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heritage grants application open
The Heritage Council has announced that €600,000 will be allocated to heritage projects under its 2015 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. The grants will aid in the continuing conservation and development of Irish heritage through the support of local community-based groups.
Greening of Westport takes another step forward
Plans to make Westport a model town when it comes to environmentally friendly transport took another big step forward on Monday.
Calls to pedal on with ‘Western Rail Trail’ ambition
A Sligo TD is hoping to move the ambitious but contentious plan to develop a greenway along the Sligo to Mayo section of the Western Rail Corridor a little further along the track.
Mayo Organic Group meeting
The first of this year’s Mayo Organic Group meetings will take place on Thursday January 15 at 8pm in Mayo Abbey Community Centre. This year is the UN Year of the Soil, so the group will start the year with a talk on soil.
Ballina man named Young Farmer of the Year
Ballina man Sean O'Donnell was named the FBD Young Farmer of the Year at an awards ceremony in Bantry, Cork, last night.
Newport Greenway park opened
The new Greenway Activity Park in Newport is officially open.
Galway Harbour receives first shipment of logs in history of port
The tides have started to turn at Galway Harbour as Murray Timber Group last week received the first shipment of logs ever recorded in the history of the docks.
Official opening at new Newport activity park
The new Greenway Activity Park in Newport is officially open.
Disagreement over future of rail corridor
There was disagreement over the future of part of the proposed Western Rail Corridor this week, when it was proposed that part of the track the old line follows be used for a greenway project in east Mayo. Cllr Joe Mellett raised the issue at Monday’s special county development plan meeting, where he suggested that a walking and cycling track be developed alongside the track at the planned rail corridor.
Minister Ring welcomes funding approval for Greenway Activity Park
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring has welcomed the announcement that Minister Phil Hogan has given sanction for South West Mayo Development Company Ltd to approve funding of €207,292 to Newport and District Development Company (NADDCo) for the development of a greenway activity park (GAP) in Newport, under the Basic Services for the Economy and Rural Population measure of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.
