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Grave state of affairs over council upkeep of Mayo graveyards

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The general upkeep and management of public graveyards in Mayo is so poor that people are having to ask local representatives to advise them where to place the bodies of loved ones within the burial plot while one graveyard near Westport is filling up so fast, people will soon end up having to be buried 'on the side of the road'.

Reclaiming the Origins of Castlebar's Street Names

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The street names of Castlebar are each a chapter heading in the long and fascinating history of the town. The origin of some of the street names leaves little room for debate.

Kilcoyne queries charging for blood samples of medical card holders

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Independent Cllr Michael Kilcoyne raised the issue of GPs charging medical card holders for blood samples in certain circumstances at the HSE Regional Health Forum.

Custume Barracks to mark centenary milestone with reflective military ceremony

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The importance of choosing a course you really enjoy

Starting university is supposed to be an exciting time, right? For my younger (and exceptionally indecisive) 19-year-old self, this was an extremely stressful time. I simply couldn’t decide on which courses I should add to my CAO list. If you find yourself to be stuck in the same position, then you’re probably juggling between a course that you truly love and one that you think is more practical. Making the right choice for your degree can be intensely difficult under the pressure of your parents and teachers, who may have rigid views on which courses will be more profitable than others.

Consider your CAO options at St Angela’s College, Sligo

For those choosing their CAO preferences for September 2022,St Angela’s College invites you to explore the range of courses available in Sligo, Ireland’s next university town. Course choices at St. Angela’s College include Home Economics (including teacher education with additional subject options); Nutrition, Food and Business Management; General Nursing; and Intellectual Disability Nursing.

Celebrations as SCCUL Enterprises CLG awarded Social Enterprise of the Year

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SCCUL Enterprises CLG has been awarded Social Enterprise of the Year 2022 by the All Ireland Business Foundation. In a virtual ceremony just before Christmas the local social enterprise were announced as top of their category for the year.

One third of patients at Midlands region hospitals waiting longer than year for care

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has warned of the excessively long waits patients in the Midlands are experiencing before being treated or assessed by a Consultant in the region’s acute public hospitals.

The turbulent life of Col Richard Martin MP - In three acts

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Week IV. Further humiliation was heaped upon Colonel Richard Martin, who sought redress for the ‘dishonour to his bed, the alienation of his wife’s affection, the destruction of his domestic comfort, the suspicion cast upon the legitimacy of the wife’s offspring, and the mental anguish which the husband suffers’ (such was the legal language of the day), during his divorce trial against John Petrie, to be awarded only £10,000., exactly half of the £20,000. which he felt justified in demanding.

Loyalist Billy Hutchinson to read at Over The Edge

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LOYALIST BILLY Hutchinson, a Belfast city councillor, will be among the readers at the Over The Edge annual non-fiction special on Thursday October 28 at 6.30pm.

 

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