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The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, has called for an independent Public Sector Pay Commission to determine all future pay arrangements across the public sector.

Staff at Mayo University Hospital received two awards at the recent Saolta University Health Care Group Staff Recognition Awards which took place on Friday November 13 at an event in the Sligo Park Hotel. A group of staff from A Ward in the hospital who dealt with a fire earlier this year and ensured the safety of patients and staff received the Unsung Hero Award. 

For the festive season ahead, Lidl Ireland is offering customers in Mayo a chance to win their entire Christmas shopping. Since the start of November, tickets for Lidl’s nationwide Trolley Dash have gone on sale for just €1. Winners will be challenged Supermarket Sweep style to dash around Lidl and grab as much of their Christmas shopping as possible in just two minutes! One hundred per cent of proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Lidl’s charity partner, Barretstown.

A recent awareness campaign aimed at alerting farmers in Mayo to the signs and symptoms of a heart attack has won a top award at this year’s Irish Medical Times Healthcare Awards. This innovative project stemmed from a collaboration between local heart and stroke charity Croí and the HSE in Mayo as part of the on-going work of the Mayo Action on Heart Disease and Stroke Programme. The winning initiative was jointly led by Croí nurse Ailish Houlihan and Ann Marie Brown, cardiac rehab co-ordinator at Mayo General Hospital.

Families and friends of people lost through suicide in Mayo have the chance to get together to remember their loved ones at Console’s upcoming Christmas Celebration of Light. The evening of song, music, poetry, and reflection takes place in Our Lady Help of Christians Church in Swinford on Sunday November 29 at 4pm. The evening also includes the lighting of candles and a minute’s silence in the presence of others to remember those who are no longer with us on life's journey. More than 500 people lost their lives to suicide in Ireland last year. The event is one of nine celebrations of light being held by the national suicide prevention and bereavement charity Console, with some 6,000 people expected to attend nationwide.

Families and friends of people lost through suicide in Westmeath have the chance to come together to remember their loved ones at Console’s upcoming Celebration of Light.

Some 10,000 parents have availed of the Road Safety Authority’s (RSA) free child car seat checking service since the service began in 2013.

Mayo retailers continue to be at the forefront of driving customer excellence in Ireland with two of the county’s leading home and garden stores recognised at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards 2016 in association with Barclaycard. Following hundreds of entries Retail Excellence Ireland awarded the best in class winners in key sector groups with Mayo retailers cleaning up, including Horkans Garden and Lifestyle Centre, Castlebar, winning Best National Garden Centre Store 2016 and Homeland, Swinford, winning Best DIY and Agri Store 2016. 

A food fair with a difference will take place in Galway this weekend. As the name suggests, all foods showcased at the 'Ballynogluten' event at The Ardilaun Hotel will be gluten free.

The CEO of Galway County Council may have dropped the bombshell to councillors that a number of utility companies in the county are getting a rates write down, due to the value of their properties dropping, but it has been made cystal clear that there will be no rates reduction for any other struggling business in the county.