Asylum seekers plan march to Taoiseach's office

Mon, Oct 06, 2014

Residents of the Old Convent in Ballyhaunis, a direct provision accommodation centre for asylum seekers, are to stage a demonstration in Castlebar on Wednesday.

A group of protestors are to walk from Market Square at 1 pm to the constituency office of An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and submit a letter, calling for an immediate end to the direct provision system.

Massive increase in number of properties sold in Mayo

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

The number of properties sold in Mayo in the first seven months this year has jumped by 74 per cent on the number sold in the same period last year, according to a property report compiled for the Mayo Advertiser.

Foxford hotelier warns of possible scam artist

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

The manager of the Mayfly Hotel, Foxford, has issued an alert to other hotels and B&Bs in the locality about a possible scammer.

Last month, a man with a UK accent phoned the hotel and made a reservation for himself and two ‘colleagues’.

Famous ‘Rosary Priest’ remembered in Attymass

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

A special exhibition charting the extraordinary life and times of the ‘Rosary Priest’, Fr Patrick Peyton, is to open in his native Attymass on Sunday.

BreastCheck could save more lives

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

Extending the national breast cancer screening programme to include women aged between 65 and 69 would save the lives of five women in Mayo every year.

Castlebar man responds to State board appointment story

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

A Castlebar man who found himself on the front page of a national daily newspaper over his appointment to the board of State body SOLAS has responded to the story this week.

Inspirational global figures for Ballina peace events

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

A lecture on the theme of women in peace, delivered by former president of Ireland and world renowned social campaigner, Mary Robinson, is to be beamed live from South Africa to her native Ballina on Tuesday.

Moone Boy’s Ian O’Reilly says ‘get reading’!

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

Self-confessed bookworm and Moone Boy star Ian O'Reilly, from Moorehall, has called on schools in Mayo to get involved in a 'readathon' challenge in aid of MS Ireland.

‘Wild West’ bar assault lands Bofeenaun man in court

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

A bar brawl, described in court as like something from the Wild West, landed a 33-year-old Bofeenaun man before Judge Mary Devins this week in Castlebar.

Hotel Westport takes home the gold

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

Hotel Westport has been awarded, by public vote, this year’s Best Family Friendly Hotel in the Hotel and Catering Review Gold Medal Awards. The awards recognise and reward excellence in hotels, guest-houses, restaurants, spas, clubs, and catering operations across the island of Ireland. The awards were presented at a gala ceremony in the Double Tree Hilton Hotel, (formerly the Burlington Hotel), last week. The finalists were judged by a panel of industry experts, who carried out rigorous site inspections at each premises to determine the winners.

New ITV series to showcase Mayo to millions in the UK

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

Tourism Ireland has teamed up with ITV and Northern Ireland-born television presenter and celebrity, Christine Bleakley, for a new, six-part, television series highlighting the Wild Atlantic Way.

Drugs seizure in Ballina

Fri, Oct 03, 2014

Two people were arrested in Ballina on Tuesday following the search of a house in the Bunree Road area.

The Mayo Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by the Regional Support Unit and the Garda Dog Unit, carried out the search, which uncovered drugs with an estimated street value of €6,000.

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