O’Donnell is Mayo’s young farmer of the year 

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

The Mayo FBD Young Farmer of the Year winner has been announced as Sean O’Donnell from Ballina. He will go on to represent Mayo at the semi-final of the 16th annual FBD Young Farmer of the Year Competition, run by Macra na Feirme in partnership with the IFA. 

Housing adaptation funding welcomed by Ring and Mulherin

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

The announcement that €304,088 has been allocated to Mayo County Council by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government for housing adaptations for tenants with disabilities has been warmly welcomed by both Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring and Michelle Mulherin TD.

Castlebar man to cycle in Uganda for charity

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Brian Cawley, who runs the Castlebar Cycle Store on Richard Street in Castlebar, is about to undertake a charity cycle in Africa. Brian will cycle around Uganda this coming November in aid of World Vision Ireland. The cycle will raise funds for the charity which sponsors children in disadvantaged and war torn countries around the world, including providing much needed food to families in Gaza in recent weeks. Brian will be holding a number of events to raise funds for the charity in the coming weeks and months in Castlebar, starting with a table quiz in Bosh Bar, next Thursday night at 9pm. For more information on the cycle and the upcoming events, call Brian in the Castlebar Cycle Store, Richard Street, Castlebar on (094) 9026677.

Government TDs welcome school improvement works

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Both the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, and his Fine Gael colleague, John O’Mahony TD, have welcomed the announcement of funding for improvement works for schools in Mayo. In relation to funding for Mount St Michael Secondary School under the Department of Education and Skills, Emergency Works Scheme, Minister of State Ring said this week: “I am pleased that Mount St Michael Secondary School has been sanctioned funding under the Emergency Works Scheme. The funding for will be used for electrical works.”

Top travel blogger explores Mayo this week

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Hundreds of thousands of people in Scandinavia, and elsewhere around the world, are set to read all about Mayo and the Wild Atlantic Way. Finnish travel blogger Satu Vänskä-Westgarth is taking on the “challenge of her lifetime” – cycling the entire Wild Atlantic Way, or some 2,500km along Ireland’s western seaboard, over the next five weeks.

Cumann Badoiri Acla to hold fundraising run

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Cumann Badoiri Acla has come up with a fundraiser for developing the club with a special emphasis on youth, including special needs youth. The event, which comprises a 10k run and a 5k walk, is meant to embrace all comers, takes place on the Westport Greenway on Saturday, August 30.

Cumann Badoiri Acla has been at the forefront of sailing in the west Mayo area for 20 years, spearheaded by Dr Jerry Cowley. The club has also been involved in building local yawls and keeping the proud yawl tradition alive and well. The run starts at 2pm. The entrance fee is €20 and you can enter on runireland.ie.

Mulroy’s Gastropub and Dalton Inn Hotel up for carvery awards

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Two Mayo businesses are in the running for the Great Carvery of the Year awards, following the announcement of the shortlist for Great Carvery Hotel of the Year and Great Carvery Public House of the Year. Mulroy’s Gastropub located on Main Street, Castlebar, has been nominated in the Public House section as one of three finalists from Connacht and 12 nationally, while The Dalton Hotel on Dalton Street, Claremorris, has been nominated in the hotel section.

Tesco stores in Mayo raised €81,000 for Aware

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Tesco Ireland has announced that it has raised €2million for Aware through the fundraising efforts of Tesco’s employees and customers throughout the country and more than €81,000 was raised by Tesco stores in Mayo. The announcement marks the end of Tesco’s two-year Charity of the Year partnership with Aware which ran from 2012 to 2014, as selected by the company’s 15,000 employees.

Ballinrobe completes Pride of Place ‘cross-examination’

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

The town of Ballinrobe was put through its paces on Wednesday last, August 6, when judges in the prestigious Pride of Place awards scheme came to visit – and the local organisers declared themselves ‘very happy’ with how the adjudication went.

Chronic shortage of beds for cancer patients is inhumane – Conway-Walsh

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

The chronic shortage of beds in University College Hospital Galway means more and more cancer patients are unable to receive vital treatment on time, according to Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh, who has called for immediate action to open up wards to meet the demand for beds. The Sinn Féin councillor has said the other alternative is to bring back a full time consultant to Mayo General Hospital so that cancer patients who require an overnight stay can have their chemo administered in Mayo.

New travel show started filming in Mayo this week

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

A new Irish travel series showcasing the west of Ireland has begun filming in Mayo this week. The new eight-part prime time series will challenge veteran journalist and best-selling author Dave Kenny to substitute his comfortable surroundings of Dalkey for the windswept Wild Atlantic Way. Kenny Wild will air this October on IrishTV (available on Sky channel 191, Freesat channel 400, Eircom’s eVision channel 191 and online at irishtv.ie).

Mayo carers give 161,000 unpaid hours weekly

Fri, Aug 15, 2014

Carers in Mayo give more than 161,000 hours unpaid care to the county’s sick, elderly and vulnerable each week. Of Mayo’s 6,558 carers, 40.5 per cent regularly work a minimum of one to 14 hours a week, whilst a further 50 per cent work between 15 and 43 hours a week.

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