Mayo to lose out on almost €700k in rates

Fri, Jul 22, 2016

Sinn Féin Senator Trevor O’Clochartaigh has said this week that Mayo County Council will be out pocket by a tune of €691,776 this year because of a national agreement on rates recalculations.

Speaking this week Senator O’Clochartaigh said: "Last year the Government reviewed the rates being paid by companies with a presence in multiple counties, such as Gas Networks Ireland, Eircom, Vodafone, Iarnród Éireann and others, under what was called a global valuation of rates, which meant these companies made rates payments nationally as oppose to paying the city and county councils

A digital twist to the west of Ireland’s latest tourist attraction

Fri, Jul 22, 2016

Last week the Achill Experience added a digital dimension to its cultural and historical attractions with the release of the Offline Tourist Tablet. Gerry Quinn, president of the Mayo Cleveland Association, who officially launched the Offline Tourist Tablet, said he “could not believe the transformation in the space of a year” and that he believes the plans for the future of the Achill Experience are “phenomenal."

Discover the history of Ballintubber Families Down the Years

Fri, Jul 22, 2016

This new publication, which is a study of Ballintubber families based on the 1911 census, has been two years in the making. A huge volume of research and ‘digging’ was involved. The committee started by interviewing six of the oldest members of the parish, who are specially acknowledged in the book in portrait form. From this starting point it was possible to piece families together from the publicly available records of births, deaths and marriages, and from the census of 1901 and 1911.

Historic day as IWAK and Knock Shrine welcome first Transatlantic Pilgrimage Flight from Boston

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Knock Shrine and Ireland West Airport were delighted today (Friday, July 15), to welcome the arrival of the first Diocesan pilgrimage from the Archdiocese of Boston with Aer Lingus. This represented a historic development for the airport and the region, as this is the first transatlantic service operated by Aer Lingus, from Boston, to Ireland West Airport and the first official chartered pilgrimage from Boston to Ireland’s National Marian Shrine.

Mayo sees slight decrease in population according to Census

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

The preliminary results for the 2016 Census, published by the CSO yesterday, show that Mayo has seen a slight population decline over the past five years. When the previous Census was carried out in 2011, the population of the county was 130,638; according to the initial findings of the latest Census, which was carried out on Sunday April 24, the population of the county had fallen to 130,425, a drop of 213.

Conway Walsh deeply concerned about burning of her posters on Loyalist bonfires

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Mayo Sinn Féin Senator Rose Conway-Walsh says she is deeply concerned about the burning of her poster on a Loyalist bonfire in Belfast on the eve of July 12 after photographs appeared on social media earlier this week of her election poster being burned along with the tricolour.

The County of the Yew and its Love of the Dew

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Recent reports that the pub trade is clawing its way back from a near 10 year decline will be welcome news for town centres. The hardest years for the industry were between 2007-2012 when some 950 pubs closed throughout Ireland. Even at its lowest point the industry was still providing over €2 billion in quietly received VAT and excise receipts to the State.

Educate Together schools location concerns councillors

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

The opening of an Educate Together school in Castlebar this September moved a step closer this week, when the elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District agreed to a four year and nine month lease of Marsh House to the Department of Education and Skills.

Durcan sees no need for Educate Together school in Castlebar

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

Independent councillor Frank Durcan this week disagreed with the rationale for setting up an Educate Together school in Castlebar. At the July meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District, the elected members approved the lease of Marsh House in the town to the Department of Education and Skills for a four year and nine month term for the provision of a new Educate Together school.

Educate Together school has to be in Castlebar - principal

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

With the new Educate Together school in Castlebar this week getting the initial approval to go ahead in Marsh House in the town for the next few years, the long term views for the school were aired by the members of the Castlebar Municipal District at their July meeting this week.

Castlebar Town Centre Traders outline short term objectives

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

A delegation from the Castlebar Town Centre Traders group made a presentation to the Castlebar Municipal District of Mayo County Council this week outlining a number of short term aspirations they have that they hope would see the town centre rejuvenated.

Forty years of Knock Basilica remembered

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

A special ceremony of re-dedication will take place at Knock Basilica on Saturday July 16 at 3pm to mark 40 years of the original dedication of Knock Basilica on July 18, 1976. The basilica has been completely modernised and transformed into a warm and welcoming sacred space with top of the range technology incorporated to facilitate pilgrims with live-streamed Masses and ceremonies as well a broader mix of concerts and events, such as the hugely successful ‘Concert for Peace’ which took place in May.

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