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Achill Island RNLI was involved in a 14 hour rescue overnight, (Sunday/Monday 22/23 May), to a lone sailor onboard a yacht which had lost power almost 40 nautical miles west of Achill Island.

It goes without aying that we are all filled with admiration for those heroes who risk their lives so we may live ours. Our minds do not have to go far back to remember those who have died in the service of rescue on this side of the country.

Clifden RNLI’s new all-weather Shannon class lifeboat arrived to an emotional welcome from crowds gathered in the Connemara community to see it complete its week-long voyage home from the charity’s All Weather lifeboat centre in Poole. The lifesaving vessel is the first ‘Launch a Memory’ lifeboat to be put on service in Ireland. The St. Christopher carries the names of over 10,000 people on its hull, which were put there by members of the public through a special ‘in memory’ fundraising initiative for the charity.

With the climate crisis intensifying and a definite move towards ditching the car and grabbing a bike since the pandemic hit, a fantastic initiative has been developed to promote sustainable cycle tourism in the Westport and Clew Bay area.

The five Fine Gael MEPs, including Mayo's Maria Walsh, welcomed a group of 28 students and accompanying teachers from across Ireland, including four students and two teachers from County Mayo, to the European Parliament, Brussels recently.

Achill Island RNLI responded to a request for assistance with the medical evacuation of a patient on Inisturk on Bank Holiday Monday.

Mayo County Council Tourism Development Officer Anna Connor outlined a multitude of tourism projects underway throughout the county during a presentation to the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District this week.

Usually, the lifesavers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) answer mayday calls – it’s the most serious call for help. But this May, they need your help.

Compulsory Purchase Orders will form part of the land acquisition strategy to further develop Greenway routes in Mayo, wherever landowners may not be agreeable to granting access - according to Paul Hyland, Senior Executive of Mayo County Council National Roads Office.

Since 1993, the Irish Food Writer's Guild (IFWG) Food Awards have celebrated local producers and food heroes who have nourished and brought pleasure to the lives and tables of many.