Nifty250 Apr 16: Labour to announce Mayo candidate; two well-known Castlebar men die; Minister opens Greenways

Labour to announce high profile candidate

Speculation is rife in Mayo as to who the Labour Party are going to name as their Mayo candidate for the next General Election. It is believed that Labour will announce their candidate later today.
Party insiders have stated that the candidate will be ‘high profile’ and the guessing game has begun.
Among the names mentioned are former Independent TD Dr Jerry Cowley and current Independent Mayor of Castlebar, Michael Kilcoyne.
Kilcoyne, however, has ruled out a return to the party who he once represented. Were Cowley to be the name going forward, it would represent a remarkable comeback into the political arena after he lost his DΡil seat in 2007.


Castlebar in mourning after deaths of two popular local men

The town of Castlebar in is mourning today after the death of two very well-known figures in the town in the last 24 hours.
Anthony McHugh of the Welcome Inn Hotel and of Mountain View Securities lost his long battle with illness last night at hospital in Galway.
His remains will repose at the Welcome Inn Hotel on Newantrim Street in Castlebar on Saturday from 2-8pm.
Michael ‘Mick’ Ruane also passed away, this morning. Together with his wife Breege, the couple ran McCarthy’s Restaurant on Main Street for many years while Mick represented his beloved Castlebar Mitchels and Mayo for many years.
His funeral will take place from 5pm to 8pm on Sunday from the Thomas Street Funeral Home.


Minister opens new Greenways in Mulranny and Newport

The Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, is on a whistlestop tour of Mayo today. He opened the new walk/cycle Greenway from Mulranny to Newport this morning and at lunchtime he was in Westport to open the walk/cycle Greenway from Altamont Street to the Quay. Large crowds attended both opening. The Minister will be in Ballina this evening for a meeting with local representatives regarding stage two of the N26 Bohola to Ballina road.

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