Conway-Walsh's long journey to the Dáil

Fri, Feb 14, 2020

It has been a long building process for the newly elected Rose Conway-Walsh to become Mayo's first Sinn Féin Dáil deputy since the 1920s.

The count at a glance

Fri, Feb 14, 2020

We take a look at some of the interesting things that the count threw up last Sunday

Early tallies showed big changes were coming

Fri, Feb 14, 2020

The tally numbers on Sunday morning made for interesting reading as they came in - the swell of support for Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh was clear to see from early on when the Castlebar boxes were opened. The tallies divided the county in six different areas for the sake of the counting, Castlebar, Ballina, Westport, Belmullet, Claremorris and Swinford.

Mayo wins on the double in EuroMillons this week

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

Tomorrow morning Friday, February 14 the National Lottery will reveal where the latest EuroMillions winning ticket was sold in the county.

Qualities of Water exhibition and Lough Carra Catchment Association Booklet launched

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

Over 70 people gathered in the Linenhall Foyer on Friday, February 7 to attend the opening of a photographic exhibition “Qualities of Water” and the launch of an educational booklet “Lough Carra – a Gem Worth preserving”.

Mayo flute player takes home the gold

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

Mayo flute player Jillian O’Malley won the prestigious Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal at the final for the competition held in Cork on Friday night, presented by Peadar Ó Riada live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Mayo election count - Sunday February 9

Sun, Feb 09, 2020

Live coverage of the general election count in Castlebar 

Every area tells a different story

Sun, Feb 09, 2020

Every area tells it's own story when it comes to an election - we took a look at where the votes went across the different areas that the county was broken up to and the tally results. 

Conway Walsh can feel the appetite for change out there

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

Going out and putting forward an alternative message to the people of Mayo is something that Senator Rose Conway Walsh has been doing for a long time now; she first contested the local elections in 2004, taking over 12 per cent of the first preference votes in the Belmullet area - but missed out on the seat. In 2009, she once again put herself before the people, this time taking a seat, after increasing her vote share to 15 per cent and getting elected on the sixth and final count.

McHugh is ready to raise the greens flag in Mayo

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

The Green Party in Mayo have never really made a dent when the votes have been counted up in general elections in the past; going back over the past five general elections in the county the party have been able to muster a total of just 3,082 first preference votes - the single best performance by a candidate for the party in those elections came back in 1997 when Ann Crowley got 938 number ones or 1.5 per cent of the total.

Trees not paper for Uddin

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

If you've had Labour Party candidate Kamal Uddin come knocking on your door over the past few weeks you won't have been handed another leaflet to tell you about his campaign pledges, because Uddin is doing things a bit differently than other candidates.

Mayo goes to the polls tomorrow

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

Tomorrow is the day the people of Mayo go to the polls with 15 candidates vying for their number one votes and four seats up for grabs, while a smaller hamlet in the south of the county will be voting in the Galway West constituency.

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