Nifty 250 - Fri, Feb 26 - N26 project shelved; Tidy Towns ready for 2010; Mary’s are Connacht Champs

Shock in Ballina as planning permission for N26 is refused

The people of Ballina are today up in arms after it has been revealed that the much anticipated second phase of the N26 road, which was due to link the town with the main road artery in the county, will not now go ahead.
An Bord PleanΡla have refused permission for the road development from Ballina to Bohola on environmental grounds.
Cllr Jarlath Munnelly, chairman of the Roads and Transportation SPC of Mayo County Council, said that the news had come as a surprise and was an ‘enormous setback for the entire county’.


Large attendance at Westport Tidy Towns AGM

The people of Westport were happy to be described as residents of the tidiest town in Ireland on three occasions during the noughties, and judging by the large attendance at last night’s annual general meeting, more success could be in the offing. Chairperson of the committee, Pamela Flanagan, said everyone involved was ‘100 per cent committed’ to regaining the crown, last won in 2008.


Mary’s ease past Sacred Heart in Connacht soccer final

St Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina won the Umbro FAI Schools Junior (U-16) Girls Connacht Final at Milebush Park on Thursday. The north Mayo side beat a game Sacred Heart School, Westport 4-0, with goals from Sarah Rowe (two), Chelsea Forde and substitute Laura Daire.



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