption for a time in the county town.
John Noel Carey calls it a
day
Fine Gael councillor John Noel Carey has announced his
decision to resign from public life after long and dedicated
service.
The Kiltane-based representative will not be putting his
name forward to the Belmullet
F.G. Convention on March 1st. He informed the party of his
decision at a meeting in Belmullet on Monday.
Mr. Carey was first elected to Mayo County Council in
1979. He is also a member of Mayo Vocational Education
Committee.
Fine Gael have decided to run three candidates in the
Belmullet Electoral area, one in Achill,
one in Belmullet and one in Erris. Pat Kilbane (outgoing)
and Ian McAndrew will, barring an upset, be selected to
stand in Achill and Belmullet, respectively.
Great interest, as a result, will focus on the battle to
replace Carey in Bangor
Erris. Those showing an interest include Catherine Carey, a
daughter of John Noel, Richie Cosgrove and Mary Deane.
Garda Ronan passes-out
Mr. Ronan Dunne, St. Patrick's Avenue, Castlebar will
pass out as a new Garda recruit at a ceremony in Templemore
tomorrow (Thursday).
Ronan, son of Mary and the late John Dunne, is a former
employee of Allergan in Westport.
Major scholarship for young
Kilmeena man
A YOUNG Kilmeena man, Francis O'Grady, son of Martin and
Claire O'Grady, Clooneen, has won the prestigious Leonardo
da Vinci Scholarship to Tours in France where he will study
Language and Culture and receive training in a Michelin 5
Star Restaurant.
Francis was one of six young workers selected from all
over Ireland. He is a past pupil of Myna National School and
Westport Vocational School.
Kiltimagh in public speaking
final
THE Western regional final of national public speaking
project, organised by the Mental Health Association of
Ireland, will be held in the Ibiz Hotel, Headford Road,
Galway when St. Louis Community School, Kiltimagh
meet St. Joseph's College, Garbally, Ballinasloe. At
7.30p.m. on Friday.
Funeral of young Charlestown
man
THE FUNERAL will take place today (Wednesday) of eighteen
year old John Threadgold from Lavey, Charlestown
who was killed in a road accident near Ballaghaderreen in
the early hours of Sunday morning.
The young apprentice mechanic was killed instantly when
the car he was driving went out of control at hit a small
bridge, near Crenane Bridge, on the Castlerea road.
There were huge crowds last night at the removal of the
remains from Kilgarriff's Funeral Home, Charlestown to St.
James's Church. The dead youth is survived by his parents,
Mary and Colin and two sisters, Sarah and Joanne.
£300,000 boost for
Charlestown
THE National Roads Authority have sanctioned
£100,000 for the upgrading of the streets in
Charlestown, with particular emphasis on the Square
area.
A further £50,000 has been earmarked for traffic
calming in the town from the bakery to Church Street.
Mayo County Engineer, Mr. Joe Beirne has confirmed to
Councillor John Flannery that the allocations had been
made.
Mr. Flannery has also been informed that another
£150,000 special allocation had been approved to
improve the junction into Knock
Airport.
TV programme on Mayo Rose
'Mindy'
MAYO'S Rose of Tralee, Luzveminda („Mindy")
O'Sullivan will feature in an RTE"Would You Believe"
television programme on RTE One on March 9th.
The programme will include footage from a recent visit by
Mindy and her family to the Phillipines where her late
mother, Florita, was born, and where her elderly grandmother
still lives.
The"Would You Believe" programme will also discuss
Mindy's reign as one of the most popular ever Roses of
Tralee; her work for Trocaire and her aspirations for the
future as a student of biochemistry at Trinity College,
Dublin. "Would You Believe", RTE I, 10.10 p.m., March
9th.
Mayo should be Hollywood of the
West
A CALL has been made on Mayo
County Council to establish a 'Screen Commission' to
promote the region as a the 'Hollywood' of Ireland.
It has come from Dail Deputy Enda Kenny who said such a
move would provide 'enormous benefits'.
Mr. Kenny has made the recommendation following the
publishing of the annual review of the Irish Film Board. The
report showed there are eight films currently in production
in Ireland. None of them have a Mayo location.
In 1998 one of nine productions 'Love and Rage' was
filmed in the Achill
area. While one TV drama series, John McGahern's 'Amongst
Women' was filmed at several locations here.
Deputy Kenny added:"I believe Mayo County Council should
form a group under the chairmanship of the relevant special
policy committee. It should invite people of expertise and
understanding of this business in the county to join this
committee and a prospectus should be prepared on the
advantages of mayo and on the opportunities that it presents
for investors and film companies."
Connaught Telegraph - News &
Sport - February 1999
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