Mayo farming families wanted for reality show

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

A reality show pitting some of the country’s top farmers against each other to find Ireland’s best farming family is looking for Mayo entrants.

Day care services to resume at MacBride Nursing Home

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

aThe HSE has confirmed that day care services at the MacBride Community Nursing Home in Westport are to resume next month.

Shortlist announced for Claremorris Fringe Festival

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

The shortlist for the Claremorris Fringe Festival of Drama, which takes place from April 4 to 11, has been announced.

Novel egg campaign for Easter road safety

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

The Mayo Advertiser has joined forces with Mayo County Council's road safety officer and Helena Chocolates to launch a sweet tasting road safety campaign ahead of Easter.

Westport hotel named most environmentally friendly in Ireland

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

The Westport Woods Hotel has been named as the most environmentally friendly hotel in Ireland.

Two young writers through to nationwide competition final

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

Two Mayo pupils used their love of science fiction, imagination, and top writing skills to beat off competition from some 10,000 budding novelists and claim a finalist place in the 2014 John West Fantasy Writing Competition.

Danny Newcombe, a sixth class student from Cooneal National School, Ballina, and Emily Nolan, a fifth-year student at Davitt College, Springfield, Castlebar, are both through to the final 21 writers remaining in the competition.

Irish Rail warns of high risk at two local level crossings

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

Two unmanned rail crossings in Mayo are the most dangerous in the country, recording between them more than 40 per cent of all the serious ‘near misses’ between trains and road users nationally.

Yesterday, Irish Rail officials were at Kilnageer Level Crossing, near Breaffy, to launch a nationwide campaign to raise awareness among road users of the dangers of the crossings.

Facelift to polish up Castlebar’s vacant shops

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

A new project has been launched to give Castlebar’s town centre a ‘facelift’ by tackling the eyesore that is derelict and vacant buildings.

Westport student spells her way to county title

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

A young student from Westport will be studying her dictionary and fine-tuning her pronunciation skills in the coming months after being crowned the county’s spelling bee champ and winning a place in the provincial spelling bee final.

Four Mayo groups get funding boost

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

Four Mayo community groups have been awarded funding totalling €19,000 under IPB Insurance’s Youth and Community Fund.

Sonia helps Kilmovee promote fundraiser run

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

The successful Kilmovee 10K run and walk, which has raised €28,000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice in the past four years, takes place on Saturday April 19, at 1pm.

Biopark controversy rears its head again in Claremorris

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

Controversy looks set to erupt again in Claremorris over plans to develop a combined heat and power (CHP) plant and biomedical facility - called a biopark - on the outskirts of the town.

The BioPark is back in the news following Councillor Richard Finn’s proposal to have the site, where planning for the project was previously overturned by An Bord Pleanala, rezoned for ‘opportunity development’ to boost the project’s chances of getting the go ahead.

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