A new rhythm coming to Ballina next year

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

North Mayo production company Atlantic Rhythm Productions is preparing to launch a new summer show that is set to take Mayo by storm. Tradbeats, a fully choreographed contemporary show featuring seven talented musicians and 14 champion Irish dancers, will take place in Ballina Arts Centre on Wednesday, July 18, and Wednesday, August 8, 2018, and is expected to attract significant interest from visitors and locals alike at the height of the tourist season. Tradbeats will showcase the very best of north Mayo’s traditional Irish music talent, and the show is composed and choreographed in its entirety by its young and vibrant cast of performers.

The dance troupe will be led by world champion Irish dancers Lisa Lavelle, Stephen Gallagher, and Cian Lavelle, accompanied by 11 other champion Irish dancers. Lisa and Stephen recently appeared on RTE’s Ray D’Arcy Show on Saturday, October 28, to share the tale of how a recent performance of The Mayo Beat at a fundraiser for Rock House House in Castlebar went viral, and has been watched more than two million times to date online. Other members of Atlantic Rhythm Productions are no strangers to the spotlight either, having featured on The Late Late Toy Show in 2016 and reached the final of TG4’s An Ríl Deal earlier this year.

Two Mayo artists participate in Macnas Engineers of Imagination programme

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Two talented Mayo artists were selected to participate in a recent Macnas Engineers of Imagination initiative. The programme, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, saw 10 of Ireland’s most exciting emerging visual artists brought to Galway for a month-long programme.

Young entrepreneurs in the Mayo Gaeltacht learn for the future

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Up to 117 second level students from all parts of the Mayo Gaeltacht are creating, designing and innovating in preparation for this year’s Údarás na Gaeltachta – Clár na gComhlachtaí which was launched this week.

O'Hara wants answers on proposed town centre development

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

A Fine Gael councillor in the Ballina Municipal District has questioned Mayo County Council officials on what is happening with a proposed Tesco site in the town.

Councillor John O’Hara raised the matter at a recent meeting of the Ballina Municipal District, stating that the proposed site at the bottom of Pearse Street in the town has remained frozen for a number of years and the area is beginning to fall into dilapidation.

Mayo entrepreneurs join nationwide celebrations for National Women’s Enterprise Day

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Open doors to new markets was the theme for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day (NWED), which was celebrated by local entrepreneurs at an event in the Lodge at Ashford Castle.

Oliver With a Twist in Ballina

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

The award-winning Ballina-based Heroes for Hospice group is back in the spotlight after a long break following the success of its sell-out Beyond the Barricade musical production. The group, led by Lavinia Gilmartin, announced this week that it will stage another sensational musical production in aid of Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation next month.

The new production, Oliver With a Twist, sees the amazingly talented Heroes for Hospice put their inimitable stamp on the much-loved classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist.

All options must be explored to reschedule orthopaedic procedures says Chambers

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Lisa Chambers says management at Merlin Park Hospital must take action to ensure that orthopaedic surgeries resume as soon as possible. Procedures have been cancelled because of a leak in the roof of the theatre building.

The illusion of 'extra funding’ is not sufficient to address lack of investment in rural Ireland says Conway-Walsh

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Speaking in the Seanad recently, Mayo Sinn Féin Senator Rose Conway-Walsh has accused Minister Ring of trying to create the illusion of new funding for rural Ireland while robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Further commitment made by Erris Inshore Fishermen’s Association to tackle marine litter

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

The Erris Inshore Fishermen’s Association has announced its commitment to tackling the issue of marine litter through its participation in Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM) voluntary national programme, Fishing For Litter.

Man in his 80s killed in Hollymount fatal house fire on Wednesday night

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

A man in his 80s has died following a fatal house fire in Hollymount over night. Gardaí attended the scene of a fatal house fire at Ballymangan, near Hollymount shortly after midnight. The fire was quickly brought under control by local fire services.

Climate change in Mayo and the West of Ireland

Tue, Oct 17, 2017

This Westport Civic Trust lecture will be given by emeritus professor John Sweeney, Ireland’s leading expert on climate science, on Tuesday, October 17, at the Westport Coast Hotel at 8pm.

West Women in Farming Ireland destined for European Congress of Young Farmers

Tue, Oct 17, 2017

Mairead McGuinness Midlands North-West MEP and the first vice-president of the European Parliament, has invited a delegation of West Women in Farming Ireland (WWFI) committee members including Catherina Cunnane, Paula Mullen, Rachel Leonard, Niamh Garvey, Martina Egan, and Mona O’Donoghue-Concannon, to a convention in Brussels this week.

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