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Flood relief of €128,700 from the OPW has been allocated to Mayo. The Owenwee River, Westport receives a total of €52,200; Dookinelly, Achill Island, gets €45,000 to provide an open drain to the sea as well as roadside drainage while Derryguillinan, Cloghans gets €31,500 for relief works.

Recognition of senior members in society continues this month as the Bealtaine festival celebrating creativity in older age gets into full swing. Bealtaine is co-ordinated by Age & Opportunity and works with local, regional and national organisations to encourage participation in the arts by older people.

Achill Island is set to get a new pub and shop in the tourist hot spot of Keel if a new planning application by a local developer is given the green light. Paul McNamara, who was recently approved by An Bord Pleanala for a major commercial and residential complex at Achill Sound, has now launched an interesting project to demolish the old Amethyst Hotel at Keel and bring the once-popular venue back to life as a major new pub.

The Achill 10K run will take place on Saturday May 1 and entries need to be submitted by Monday April 26.

The sixth annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend will take place on Achill Island from April 30 to May 2.

The first annual general meeting of Young Fine Gael Achill Island will take place in Ostán Oileán Acla, Achill Sound, on Saturday April 10 at 7.30pm.

Mayo design student, Diana Kilbane, has been selected as one of 20 finalists in the Nokia Young Fashion Designer Award 2010.

A monster whist drive and super raffle for Croí will take place on pancake night, Tuesday February 16, in the popular Achill Sound Hotel on Achill Island at 8pm.

Based in Achill Island, Advanced Career Training NOW! is the training venue with a difference, delivering not only a range of ITEC diplomas in beauty and complementary therapies, but also offering introductory classes and advanced courses which enable the students to upgrade their skills and fast-track their career.

Over eight million Germans will view Westport and Foxford in a TV drama currently being shot in the towns, which will give a great boost to attracting future tourism to both towns.