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Achill Island community is leading the way in the fight against heart disease by working with local heart charity Croí, in partnership with HSE West Mayo PCCC (Primary, Community & Continuing Care) by launching the inaugural Achill Healthy Heart Week from April 20 to April 24.

Following on from European Mobility Week which took place this week Mayo County Council with the support of the Department of Environment, Heritage, and Local Government, is introducing the provision of bicycle racks in Ballina, Castlebar, and Westport to promote the use of bicycles as a sustainable and environmentally friendly mode of transport. A pilot rural transport initiative will be introduced from November to February in isolated rural communities to local centres of population in the Belmullet/Achill areas, and there will also be a public awareness initiative promoting the proper use of pedestrian footpaths and disabled parking spaces in the county.

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Would you like to take part in the annual New Year’s Day swim in aid of the Achill Lifeboat and raise funds for the RNLI at the same time?

Welcome Inn Senior Football League Division 1A:

There are a wide range of free events at your local library to celebrate the annual Bealtaine Festival in May. While the festival is aimed primarily at older people, all events are open to everyone.

The Mayo League will see the curtain come down on another season this Sunday (bar one or two re-fixed games), with a number of titles and promotion spots still up for grabs. In the Super League Ballina Town have their destiny in their own hands and on Sunday at 2.30pm on the Pete Murray pitch in Belleek Park, they can wrap up the title with a win over Fahy Rovers. Ballina Town have been leading the charge over the 17 games so far this season, with Westport United nipping at their heels. A win for Brendan Kenny’s side will see them reach 44 points, enough to claim the title as Westport can only reach a maximum of 43 with their two games left this season. They play Iorras Aontaithe this Sunday and have a re-fixed game against Snugboro United also to play, but if Kenny’s men do what is expected of them Westport’s re-fixed game will be inconsequential to the title race.

The members of Mayo County Council paid tribute to the two men who were killed in a car accident outside Belmullet last weekend. Cllr Gerry Coyle led the tributes to Garda Terence Dever and Stephen Conway who lost their lives in the tragedy.

The G hotel in Galway will host Closer, an eclectic art exhibition by one of the west’s most promising artists Shane Cannon, from Sunday May 24 until Saturday June 6. Each painting is influenced by the unique experiences the artist has captured from modern living and life on Achill Island. Mary McCague, head of humanities and creative arts at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, will officially open the exhibition at 3pm on Sunday May 24 where guests are invited to experience the vibrant display of paintings as part of an art trail, in conjunction with the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway.

Friday May 15