Mayo students win national award at SciFest 2016

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

Clodagh Hegarty and Aoife Parsons, students from Davitt College, Castlebar, were awarded an Excellence in STEM award, for their project 'The Education And Promotion of Breastfeeding to Children, Adolescents, and Adults' at SciFest 2016 last weekend.

Faces behind the figures — father of road victim appeals to motorists to drive safely

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

Ten years on after three men, two of them cousins, were killed in a head-on road smash one of their fathers is appealing to all drivers to slow down, saying the pain of losing someone on the roads never goes away.

Dominic Morley, whose son Aaron was one of those killed in the crash, made his comments ahead of this Sunday's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Heavenly Mayhem in Balla Secondary School

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

The students of Balla Secondary School have been busy in rehearsals for this year’s musical production of Heavenly Mayhem. The cast, under the direction of Aisling Lyons and Joan King, have been busy preparing for what promises to be a great night of entertainment.

New €9m Belmullet Sewerage Scheme is ahead of schedule

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

Irish Water said this week that it was "delighted" with the pace of work on the €9 million Belmullet Sewerage Scheme contract. The project, which commenced on the ground in June of this year, is ahead of schedule and when completed will remove Belmullet from the list of 44 towns nationally where wastewater is discharged untreated.

Investment in integrated rail and public transport system 'essential for growth in rural Ireland' says Conway-Walsh

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

Senator Rose Conway-Walsh has stressed the importance of transport connectivity to the rural economy. Her remarks came this week in response to a report that Iarnród Éireann may soon be insolvent.

Do you want to teach in England or Wales?

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

Teach In is an organisation that finds long-term jobs in England and Wales for teachers wishing to move from Ireland.

Kevin Keane wins Westport Sea2Summit adventure race

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

Westport was awash with more than 2,500 competitors who took on the gruelling challenge of Westport Sea2Summit on a bright and breezy Saturday morning.

When presidents were presidential

Fri, Nov 18, 2016

History was indeed made on November 8 when Donald Trump was elected 45th president of the United States. I am not quite sure why history was made, a Republican beating a Democrat is not new, but it certainly feels like something immense has happened. Only something immense could sway the US electorate from voting to return a black Democrat in 2012, to voting four years later for a white billionaire Republican who holds overtly racist and misogynistic views. 

Average rent in Mayo now €588 per month

Fri, Nov 11, 2016

According to the latest rental report by property website Daft.ie rental prices in Mayo have increased by five per cent over the past 12 months, and a 3.5 per cent increase quarter on quarter. The report states that the average rental price in Mayo now stands at €588, with a a four bedroom house now costing on average €639 per month, an increase of almost six per cent on this time last year, while a three bedroom house will now cost on average €427 per month to rent, an increase of 4.7 per cent. A five bedroom house has an average rental price per month of €717 per month, an increase of 10.1 per cent in 12 months, by far the biggest percentage increase of any price of a rental property in the county according to the report.

Former solicitor stole €260k from clients

Fri, Nov 11, 2016

A former solicitor who was €6.5 million in debt stole €260,000 from her clients after she made a series of “catastrophic” investments during the property boom, a court has heard. Jacqueline Durcan (47) previously from Co Mayo but with an address in Rue Laubespin, Brussels, Belgium, pleaded guilty to one count of stealing €260,000 between February 21 2008 and January 27 2011.

Irish TV gets court protection

Fri, Nov 11, 2016

Westport based television station Irish TV who had suspended production on new programming last week was awarded High Court protection yesterday with Michael McAteer appointed as interim examiner. The petition came after a funding shortfall left it with a shortfall of liabilities over assets of €8.7m. The station was founded by husband and wife couple Pierce O’Reilly and Mairéad Ní Mhaoilchiaráin. It was launched in 2014 and has been available on Sky TV and the Freeview platform among others, and had recently been in negotiations to be available on the Saorview platform.

Eight entries from four secondary schools in Mayo accepted for Young Scientist Exhibition

Fri, Nov 11, 2016

The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, was on hand last week to help BT Ireland announce a record number of entries for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, which takes place from January 11 to 14 next year. Some 2,090 project ideas were submitted by secondary students from 375 schools across the island, an increase of two per cent from the 2016 exhibition. Of the 550 projects shortlisted to compete at the exhibition, eight come from Mayo secondary schools, with a total of 18 students from four local schools heading to the RDS in January.

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