Tom Gillespie

1 week ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie RECYCLING waste metal is not a waste of time for a trusted Castlebar provider of top-quality waste metal recycling solutions and engineering services. Jackson Metal Recycling and Engineering specialises in three different sectors, waste metal recycling, the manufacture of sewage vent columns, as well as their long-established welding and engineering supplies store.

2 weeks ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie DID you ever have to use an old newspaper, like that in the photograph, to get the open fire lighting in your home? Not recommended clearly, given the hazards involved, but back in the late 1950s and ‘60s it was common practice. But you had to be careful not to set the paper alight, as was often the case. The first chore was to take out the ashes from the previous night’s fire and clean up the general area around the fireplace.

2 weeks ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

PART 3 By Tom Gillespie ONE of Ireland’s most celebrated musicians, and foremost band leader, Stephen Garvey, died in the USA in January 1962. In the February 3, 1962, edition of The Connaught Telegraph a lengthy obituary was carried on the Castle Street, Castlebar, native. The next year (1927), after The Mikado, he produced The Pirates of Penzance and Trial by Jury. As in the case of The Mikado, he had a full orchestra, including even an organ.

2 weeks ago | con-telegraph.ie | Tom Gillespie

By Tom Gillespie AS a child Catherine Derrig-O’Shea always knew she wanted a career with animals. The Castlebar native qualified as a veterinary nurse eight years ago, which involved a certain amount of grooming, something she concentrated more and more on. Now she has opened her own grooming business - Catherine’s Scruffy Woofs - which she operates from a clinic in the family business, Derrig’s Green Bay B&B, on the Mall in Castlebar.

2 weeks ago | mkfm.com | Tom Gillespie

The Metropolitan Police say the 50-year-old comedian, actor and author has also been charged with one count of oral rape and one count of indecent assault. The charges relate to four women. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday 2 May. Police have said Brand is accused of raping a woman in the Bournemouth area in 1999 and indecently assaulting a woman in the Westminster area of London in 2001.