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Visit Ballyhaunis this weekend where you can partake in some fun sporting activities for young and old as part of the festival of sport being held in the town.

Two Mayo First Active branches, in Ballina and Castlebar, are to be closed following the announcement this week that First Active and Ulster Bank are to merge. It is expected that up to 12 staff from the two branches will be redeployed to work in local Ulster Bank branches. There are six Ulster Banks in Mayo; in Castlebar, Ballina, Westport, Ballinrobe, Claremorris, and Ballyhaunis, but staff won’t know where they will be reassigned until a voluntary redundancy scheme has been completed.

Mayo's Got Talent auditions will take place in the Ramada Hotel, Ballina on June 28 from 10am to 6pm.

Music mogul Louis Walsh from Kiltimagh has been announced as the Mayo Person of the Year.

Tógra Mhaigh Eó is organising Irish summer camps all over Mayo during the summer. These camps are aimed at children aged from seven to 13 and activities include cooking classes, drama, art, music, dance, pottery, sport, etc. The camps are held for one week and only cost €60.

The members of the Environmental and Emergency services SPC of Mayo County Council welcomed the continued growth of the green schools project in Mayo following a presentation they received this week. Eva Gannon, an education officer with An Taisce, outlined the new green schools travel programme that is currently being rolled out through Mayo.

ARAMARK Ireland’s Cupcake Campaign will run from June 29 to July 4 where mouth-watering cupcakes will be on sale in ARAMARK Ireland sites throughout the country, and a percentage of each sale will go towards the ARAMARK Ireland Charitable Fund, which includes the Mayo Cancer Support Association.

Mayo has been allocated €11.7 million under the National Roads Programme 2009 but there has been anger expressed at what was dubbed “the crumbs off the table”.

Volunteers are wanted to help with collections for a short period of time in the Mayo area on Saturday July 4 and Sunday July 5 as part of a fundraising motorcycle run from Strokestown to Westport in aid of Mayo Roscommon Hospice.

For the second in row Mayo started off the National League with a defeat at the hands of Derry, this time in James Stephen’s Park last Sunday. While both sides hit 10 scores the decisive score of the game came from Derry debutant James Kielt 45 minutes into the contest, who got on the end of move that came about as Tom Cunniffe lost possession trying to break out of defence.