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Friends, as Mayor of Castlebar, it is my pleasant duty to extend season’s greeting to the people of Castlebar at home and away.

I would like to extend season's greetings to all Mayo people at home and abroad, and especially those who are in hospital, or on their own, or those who are missing a loved one this Christmas.

The New Year has come and with it the Connacht junior league enters its final furlong as the chase for a top four place and avoiding relegation intensifies. With the competition in hibernation since the middle of December, there will be a warm welcoming return to the fold for the Mayo sides in the competition this weekend in Division 1A with two Mayo derbies topping the billing for Mayo attention.

Mayo County Childcare Committee is delighted to be in a position to confirm that the Free Pre-School Year Scheme in Early Childhood Care and Education starts in January 2010. The scheme is being introduced by the office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with the local work being done by the Mayo County Childcare Committee.

Now the magic of Ireland’s best-loved and greatest entertainer is set to come back to Castlebar. The Reunion Show – On Tour, will feature the star himself, Joe Dolan, in an outstanding live production that reunites his former band mates, including his brother Ben and nephews Ray and Adrian, with a state of the art video-projected Joe. All music heard is performed live except for Joe’s vocals in this specially adapted touring show. Also, Ben Dolan will narrate the life story of his younger brother Joe, with whom he’d shared a stage for 47 fun-filled and much travelled years.

Four top Irish traditional musicians return to their native soil for The Homecoming, a night of dazzling music at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday January 21 at 8pm.

Top Irish comedian Jon Kenny is guaranteed to bring a ray of comic sunshine to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday January 28 at 8pm with his sparkling new show I’m Not Says I… I’m Fine.

It is a long time since Castlebar pantomime performed a show based on a nursery rhyme, the last one being Mother Hubbard in 1999, Mother Goose of 1993 is only associated with nursery rhymes, which then leaves Ole King Cole in 1990, making a Castlebar pantomime based around a nursery rhyme a bit of rarity and in the case of Sing A Song Of Sixpence a rather brilliant show!

A new course of night classes in creative writing will commence in GMIT Castlebar on Tuesday January 26. The classes, which will last for two hours will run over 12 weeks and are suited for beginners and improvers.

If you have a business idea and you would like help unlocking the potential of that idea then you should get in touch with your local Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) in Castlebar. The IiBC can help to develop and grow new business start-ups.