NUI Galway honours Dr Michael Loftus

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

Dr Michael Loftus from Crossmolina was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by NUI Galway last Friday. He is pictured with Eamon O’Shea (left), professor of economics at NUI Galway and manager of the Tipperary Senior Hurling team, and Dr Jim Browne (right), president of NUI Galway.

Breaffy man wins on Lotto game show

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

Austin Gannon from Breaffy won €119,000 on the National Lottery’s Million Euro Challenge game show on RTÉ on Saturday last.

Huge tourism targets set in new plan

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Mayo County Council has developed a hugely ambitious five-year tourism strategy which aims to increase visitor numbers to the county by 80 per cent by 2020 and, in the long-term, increase tourism by up to 350 per cent and create 1,000 new jobs.

Velorail could bring major tourism boost to Kiltimagh

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Kiltimagh looks set to get a tourism product which could attract up to 30,000 visitors annually to the east Mayo town.

Adventure race with Rooster Booster challenge launched in Castlebar

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Castlebar is to get its own adventure race which organisers are hoping to develop into a premier event on the adventure calendar in the west of Ireland.

Incentives key to developing Ireland West Airport as an economic hub

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Getting tax incentives in place to attract industry and commerce to set up around Ireland West Airport is the key future of the development of the airport, it was outlined again this week. Joe Gilmore, managing director of Ireland West Airport Knock, addressed the February meeting of the economic development and enterprise support strategic policy committee of Mayo County Council on Wednesday afternoon in the airport.

Local Girl Guide groups to tackle body image issues

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

A programme tackling poor body image among young girls is to be rolled out across Girl Guide groups in Mayo.

Slight rents increase in Mayo

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Rent rates in Mayo have increased slightly, according to the latest figures from property website Daft.ie.

Tender approach with a strong message in Man Up exhibition

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Think of a photograph that would be suitable for a campaign tackling domestic violence, and it is likely that a dark image of a terrified women, crouching in the shadow of an abuser, is likely to spring to mind.

Lack of broadband is crippling growth

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

The lack of proper broadband infrastructure in the county is delaying new investment and current enterprises from expanding, it was said this week. At the February meeting of the economic development and enterprise support strategic policy committee of Mayo County Council the issue was raised by a number of councillors.

Colourful characters of Erris in TG4 series

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

A new TG4 series is to tell the story of some of the colourful characters who live and work on one of Ireland’s most barren but beautiful patches - the Erris peninsula.