Local Link Mayo lends a helping hand

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

At the COVID-19 press conference last weekend, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Simon Harris, and Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, outlined new public health restrictions.

Contact tracing centre to be established in GMIT in partnership with HSE

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Work is ongoing to get a Covid-19 Contact Tracing Centre up and running in the Mayo campus of GMIT in Castlebar, it is not expected that the centre in Castlebar will be open before next week.

Age Action and the Irish Red Cross launch COVID-19 hardship fund to assist older people

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Age Action and the Irish Red Cross are launching a Covid-19 Hardship Fund in partnership, to support people experiencing difficulties meeting costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aurivo COVID-19 milk collection protocols for farmers

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Aurivo has introduced a strict Covid-19 protocol in relation to the collection of milk from farms.

ICOS welcomes derogation on mart trade after discussions with DAFM

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Following an intense series of discussions between the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine (DAFM) and ICOS - the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd - ICOS has welcomed confirmation from the Department that marts will be allowed to handle livestock trading in a limited way.

Deputy Dillon moots Mayo Roscommon Hospice and GMIT as treatment centres in Convid-19 fight

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Mayo Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has urged his colleague Minister Simon Harris and the HSE to take immediate action and ensure adequate treatment centres are available in County Mayo when the coronavirus peaks.

Brady gets the Laochra Gael treatment

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

If you missed it last night, this evening (Friday, April 3) you will have another chance at 11.10pm on TG4 to catch Laochra Gael's hour long show on Mayo legend David Brady.

Government announces four week extension to existing fuel allowance season – Dillon

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

There will be a four week extension to the existing fuel allowance season for eligible customers in Mayo, Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon has said.

New business continuity voucher goes live through Local Enterprise Office Mayo

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

The new business continuity voucher is now available through Local Enterprise Office Mayo and is open to sole traders and companies across every business sector locally that employ up to 50 people, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D. has announced.

Insurers need to show decency toward struggling businesses in tourism and hospitality sector – Calleary

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo, Dara Calleary, has said that Ireland’s insurance providers need to be fair in their treatment of business customers across Mayo who hold general infectious disease cover and who have been forced to close by the ongoing public health emergency.

Students Must be refunded pre-paid accommodation costs - Conway Walsh

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Students who have paid up front for accommodation they cannot now access because of COVID-19 need to be refunded - according to Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh.

Ballina firm prepares for return to normal working after crisis

Fri, Apr 03, 2020

Hopeful for an end to the Covid-19 crisis, Ballina-based Davy’s Lawnmower and Tool Hire Centre is preparing for a return to normal working with its purchase of five new Komatsu excavators to add to their construction equipment fleet.

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