Community Diary July 17

Fri, Jul 17, 2015

Swinford Agriculture Show
The 27th Swinford Agriculture Show will take place on Saturday, August 15 on the Heeran Farm on the Kiltimagh Road. The show will be launched  by Cllr Michael Holmes, Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council next Tuesday, July 21 at 8pm in the Gateway Hotel in Swinford.

Community Diary July 10

Mon, Jul 13, 2015

Community walking programme in Charlestown
Mayo Sports Partnership is promoting locally a Charlestown Walking Group to actively encourage family, friends, neighbours to get walking. All are welcome to join. The group will meet at CBD Sports Complex at 8.30pm on Mondays with the aim of forming a walking club. Funding is in place to develop a walking trail in the town catchment area at Bachelors Walk.

'Hidden homelessness' creeping in as Mayo rental market tightens

Fri, Jul 10, 2015

Homelessness is a very real problem in Mayo but it is not presenting itself in a stereotypical way, as individuals sleeping rough on the streets or in parks.

Rent stand off has five houses vacant for eighteen months

Fri, Jul 10, 2015

A stand off between Mayo County Council and a voluntary housing body in Claremorris which has seen five houses left vacant for a year and a half has been described as 'disgraceful' and 'unacceptable' this week.

Mayo's sporty women could provide insight on gender gap

Fri, Jul 10, 2015

A new report on sports participation rates in Mayo and Sligo has found that women here are massively bucking the national trend by being more active than their male counterparts.

Moorehall's fascinating Louisa to be recalled at Ladies of the Gentry event

Fri, Jul 10, 2015

Today, it is a fading ruin, an eerie sort of a place in a clearing in the woods, where the ivy has had its own way creeping across the facade for many years now.

Girlhood followed eight years of family life to create beautiful exhibition

Fri, Jul 10, 2015

A new photography exhibition documenting all of the major life moments of one family from Castlebar over the last eight years opened yesterday evening at the Custom House Studios in Westport.

Minding the spaces with young people's mental health

Fri, Jul 10, 2015

The issues surrounding mental health and especially mental health in young people has got greater prominence in the media and in conversations in homes, workplaces, and schools around the country in recent times.

Independents Day in Mayo County Council

Fri, Jul 03, 2015

While those in the United States will be celebrating Independence Day tomorrow, it was 'Independents Day' in the chamber of Mayo County Council last Monday, when Independent councillor Michael Holmes was elected as the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council for the next 12 months. Cllr Holmes' election to the role of first citizen of the county came about through a post election pact by the 10 Fianna Fáil councillors in the council and five of the independent councillors who were elected last June.

Mayo man to take up top post in Defence Forces

Fri, Jul 03, 2015

Castlebar native Rear Admiral Mark Mellett was announced this week as the new Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.

RNLI honours contribution of Mayo volunteers at annual presentation

Fri, Jul 03, 2015

The RNLI held its annual presentation of awards at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin last Saturday where the charity presented 55 awards to volunteers, groups, and businesses from across the country that have made a significant contribution to the RNLI in Ireland.

Two Mayo men to be Rose escorts

Fri, Jul 03, 2015

John Marren from Charlestown and Thomas McCormack from Claremorris have been getting a crash course in sheep shearing, turf cutting, spud peeling, and poitin brewing.

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