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Blackrock Cottage in Salthill is making headlines again after receiving two major accolades in less than a week.

It has been a busy year for the team at Blackrock Cottage. Since the restaurant opened in late 2022 it has become a firm favourite in Galway. It has also proven itself nationally, winning both the regional and the all-Ireland Best Newcomer Award at the Restaurant Association of Ireland Food Awards. It is also been nominated in the upcoming Food and Wine awards.

The Ballyglass RNLI lifeboat was dispatched on Tuesday (July, 20) afternoon to assist two people who got into difficulty following the capsizing of a jet ski in Blacksod Bay between Doolough and Claggan.

Comharchumann Forbartha Ionad Deirbhile has taken the next step in their preparations to open Blacksod Lighthouse to the public. This week Irish Lights and Mayo County Council signed a lease with Comharchumann Forbartha Ionad Deirbhile to take over this historic building and open it to the public for guided tours.

Comharchumann Forbartha Ionad Deirbhile (CFID) is delighted to announce it will be opening Blacksod lighthouse to the public this summer.

The volunteer crew was requested to launch its inshore lifeboat by Malin Coast Guard at lunchtime on Monday.

An exhibition of work by Mayo filmmaker, Fergus Sweeney, relating to the tragic 2017 helicopter crash at Blacksod in North Mayo, will take place in Ballina Arts Centre on January 12 next.

Blacksod entrepreneurs

This striking property set on an elevated site of approximately 0.55 of an acre located in the scenic area of Blacksod, Belmullet, Co Mayo, enjoys stunning sea views of Blacksod Bay and Achill Island.

This week marked the quiet passing of the 70th anniversary of the historic role played by a lighthouse keeper in Blacksod, who unwittingly changed the course of World War II when he delivered a weather forecast all the way to General Dwight D Eisenhower on June 3, 1944.