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Ballina’s hub status, once viewed as a positive label for the town, is now working to the detriment of small local businesses and organisations with the loss of a potential €2 million funding for the town.

Bord Gáis celebrated the arrival of natural gas to Ballina with one of the first customers in the town to connect to the network, Market Lane Restaurant. Mayor of Ballina Councillor Michelle Mulherin, and CEO of Ballina Chamber Sandra Cribben joined Bord Gáis Networks staff and complex owners Keith and Siobhan Brennan to celebrate the switching on of natural gas by restaurateur and chef Kieran Sweeney.

Join Ireland’s Big Walk on World Heart Day this Sunday, September 27 to raise vital funds for the work of the Irish Heart Foundation.

Ballina Arts Centre is delighted to announce a concert featuring acclaimed singer/guitarist Sarah McQuaid on Thursday April 16 at 8pm. Tickets are €12 / €10 (concession) and can be purchased from Ballina Arts Centre or by ringing 096 73593.

Moy Villa FC, Attymass, will hold a fundraising golf classic in Ballina Golf Club on Saturday October 10.

Music fans are in for a real treat on Wednesday April 29, when the Rastrelli Cello Quartet bring their mix of classical, jazz and Latin American music to Ballina Arts Centre. The Quartet - Kira Kraftzoff, Kirill Timofeev, Misha Degtiareff, Sergio Drabkine, all cello – present a heady mix of styles and genres. With pieces by Astor Piazzolla, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sulchan Zinzadze, Billy Strayhorn, Alfred Schnittke, Jimmy Forrest and Modest Mussorgsky amongst others, the result has to be heard to be believed.

A number of national and international artists will be visiting Ballina this weekend to support the campaign for a new theatre for the town. Part funding of €4.3 million was allocated for the new theatre from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism; Mayo County Council; and Ballina Town Council at the end of last year. However, in order to secure this funding, a further €500,000 must be raised in the local community by July 2009. A fundraising committee was set up earlier in the year to build on the good work already done by previous interest groups and a number of fundraising events have already taken place.

A number of north Mayo based organisations are to benefit from funding under the Department of Social and Family Affairs Scheme of Grants for marriage, Child and Bereavement Counselling, according to Mayo FF TD Dara Calleary.

The WhistleBlast Quartet — Ken Edge, Mary Curran, Síle Daly, and Andrew Synnott — will perform a free public recital in the Ramada Hotel, Ballina, at 6pm tonight (Friday September 25). Children from Rehins National School who had a three day project with the quartet will perform a short piece of their own.

An Post, as part of a national series of lunchtime talks in conjunction with Chambers Ireland is coming to Ballina on Tuesday April 28 at 1pm in Murphy’s Upstairs Restaurant, to update the business community on the expansion of their services and products that are of interest to the business community, particularly those in the professional and service sectors.