A Motley Gathering of Sycophants

Thu, Jul 20, 2023

Castlebar got a new Town Hall on 6 June 1894. The Linen Hall, built in 1790, was given a new purpose. In 1986, the Education Centre in John Wesley's Methodist Church on the Green relocated to the Town Hall. When the Arts Council came on board in 1990, the Linen Hall Arts Centre was born, and the 'Linen Hall' had a new purpose.

Ring calls on Council to complete Ballycroy Graveyard extension

Thu, Jul 20, 2023

Mayo Fine Gael TD Michael Ring has called on Mayo County Council to urgently complete the extension to Ballycroy Graveyard.

Deputy Ring stated: “The matter of the extension to Ballycroy Graveyard has been ongoing for a number of years. This situation is becoming increasingly more urgent. The present graveyard is close to reaching capacity

Baby Swifts Hatch at The Linenhall

Thu, Jul 20, 2023

The Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar is pleased to disclose a very special update on its longstanding, swift nesting project in conjunction with Swift Conservation Mayo: - the arrival of twin baby swifts in nest boxes located on the exterior wall of the historic Linenhall building.

Councillors say tourists prefer Ballina over Westport

Thu, Jul 20, 2023

With Ballina riding high as it reaches the half way point of its 300th year celebrations, following a succession of events including the annual festival on the Moy, the Connacht Fleadh, the Mini Marathon, not to mention the visit by US President Joe Biden - and now this week - further celebrations following a series of Grade A marks in an assessment of the town by Irish Business Against Litter, Ballina has become the place to be for tourists in Mayo - according to local councillors.

Mayo TD on the frontline in RTE/Tubridy hearing

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

AS RTE presenter and broadcaster Ryan Tubridy voluntarily attended as a witness at the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee from 11am-2pm on Tuesday July 11 last, and subsequently as a witness at the Joint Committee of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media meeting from 3pm-6pm, a Mayo TD was also thrown into the spotlight.

Mayo representative appeals to Dail committee to help Mica homeowners

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

A representative from the North Mayo Mica Action Group made an impassioned plea to a Dail committee this week asking that affected home owners be placed 'front and centre' and looked after properly under the proposed defective block redress scheme.

The Road

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

In the summer of 1831, famine returned to County Mayo, and the starving took to the roads in search of food. Travellers on the roads witnessed and recorded many desperate people in the fields feeding on mustard, cress, and other herbage. Convoys of horses and carts carrying food also plied the roads, and it was not long before the starving turned their attention to them. The carts had meal and flour imported through Westport, destined for markets, big houses, and famine relief depots. The authorities responded by assigning armed escorts, but hunger had disarmed people of their fear of armed soldiers and constables.

“We’re burning down our children’s home”

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

“We’re burning down our children’s home”, Chair of the Elders and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, told delegates to the inaugural Mary Robinson Climate Conference, themed “Communities Creating Change”, which took place in Ballina last week, adding: "but young people should not despair, but instead should be 'prisoners of hope'.

Almost 500 Mayo homes saved from bulk sale

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

Planning measures introduced two years ago to increase home ownership and restrict the practice of the bulk purchasing of homes show that 486 homes in Mayo received planning permission with conditions restricting bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser, in the two-year period between May 2021 and May 2023, with the number of homes in Mayo recorded in May 2023 significantly increasing from zero units recorded in May 2022.

Work continues to lift Clare Island Boil Notice

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

Uisce Éireann, in partnership with Mayo County Council, continues to work to lift the Boil Water Notice in place for customers supplied by the Clare Island Public Water Supply.

Dillon seeks funding to mark 1978 Rebellion

Fri, Jul 14, 2023

Mayo Fine Gael TD, Alan Dillon, has called upon Minister Catherine Martin and her Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to assign funds to memorialize the 225th year since General Humbert and his French army landed in Killala, Ballina, and Castlebar in August 1978.

Deputy Dillon said: "Upon engaging with Minister Catherine Martin’s Department, officials are currently reviewing potential ways they could assist and appropriately back plans to observe the anniversary in Mayo, considering the Department's dedication to commemorative activities and the available budgetary resources.

Taoiseach says medical card dental services increased in Mayo

Fri, Jul 07, 2023

The matter of medical card patients in Mayo being unable to access dental services in the county was raised in the Dail on Wednesday of this week by Mayo TD Alan Dillon, who told Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during Questions to An Taoiseach: "There is a staggering average in the county of over 5,500 patients per dentist awaiting treatment under the DTSS. Dentists are overwhelmed, patients are travelling abroad, and this is all a serious concern for medical card holders in Mayo."

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