Community Diary July 31

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Castlebar Fresh Food Market
Castlebar's fresh food market will take place in Castlebar Tennis Club pavilion every Friday morning from 9am to 2pm. Today, Friday, July 31 there will be a free talk by Ute Klinger at 12pm on how to clense the body and to lose weight naturally. Come along and see the large display of local baking, vegetables arts and crafts. For more information call (087) 1622177.

Call for full inquiry into reported staff shortages at Mayo A&E

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

An Independent county councillor is to call on the HSE to launch a full inquiry into what he says are clearly, very serious staffing issues at the accident and emergency department in Mayo General Hospital.

Hats off to winning Claremorris ladies at Galway Races

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Claremorris ladies were the big winners in the style stakes at Ladies Day at the Galway Races on Thursday (July 30), collecting two out of the three major prizes on the day.

Four-year-old boy killed in farming accident

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

A four-year-old boy was fatally injured in an accident on a farm in north Mayo on Wednesday night.

The accident, which involved a tractor and trailer, happened at around 8.20pm on Wednesday evening on a farm in Ballinaboy, Belmullet. The boy was visiting family in the area ahead of a family wedding, the child was named locally as Declan Donoghue.

€6k damage to Mountain Rescue equipment on Reek Sunday

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Mayo Mountain Rescue, the voluntary organisation which responds to hundreds of call outs each year from people in distress or injured on mountains around the county, is currently counting the cost of last Sunday's annual Croagh Patrick Pilgrimage.

Ireland's first 'wilderness area' to be launched in Ballycroy

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

A Mayo project to create Ireland's only 'wilderness area' in the remote Nephin Beg range at Ballycroy National Park is to be formally launched in early September.

Dark Sky project aims to attract stargazers

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Ballycroy looks set to be officially named as one of darkest spots in Ireland in a bid to attract stargazers to the national park there.

STRIKE!

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Special Olympian Martina Walsh from Castlebar has taken a bronze medal for Ireland at the World Games in Los Angeles.

Planning sought for €1.5m town hall in Ballinrobe

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

A community group in Ballinrobe has applied to Mayo County Council for planning permission to develop a state-of-the-art, €1.5 million, town hall facility.

The group plan to develop the new facility, which includes a 400-seater auditorium, on the site of the old town hall on the Neale Road.

Steer clear of payday loans, says local credit union

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Castlebar Credit Union has launched a new campaign to promote more sustainable loans and personal finance arrangements in a bid to help people steer clear of moneylenders and payday loans.

New York Cardinal to open national novena in Knock

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Knock Shrine is getting ready to welcome the Archbishop of New York, His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is coming to Mayo on August 9 on an historic transatlantic flight into Ireland West Airport Knock.

Water safety appeal ahead of busy Bank Holiday

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

Mayo County Council's water safety officer has highlighted some startling drowning statistics this week as part of an appeal to encourage people to stay safe in and around water as the busiest holiday weekend of the year gets underway.

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