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.

Turlough talk on history of women in Irish policing

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan is to deliver a talk in Turlough on the role women have played as members of An Garda Síochána since 1959.

Céide Fields funding

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

There was a boost for the Céide Fields last Friday with the announcement that €100,000 is to be spent upgrading the visual displays at the historic site.

Calls for extension of proposed Breaffy sewerage scheme

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

A call was made at yesterday’s Castlebar Municipal District Meeting to extended the proposed new sewerage scheme to Breaffy for an extra 500 metres from its proposed end point.

Independent councillor Michael Kilcoyne told the Mayo Advertiser yesterday morning: “I will be raising the issue at the meeting of the Municipal District on Thursday afternoon. We were contacted by Lavin’s Fruit and Veg and other locals about the scheme in recent times. The scheme which is something that I have called for, for a long time and is welcome, but it needs to be done right. The scheme as it stands will end just after the village itself, but Lavins Fruit and Veg which employs 50 people and has plans to expand even further will not be able to connect to it. If the scheme was extended by 500 metres they will be able to get connected to it and they see it as vital to the expansion of their business. This is something that I will be pushing for and calling on the director of services for the area to push the relevant department and Irish Water to ensure that is done. This is a local business that has grown itself over the years and has plans to keep growing and that’s what we need to support.”

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