Thousands in Knock for annual novena

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Knock Shrine experienced its busiest day of the year on Wednesday when between 15,000 and 20,000 attended the annual novena entitled Eucharist and Life.

Roses are proud of their Mayo roots

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

There was an emotional pre-Rose of Tralee moment for the Denver Rose, Tiffany Antikainen and the Philadelphia Rose, Elizabeth Spellman, who were presented with Certificates of Irish Heritage at Croke Park this week.

Westport publisher prints Esperanto dictionary

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Michael Everson, based in Westport, is an expert in the writing systems of the world. He is active in supporting minority-language communities, especially in the fields of character standardisation and internationalisation. Everson has just published a print edition of Paul Denisowski's ESPDIC, Esperanto-English Dictionary. Esperanto is a neutral, internationally recognised language and is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Everson says: “I trust that this book will prove a welcome and useful tool for students of Esperanto.”

Clare Island mourns death of local fisherman

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

The Clare Island fisherman who drowned this week while out checking lobster pots is to be buried today (Friday).

Castlebar Chamber seeks tourism volunteers

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce is looking to recruit volunteers to work in the Tourist Information Office on a part-time basis over the next four weeks.

Ring hits out at Dublin media following sports funding comments

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Minister of State Michael Ring has been fending off criticism all week for comments he made regarding funding in sport.

Coveney does nothing to avert farming disaster — Ó Cuív

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Agriculture, Éamon Ó Cuív, has accused the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, of remaining idle and doing nothing to avert the disaster that will affect farmers in Ireland this year.

Planting and paving works in pipeline for Castlebar Town Park

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Castlebar Town Park, situated behind Scoil Raifteiri, will benefit from paving works and planting in the near future according to a local councillor.

Ballina’s new public garden unveiled for National Heritage Week

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

National Heritage Week, 2012 will be marked with the hosting of a very special event in Ballina, Co Mayo, on Sunday, August 26. On that date Mayo County Council will hold an open day in the beautiful newly restored heritage garden adjoining the Provincial Bank building on Pearse Street in the town. The building and its garden have been refurbished for the purposes of housing the Jackie Clarke Collection of historical Irish material. The collection will open permanently to the public in its new home on Pearse Street later this year.

Ballina welcomes back rock star of 19th century

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

What has been described as ‘an exciting 10 days of rediscovery’ will be unveiled in Ballina from September 6 to 16 with the presentation of the Wallace Bicentenary Celebrations in the town.

Irish Rail apologises to passengers affected by anti-social behaviour on trains

Fri, Aug 17, 2012

Iarnród Éireann has apologised to rail passengers who have been subjected to anti-social behaviour on trains and the company is to take a number of measures to counteract such behaviour in the future.

Planning and commencement figures continue to fall in Mayo

Fri, Aug 10, 2012

Two new reports released this week show that construction in the county continued to fall in the first half of this year. The Construction Industry Federation released a report that has shown there has been a 21 per cent decrease in the number of commencements of housing units in the first four months of the year in Mayo. According to the report, 70 new housing units were commenced in Mayo in the months from January to the end of April. At the same stage in 2011, there were 89 commencements on housing units in the county. Out of the 20 new commencements, 66 were on single one off housing units according to the figures.

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