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Twenty of Mayo’s top photographers from the Mayo Photographic Club are due to exhibit examples of their work at a major photography exhibition to be held in Foxford during the month of April. The exhibition is being held at Foxford Woollen Mills and will be officially opened by local artist Harry Feeney at 4pm on Sunday April 1.

Fianna Fail in government was corrupt. Previous findings against former Taoiseach Charles Haughey have now also been applied to other party members, specifically our own Castlebar native and ex-government minister and EU commissioner, Padraig Flynn, while ex-taoiseach Bertie Ahern has been found to have been “untruthful” relating to his financial affairs.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Castlebar is to host the Irish Kayaking Intervarsities from February 17 to 19 bringing an estimated 500 people to the town of Castlebar and neighbouring villages. The annual event offers kayakers from colleges all over Ireland the opportunity to get together and compete for prestigious titles in a number of divisions such as whitewater, freestyle, canoe polo, and long distance. Eighteen colleges will compete in events on the Clydagh river and Lough Lannagh.

A primary school extension constructed in Mayo has won a slot in the prestigious architectural publication 1000 x European Architecture, which is an important reference book for the construction sector published only once every five years.

The mayor of Castlebar, Cllr Eugene McCormack, has said he is very happy about the success of the new bridge across Lough Lannagh.

A GMIT technology student has helped enrich the lives of twin brothers with muscular dystrophy through the use of communications technology.

There will be celebrations in Davitt College next week when the official opening of the long-awaited Joe Langan Sports Hall, at Davitt College, Castlebar - in honour of the late Joe Langan, finally takes place.

The Government announcement that it is to close the military barracks in Castlebar has been roundly condemned this week.

THE NEW novel by Pádraig Standún, I gCóngar i gCéin, will be launched at an event in Connemara tomorrow evening.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s commitment to his home town of Castlebar and County Mayo has been questioned by a local Fianna Fáil councillor leading to a war of words, and the threat of a punch up between two elected members of Castlebar town council, on the local airwaves.