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The Irish Wheelchair Association invite all to their Féile Na Bealtaine open day in the resource and outreach centre in Belmullet on May 7 at 2pm where a Ceoltas session will take place.

After the success of the 2008 St Patrick’s Day bilingual float competition, Mayo Chamber of Commerce organisations, Kiltimagh IRD, Mid West Radio and Gnó Mhaigh Eo are encouraging groups, businesses, and organisations to promote bilingualism and enter their float in this year’s An Flóta Is Fearr competition.

A fire ripped through a family home in Ballyvarry on bank holiday Monday morning leaving the house completely destroyed. No one was in the house when the blaze broke out at 8.15am.

Newport Fianna Fáil councillor Frank Chambers has announced that he will not be contesting the forthcoming Mayo County Council elections on June 5, despite having received the Fianna Fáil nomination for the Westport electoral area. Cllr Chambers made the announcement at a meeting of the Michael Kilroy Fianna Fáil Cumann.

Shell to Sea protester Maura Harrington was sent back behind bars for a further 14 days for failing to pay fines relating to her imprisonment in March. At the March court sitting in Belmullet, where Harrington denied claims that she slapped a member of An Garda Síochána during a protest at Pullathomas Pier on June 11 2007, she was sentenced to 28 days in prison.

From March 9 to March 12 Mayo businesses will be attending Club Caife, a networking event that will give local businesses an opportunity to network with each other in an informal setting and also to learn about opportunities that are available to market their business in a unique way using the Irish language.

A table quiz in aid of the annual Belmullet Heritage Day will take place in McDonnell's Bar on Wednesday June 17 at 9pm.

The Playboy of the Western World, by John Millington Synge, is arguably the Irish playwright’s greatest masterpiece. In order to mark the centenary of JM Synge’s death – he died, aged 37, on March 24 1909 – the Erris Players, under the direction of Bridie Quinn, will be staging a powerful performance of this noted drama in Belmullet and in Bangor Erris. Interestingly, this is not the group’s first performance of the play – they first staged it 17 years ago and that very successful production is still recalled by local actors and audiences alike.

At Belmullet District Court on Wednesday a Latvian man who was not wearing his seatbelt was disqualified and was also fined for allowing his child to be unrestrained in a car.

The latest in the current series of table quizzes in aid of the annual Belmullet Heritage Day will take place in McDonnell's Bar on Wednesday June 17 at 9pm. A fun night is guaranteed, along with some great prizes.