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Cllr Gerry Coyle proposed the project move to the next stage and this was seconded by Cllr Rose Conway Walsh who said she did so with reservations, but it was for the good of the whole area.

The weather station in Belmullet, which was the last remaining manned station in Ireland, went fully automatic on Wednesday.

Last Saturday, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Dr John Connolly of the Irish Association of Suicidology formally launched the Living Links Tri Event in aid of Suicide Awareness in Mayo. The Living Links Tri Fundraiser is being held in conjunction with the Blacksod Point Challenge Triathlon in Belmullet on September 22, and is a Triathlon Ireland sanctioned national series race.

A variety of artists will descend on Erris during the July for the 17th International Folks Arts festival, Féile Iorras. There is a diverse range of events to suit every taste and age group, incorporating every inch of the Barony of Erris. This year’s array of music, artists, and performers is in the final stage of completion and includes Tumbling Bones – American folk and old-time from the USA, Beoga who give a distinctly Northern flavour to Irish trad, international children’s films, Za Ucha with the finest Balkan music, Northumberland Celtic Ranters from England, and Iorras’s own David Munnelly Band. There will also be a 25 minute documentary by Blacksod native Fergus Sweeney, Keepers of the Light, poetry reading, local musicians performing a trad seisiún in Tra Buí, not forgetting children’s international cinema and Branar Theatre with a puppet show, Clann Lir,. The visual arts will be well represented by Diarmuid O Riordan’s exhibition of photographs which will be held at Áras Inis Gluaire and will open on Friday, July 13.

A 59-year-old man from Belmullet was killed on Thursday morning after his vehicle collided with a wall on the Belmullet to Blacksod road at Binghamstown.

Kilmore Triathlon Club is hosting the Gateway Blacksod Point Triathlon tomorrow (Saturday). Some 250 competitors are competing from Ireland and abroad, including many locals and relay teams.

For any men over 55 who would like to go to the Erris Agricultural Show on Sunday July 24, there will be buses running from Doohoma, Blacksod, and Carrowtighe at 11am, with several pick up points along the way.

The Erris community are leading the way in the fight against heart disease and stroke by working with local heart charity Croí, in partnership with HSE West Mayo Primary, Community and Continuing Care by hosting a meeting to promote heart health and raise awareness of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

The Mayo AC ladies team have been rewarded for their good performances this year by being selected to take part in the 24th European road race inter club championships in Torres Vedras, Portugal. The event, which will take place on Sunday October 17 over a 15km course, will have top athletic clubs from all over the continent taking part. The Mayo AC team which will compete in the event will be finalised over the coming weeks.

An unemployed plasterer, who consumed 15 pints over the course of a party and decided to drive home the following day, was this week disqualified from driving at Belmullet District Court.