Rory to fly Irish flag at Sydney’s gay pride parade

Fri, Jan 30, 2015

Gay rights activist Rory O’Neill, aka Panti Bliss, is heading Down Under to represent Ireland at one of the world’s biggest and most colourful celebrations of gay pride - the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Hopes that next phase of Tubber Hill project will happen

Fri, Jan 30, 2015

The architects section of Mayo County Council is looking at the prospect of constructing additional units in Tubber Hill in Westport a meeting of the West Mayo Municipal District was told this week.

Senior staff officer for Mayo County Council, Padraig Brogan, told the meeting: “In Tubber Hill in the region of 20 units are being considered that will depend on the design and we are looking at the mix of units required and having an integrated development.”

Investigations continuing into petrol bomb attack on TD's office

Wed, Jan 28, 2015

A man in his late 30s, arrested in Ballina last night in connection with a garda investigation into a suspected petrol bomb attack on Fine Gael Deputy Michelle Mulherin's office on John Street, was released from garda custody at 1.40am this morning.

Seven jailed for ‘mini-riot’ in Castlebar shop

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Judge Mary Devins sent out a clear message this week that public scenes of violence between warring families will not be tolerated in her district.

The judge jailed seven members of a feuding family at the district court sitting in Castlebar on Wednesday.

Short stay beds in Ballina to be opened to help deal with overcrowding in Mayo General

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Ten short stay public beds in Ballina District Hospital will be reopened in the near future to help to alleviate delayed discharges from Mayo General Hospital. The announcement of the approval for the reopening of these beds was made yesterday (Thursday, January 22) and it was warmly welcomed by Government TDs in the county.

Mayo has largest number of one-teacher schools

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Mayo has more one-teacher schools than any other county in Ireland.

New farming body set up

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

The chairperson of the Connemara branch of the Irish Farmers Organisation has resigned.

Speaking to RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on Tuesday, Brendan Joyce said a new organisation is to set-up in the next six weeks to represent small farmers.

Ballycroy’s Nicola Lynch for The Voice appearance

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Nineteen-year-old Nicola Lynch from Ballycroy is to feature on this Sunday’s installment of The Voice of Ireland on RTÉ One.

Joe Brolly to launch Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

RTE Pundit and organ donor campaigner Joe Brolly will be in Mayo on St Valentine’s Day, February 14, to join Mayo Roscommon Hospice and the Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail committee to launch their three-day walking festival.

Irish TV creates twenty jobs at Munster office

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

It has been an exciting eight months for Westport couple Pierce O’Reilly and Mairead Ni Maolchiarain, as their television station, Irish TV, continues to grow steadily.

Ambitions to market Knock Shrine to millions of Catholics in the US

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

Parish priest and rector at Knock Shrine, Fr Richard Gibbons, says the historic announcement of a chartered Aer Lingus flight to carry pilgrims from New York to Knock next August is the first step towards marketing the shrine as a major pilgrim destination to tens of millions of Catholics in the USA.

Clarification

Fri, Jan 23, 2015

In last week’s issue of the Mayo Advertiser (January 16, 2015) on page two we carried a story titled “Confusion in council chamber over vote on Irish Water motion.” Due to an editorial error, we failed to include a second amendment to the motion referred to in the article put forward by Cllr Lisa Chambers. We repeated the initial amendment put forward by Cllr Al McDonnell by error and attributed it to Cllr Chambers.

What Cllr Chambers said at the meeting was: “In relation to the amendment proposed by Cllr McDonnell to the proposal put forward by Cllr Rose Conway Walsh in my view does not adequately reflect the concerns of he citizens that I have spoken to. For me the issue that seems to have arisen and I think we’re all in agreement, is that we are all fearful of privatisation, that some company will come in and buy our water supply and buy our water services and start charging people though the nose. I think we’re all on the same page when it comes to that. I don’t want to see that, I don’t think anybody else wants to see that.”

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