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Children from the Quay School in Westport recently took part in the annual Christmas Shoebox Appeal organised by Team Hope (teamhope.ie).

Mayo County Council Road Safety office is calling on all primary school students and parents to download its new Christmas card, featuring a road safety message for the upcoming festive season. “Santa, make sure you have Rudolf’s lights on and don't forget to fasten your seatbelt,” one of Santa’s helpers tells him. “Every year hundreds of children are injured or killed on our roads.”

If you want to escape the mayhem and stress that often comes hand-in-hand with the festive season then why not make a swift escape to the luxurious Lisloughrey Lodge.

Mayo Athletic Club will celebrate 25 years of success since the club was founded, at an anniversary function to be held in the Failte Suite at The Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, on Saturday December 1 at 8pm.

LEGENDARY IRISH singer and showband leader Brendan Boyer will play the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow at 8pm.

THE SUMBRELLAS, the Galway based folk-rock/Americana band, will play the launch party for The Scholars Rest, formerly The River Inn) in Newcastle tomorrow from 8pm.

ONE OF the most sensational murder trials in late 19th century Ireland was that of Bridget Cleary in 1895, who was burned alive by her husband and cousins, who sincerely believed she was a ‘changeling’.

The Tochar Phádraig Pilgrim Walk from Ballintubber Abbey to Croagh Patrick takes place on Sunday July 29 departing the Abbey at 8.30am. A back up car will accompany all the walkers to the end at Murrisk.

The  Tochar Phádraig Pilgrim Walk will take place on Saturday June 30. It will depart from Ballintubber Abbey from 8.30am and continue on its journey to Croagh Patrick.

The UK’s hottest roots collective Southern Tenant Folk Union will make a return visit to Ireland in May 2012 for a 10 date breakneck tour of Ireland including Mullingar Arts Centre on Friday May 18.