Runagh and Kate join Temple Street Hospital transplant celebrations
Fri, May 01, 2015
A Mayo mum has said her family is “truly indebted” to the staff at Temple Street Children’s Hospital after her four-year-old daugther received a life changing kidney transplant there last year.
Read more ...Official opening of Turlough to Castlebar greenway
Fri, May 01, 2015
The president of Castlebar Chamber of Commerce, Sylvester Jennings, says he expects the new greenway linking Castlebar to the Museum of Ireland’s Country Life site in Turlough will provide a welcome boost to the retail and hospitality sector in the county town.
Read more ...The Voice UK auditions
Fri, May 01, 2015
The BBC’s hugely successful talent show, The Voice, is bringing its hunt for the next big singing star to Mayo.
Read more ...Horse welfare crisis brewing in Mayo
Fri, May 01, 2015
A horse welfare crisis seems to be brewing in the county with young boys telling a local county councillor they are purchasing horses for as little as €50.
Read more ...New ‘metro’ broadband network for Castlebar by November
Fri, May 01, 2015
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is making a significant broadband announcement in Castlebar later today.
Read more ...Young people urged to register for referendum vote
Fri, May 01, 2015
As many as 3,289 young people in Mayo may not be on the electoral register to cast their votes in the upcoming referenda, according to the National Youth Council of Ireland.
Read more ...Rates waiver suggested for Knock Airport
Fri, May 01, 2015
A Mayo county councillor has suggested the local authority could waive the rates paid by Ireland West Airport Knock for a period of five years to further support the airport.
Read more ...‘Mr Wee’ invention wins award
Fri, May 01, 2015
A Foxford student has won an enterprise award for her quirky invention to put an end to a common bathroom dispute.
GMIT business student Lorraine Sotoparra from Foxford is the inventor of ‘Mr Wee’, a device to train boys to lift the toilet seat when they use the bathroom.
Read more ...Royal visit could boost Knock
Fri, May 01, 2015
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the visit next month of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to the west of Ireland could provide a boost for Ireland West Airport Knock.
“The trip offers the west of Ireland an opportunity to showcase what it has to offer and offers Knock Airport a valuable opportunity to capitalise on tourism from the UK,” said Mr Kenny.
Read more ...Couple devastated by freak accident issue road safety appeal
Fri, May 01, 2015
A grieving daughter has issued a road safety appeal ahead of the May Bank Holiday weekend after a freak accident which saw her boyfriend accidentally drive over the body of her father, who had died on the road while walking home at night.
Read more ...Ballina athletic track opening
Fri, May 01, 2015
The Minister of State for Transport and Tourism, Michael Ring, is in Ballina today (May 1) to perform the official opening of the new athletic track at Belleek, Ballina.
Former Irish Olympians Sonia O’Sullivan and John Treacy will also attend the opening at 4.30pm this afternoon.
Read more ...Guide dogs are helping thirty-one Mayo people
Fri, May 01, 2015
Thirty-one people in Mayo are benefitting from the support of a guide dog, according the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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