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Fine Gael town council candidate Okey Williams Kalu has welcomed the introduction of changes at Castlebar post office — the provision of fast track services for the elderly and the introduction of a postage stamp vending machine.

Bryan Adams (pictured) will bring his solo-acoustic concert tour to Ireland in January. The Bare Bones tour will take in the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Monday January 18. Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.ie and the Royal Theatre Box Office on

Concerned parents of school children have contacted Castlebar Town Council and Mayo County Council election candidate Councillor Blackie Gavin to voice their concerns about the danger of speeding cars outside national schools in Mayo.

Two people in the Westport area and two in the Castlebar area have been arrested for drink driving since Monday.

With Fianna Fáil facing the ire of the public opinion in the media and on the streets, deciding to throw your hat in the ring for the very first time as a local election candidate for the party was never going to be an easy task. However, one young Castlebar man has decided to throw his lot in with the soldiers of destiny and try and take a seat on Castlebar Town Council in the upcoming elections. Stephen Lavelle who at 23 is the youngest candidate in the field has been knocking on the doors around Castlebar asking the people to put their faith in him on June 5 and despite some angry responses to him when he tells the people who he is running for he has enjoyed the canvassing process so far.

Urgent action is required to tackle the jobs crisis in Castlebar town according to Noreen Heston as she calls upon the Town Council to act without delay in putting a plan in place to address the situation. A cohesive package must be put in place involving all the appropriate state agencies including FÁS and the IDA, said Ms Heston.

The charity GOAL is calling on enthusiastic participants to take part in the GOAL mile this Christmas Day.

Paintings by young artists from Scoil Raifteiri, Cornanool National School and Snugboro National School will feature in a prestigious art exhibition at this year’s internationally recognised Belfast Children’s Festival taking place in May, with an expected audience of some 10,000 people. The works were created as part of the Linenhall Arts Centre’s visual art programme for Schools. Orla Henihan, arts access officer at the Linenhall Arts Centre, said: “We have always known that fabulous art works are created during our visual art programme for schools workshops. We are absolutely delighted that we now have the chance to show some of them off!” The 21 self-portraits by the budding Mayo artists were chosen by the University of Ulster and the Belfast Children’s Festival from schools, groups, and organisations from across Ireland to be part of the festival’s More of it than we think exhibition.

The Music for Malindi CD will be officially launched on Friday December 18 at 8pm.

Drums/percussion, vocals, and guitar workshops for aspiring young musicians (10-18 years) take place during the Guinness Castlebar Blues Festival in association with JABACC (Jazz and Blues Appreciation Club, Castlebar) on Saturday May 30.