Broadband boost for rural Mayo
Fri, May 02, 2014
Some 105 rural locations across Mayo are set to benefit under a new broadband strategy.
The strategy will see access to high speed broadband in rural Ireland greatly increased.
Read more ...Mayo woman is Great Electric Drive ambassador
Fri, May 02, 2014
Mayo woman Jana McGrath was selected from some 20,000 applicants to become one of 32 new ecar ambassadors who will take part in the Great Electric Drive. This is the second year of the Great Electric Drive, which gives 26 members of the public and six commercial organisations the opportunity to trial an electric car for up to four months each. The ambassadors were selected from more than 20,000 applicants from all over Ireland. The ambassadors were announced at an event held in Dublin this week, which was attended by the Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte.
Read more ...Spencer Street barbecue on Sunday
Fri, May 02, 2014
The Connaught Inn Bar and Restaurant on Spencer Street, Castlebar, is holding a barbecue in the beer garden from 4 to 7 pm this Sunday to raise funds for two very worthy local cancer charities.
Read more ...Straide’s Brigid inspires 100 women to run in her honour
Fri, May 02, 2014
A Straide woman, whose vibrant personality, enthusiasm for life and deep roots and friendships within her community and beyond, has inspired a century strong army of women to run in her honour at the West of Ireland Women’s Mini-Marathon on Sunday.
Read more ...Snugboro marks principal’s thirty four years of service
Fri, May 02, 2014
An event to pay tribute to Marie Loftus, retired principal of St Peter’s National School, Snugboro, is being held in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, tonight (Friday), at 8.30 pm.
Read more ...St Louis Kiltimagh students up for People’s Choice Award
Fri, May 02, 2014
Young people in St Louis Community School Kiltimagh were jubilant this week upon hearing that their waste eco-action projects is among the 75 submissions from across the Republic and Northern Ireland shortlisted for ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards Showcase and Ceremony in the Mansion House on May 20. While the group are now preparing for the final and hoping to impress the judges enough to scoop one of the 10 category prizes, they are also seeking the public’s support with their project. Until May 14, these young environmentalists are looking for the public’s vote to help them lay claim to the prestigious ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award is one category that is out of the judges’ hands, with the public having all the power! The 75 shortlisted projects range from creating biodiversity trails, delivering environmental workshops in schools and setting up a ‘city farm’ to harvest crops and cut down on food miles. The public can now vote for their favourite project on www.ecounesco.ie.
Read more ...Top bloggers invited to promote Mayo
Fri, May 02, 2014
Some 800,000 Canadians and others around the world are to read all about Mayo and the Wild Atlantic Way as a couple of top travel bloggers, Dave Bouskill and Debra Corbeil, are travelling around the county and recording their experiences as guests of Tourism Ireland.
Read more ...Fun photo competition ahead of country life festival
Fri, May 02, 2014
Happy snappers are being called to put themselves in the frame to win a photography competition in the build-up to the Féile na Tuaithe festival.
Read more ...Castlebar student in national cook-off
Fri, May 02, 2014
A student St Joseph’s Secondary School, Castlebar, has won national recognition for her culinary skills.
Read more ...Big names set for Boll weekend on Achill
Fri, May 02, 2014
Leading literary figures are Achill bound this weekend as the island celebrates its strong links with famous Nobel Prize winning novelist Heinrich Boll.
Read more ...Candidate will campaign for property tax cut
Fri, May 02, 2014
An Independent Local Election candidate has promised to fight for a 15 per cent cut in property tax if he wins a seat on Mayo County Council.
Read more ...One stop shop for divorce or separation in weeks
Fri, May 02, 2014
Couples throughout the country whose marriages have broken down can divorce or separate through mediation saving several thousand euro on legal fees in the process. Galway Divorce and Separations is a new one-stop shop based at Unit 28 Orchard House, Glenrock Business Park, Ballybane, Galway, where couples can obtain a decree divorce or judicial separation in a few short weeks from the courts, and all without either or both spouses engaging solicitors or barristers to represent them.
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