One hundred and fifteen personal injury awards in Mayo during first six months of the year

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Mayo saw 115 awards made to personal injury claimants, totalling €2.8 million, during the first six months of this year, according to mid-year figures published by the Injuries Board this week.

Westport parish mission commences on Monday

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

The Parish Mission begins this Monday October 7 and continues until Thursday October 10. As well as the Mission Mass which takes place at 7:30pm each evening there are a number of other events taking place during the four days. The mission is the last event taking place in the parish to mark the Year Of Faith which concludes in November.

Rabbitte switches on smart lights in Crossmolina

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte last night (Thursday) officially switched on Crossmolina’s smart street lighting, in what is a first-of-its-kind venture in Ireland. With the backing of Crossmolina Community Development and Mayo County Council, Crossmolina was chosen as a pilot town to test a new public lighting initiative that aims to result in long term savings to the town and council, as well as encouraging the delivery of other energy efficiency projects across the country.

Spinathon for Mayo Women’s Support Services

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Have you got half an hour to spare? A 24 hour spinathon organised by UltraFitStudios and It’s a Natural Choice will start at noon on Saturday October 12 at UltraFitStudios, N5 Business Park, Moneen, Castlebar.

Mayo campaign launched to highlight dangers of reversing

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

It is a tragic story that appears regularly in newspapers across the nation. Often it takes up no more than a few column centimetres, and while the names are different the story still remains the same – a child has been killed or injured after being run over by a car reversing out of the family driveway. Tragically, in most of these cases, an adult member of the child's family, a neighbour, or a visitor to the house was driving the vehicle.

Prices of four-bed houses in Mayo up marginally

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Asking prices for four-bed semi-detached houses in Mayo have shown tentative signs of growth in the third quarter of 2013, with the latest survey from property website MyHome.ie showing that prices for this house type rose by 0.4 per cent to €140,000 in the quarter.

Do you have a physical or sensory disability?

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Do you have a physical or sensory disability? The Irish Wheelchair Association in Mayo provides a wide range of services, including personal assistant services, holiday services and day services.

Learn more about arthritis at public information meeting

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

People can learn more about a condition which affects 25,000 people in Mayo at an information talk being held in the city next week.

Castlebar Chamber’s Business After Hours events are a big hit

Fri, Oct 04, 2013

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce will host its second Business After Hours networking event in Breaffy House Resort on Thursday, October 10 at 6.30pm.

Council lays out terms of 1.5 acre €500,000 land deal

Fri, Sep 27, 2013

Following on from the chaotic scenes that played out at the September meeting of Mayo County Council, where Independent councillor Frank Durcan stayed on his feet and continued to talk over other councillors as the Cathaoirleach tried to get on with the order of business, Mayo County Council has this week responded to one of the issues Cllr Durcan raised about the purchase of lands outside Castlebar, through a statment issued by county secrectary John Condaon.

Irish language record attempt in Castlebar

Fri, Sep 27, 2013

Comhrá 24/7 will be the longest continuous conversation in the Irish language ever held, running from September 29 to October 6, in a bid to create a conversational world record as part of Bliain na Gaeilge 2013.

Redrawing of EU elections map leaves Mayo in fifteen county constituency

Fri, Sep 27, 2013

The announcement this week of the redrafting of the EU constituencies for next year’s European Parliament elections has seen Mayo included in the new Midlands, North and West four seat constituency which stretches all the way from the Atlantic coast to the Irish Sea. Ireland has lost one seat in the parliament thanks to the accession of Croatia to the European Union, which has led to the redrawing of the boundaries and a reduction in a number of constituencies from four to three.

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