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An American woman in her seventies was airlifted from Croagh Patrick on Wednesday night after sustaining serious head injuries.

The Erris FreshStart programme, based in Belmullet, is a personal, social, and vocational exploration course, which helps people who may not have had educational, employment, and social opportunities by providing a safe place to learn new skills.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O' Mahony has been informed by Eircom that the exchanges in Bohola and Bonniconlon have now been enabled for broadband in these areas.

The Be Active 55 project started in Killala and Crossmolina this Thursday and will continue every Thursday. This is a one hour exercise class especially for people who are aged 55 plus, run by a qualified exercise instructor and will cost €5 per class.

After the pre-season warm up session on the far side of the Atlantic it’s back to more traditional fare, albeit on a Saturday evening for Mayo. And with McHale Park getting the go ahead, it’s all systems go for the welcoming of Roscommon to Castlebar for the first time in five years, and four years after the sides last met in the Connacht Championship.

A cycle hub around Achill was officially launched last week as part of the National Cycle Network throughout Ireland being championed by Fáilte Ireland.

The HSE West has been told it must deliver the same standard of efficiencies and care as it did last year, but by spending €30 million less. No mean feat one would say, but that has been the task given to the health authority in the west.

Residents of St Patrick’s housing estate in Ballina will have their fingers crossed today that a visit to the estate by a government minister will follow with an announcement of funding for much-needed refurbishment works.

Walk around Joyce Country, Connemara, on Saturday July 18 to raise money for Mayo and Galway hospice foundations.

Mayo clubs and sporting groups will be feeling the pinch of the economic downturn this year with the news that that Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism will not be providing any funding through the sports capital grant programme in 2009. In 2008 at total of 28 groups in Mayo shared in a pot of €1,380,500 in funding for projects which spanned from €2,000 to All Stars Boxing Club in Ballinrobe to €250,000 which was given to the Connacht Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland. In 2007 more than €2.5 million in grants was handed out around County Mayo.