Barrett wants bridge assessed for safety

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

Labour Party Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has written to area engineers to assess the safety of the bridge leading to Parke village. Barrett maintains that the issue was a cause of concern raised by the community, on a recent canvass of the village.

All roads leading to Castlebar for massive fleadh event

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

Excitement is building in the county town as it prepares to welcome thousands of musicians and fans of Irish music and dance for Castlebar’s inaugural hosting of the Connacht Fleadh, which kicks off on June 30.

Pink movement gathers speed as county gears up for cycle

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

An idea that was born when a Castlebar woman who had survived breast cancer was having a chat with her friend (who happened to be the Taoiseach) about how she could raise some funds for cancer research, has grown into something of a ‘pink movement’ in Mayo.

Mayo Mental Health Association and Mayo GAA team up

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

This week has seen the Mayo Mental Health Association and Mayo GAA come together to educate the county’s u16 football and hurling teams about mental health. The camp in MacHale Park saw some 60 u16 players across both sports engage in the three day training camp that saw their time split between action on the field and learning about taking action off the field to deal with mental health issues that may affect them.

Land rezoned to allow application for biopark in Claremorris

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

The proposed biopark development in Claremorris received a major boost this week when Mayo County Council voted 22-3 to rezone the 20-acre site at Kilbeg, Claremorris, to ‘opportunity’ status as part of the new county development plan.

Road safety officer wants candidates to take care with posters

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

Mayo County Council road safety officer Noel Gibbons has called on all candidates in the upcoming Local and European elections to take care when erecting election posters along the roadways in the county and to take road safety into consideration.

Darkness into Light Westport launch

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

The Westport Darkness into Light walk, taking place on May 10 in aid of Pieta House, is being officially launched tomorrow (Saturday) at noon in Westport Leisure Park.

Independent candidate to give thirty per cent of his salary to local projects

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

An Independent candidate in the Mayo County Council elections has thrown down the gauntlet to opponents with a pledge to donate 30 per cent of his council salary to worthy local projects.

Erris sean nós revival seventy five years on

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

Traditional music enthusiasts in north Mayo are reviving a collection of sean nós songs by Erris singers, recorded in Chicago 75 years ago.

Songs from Erris (Amhráin ó Iorrus) were recorded, and later transcribed and saved, by Séamus Ó Duilearga of the Irish Folklore Commission in May 1939.

Cynthia Clampett is passionate about hospice services in Mayo and Roscommon

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

When I was growing up, there was huge fear, fear of 'The Big C'. Cancer would drive my mother to bless herself. She couldn't say the word.”

New book on Mayo combatants in revolutionary Ireland

Fri, Apr 25, 2014

A new book, to be launched in Castlebar this evening by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, reveals, for the first time in print, the experiences of 10 senior veterans from Mayo who fought in Ireland’s struggle for independence and the subsequent civil war from 1919 to 1924.

Council votes against power line under grounding plan

Tue, Apr 22, 2014

A proposal to have all 400kv power lines under grounded included in the new Mayo County Council development plan fell at a vote (12-10, with nine councillors absent for the vote ) at a special meeting of the council today.

Sinn Fein Cllr Gerry Murray proposed to have the item inserted as an amendment to the manger's report.

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