Castlebar Trades Council
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
The AGM of the Castlebar Trades Council will take place on May 3 at 8pm in the Welcome Inn, Castlebar.
Read more ...National Spring Clean
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Communities all around Mayo are doing their part over the Bank Holiday to make their local areas a cleaner place to live in with An Taisce’s National Spring Clean Campaign.
Read more ...Westport Film Club
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Westport Film Club will show Mary and Max on Wednesday May 4 at 8.45pm in the Westport Cineplex
Read more ...Pet photo competition
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
The Mayo Cat Rescue ‘Purrfect Portrait’ pet photo competition is under way. The prize this year for the winning photo is €150.
Read more ...Celebrating creativity in older age
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Mayo County Council Arts Office is almost ready to embark on a month long programme of activity for Bealtaine 2011. Bealtaine aims to involve older people in the arts, through expression and active participation. It also encourages older people to engage as an experienced audience for all art forms.
Read more ...Clean up in Foxford
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
On May 4, residents of Foxford are calling for all members of the community to help eradicate their village of litter for National Spring Clean.
Read more ...A positive and charitable journey, one step at a time
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Fittingly I meet Matt Loughrey under the backdrop of Croagh Patrick; the 2507ft mountain, nestled close to Clew Bay, which draws thousands each year to climb it for spiritual and scenic reasons. For Matt, climbing the Reek has been his daily ritual for almost a year now — all in aid of a charitable cause, but the climb is also generating a message of positivity and goodwill, which is needed in society at the moment.
Read more ...Ireland’s largest one day charity dress sale comes to Castlebar
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Buy My Dress, Ireland’s largest one day charity dress sale, is coming to Castlebar for the first time on Saturday May 28. Supported by Kellogg’s Special K, this fashion forward campaign has Irish women all over the country throwing open their closets and donating dresses to Down Syndrome Centre. This local event, which is one of eight happening around the country, will be held in TF Royal Hotel and Theatre, Old Westport Road from 10am to 6pm.
Down Syndrome Centre aims to collect 1,000 dresses to sell at each of its events, in a bid to sell 8,000 dresses in one day. All money raised through Buy My Dress goes to fund specialist nursing support for new parents of children born with Down syndrome.
Read more ...Nutritional tips for a healthy heart
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Local heart charity Croí, in collaboration with HSE West’s Mayo PCCC, is hosting a free public talk entitled ‘Eating the Mediterranean Way for a Healthy Heart’, on Thursday May 12 at 8pm in the TF Royal Hotel, Castlebar as part of their Heart Smart Mayo programme.
Read more ...Major international legal symposium for Westport
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
The Western Development Commission (WDC) is the key instigator in bringing the inaugural US/Ireland Legal Symposium to Westport next month. Supported by Mayo County Council the initiative dovetails with Government plans for trade, tourism and investment. Up to 300 Irish and American business people and legal sector representatives are expected at Knockranny House Hotel from May 11 to 13. The event boasts an outstanding line up of speakers led by Taoiseach Enda Kenny who is guest speaker at the gala dinner. The event will be chaired by Deirdre Somers, chief executive of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) and speakers include Mr Justice Peter Kelly of the Commercial Court and Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Read more ...Mayo motorists still using mobiles while driving
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Up to 1,368 drivers in County Mayo have been issued with fixed charge notices for penalty point offences for using a hand held mobile phone while driving up to the end of March this year.
Read more ...Major emergency exercise held at Mayo General Hospital
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
HSE staff from community, mental health and disability services and Mayo General Hospital got together recently to take part in a major emergency exercise based on the scenario of a fire at a night club in Castlebar.
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