Free Christmas parking in Ballina
Tue, Nov 25, 2014
Ballina Municipal District Council has confirmed there will be free car parking in the town in the lead-up to Christmas.
Read more ...Support for parents on self-harm
Tue, Nov 25, 2014
Parents and carers of children who self harm can find some support at Knock Counselling Centre on December 2 at 7 pm.
Read more ...Unlawful killing verdict at Castlebar inquest into death of Chada boys
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
A verdict of unlawful killing has been returned by the jury at the inquest in Castlebar today into the deaths of Eoghan and Ruairi Chada.
Read more ...Teens make the jump with budding Erris Bloodstock empire
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
Four entrepreneurial Erris teenagers have generated quite a stir with their transition year school project.
Read more ...Mayo County Council buys former Volex building
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
Mayo County Council has purchased the former Volex building in Castlebar at a price of €610,000.
The 6,000 sq. metre building is to be developed as an enterprise centre for the county.
Read more ...Council budget passed despite Sinn Féin opposition
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
The 2015 budget for Mayo County Council was passed at Monday’s reconvened budget meeting of the council after it was put to a vote twice.
Read more ...Foxford’s Carer of the Year hopes her story helps others
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
An inspirational Foxford woman who has spent 19 years providing full-time care to her husband has called for more recognition and support of the work of Ireland’s many tens of thousands of carers.
Read more ...Forkan brothers survived the 2004 tsunami and launched a philanthropic flip flop sensation
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
It is hard to believe that next month marks the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami - one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters in recorded history that claimed the lives of 230,000 people across 14 countries.
Read more ...Mayo rents rise by just under two per cent
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
The latest Daft.ie rental report has shown that rents in Mayo have risen by just under two per cent in the past 12 months. The report has shown that in Connacht rents rose by an average of 3.4 per cent from September 2013 to September 2014, with Mayo’s rents rising by 1.9 per cent. In Mayo the average advertised rent is now €551 a month, which in itself is 20 per cent lower than what it was at peak levels.
Read more ...Google exec Brian McCaffrey invokes The King for charity run
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
People might think Castlebar man Brian McCaffrey is a little tutti frutti when they see him sprinting around Clontarf, Dublin, in his blue suede shoes next weekend, but it is all for a very good cause.
Read more ...Lights going on in Castlebar
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
Castlebar will be lit up in all of its festive glory next Friday (November 28) at 5pm.
Read more ...Funding cut reprieve for Mayo’s islands
Fri, Nov 21, 2014
Mayo’s offshore islands of Inishturk and Clare have won a short reprieve on the planned funding cuts to services on the county’s non-Gaeltacht outposts.
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