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Do you have a physical or sensory disability? The Irish Wheelchair Association in Mayo provides a wide range of services, including personal assistant services, holiday services and day services.

Yesterday, Thursday, nearly 300 volunteers from Fidelity Investments Ireland travelled to Athlone to transform a dilapidated wasteland into a beautiful and tranquil space for use by members of the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) and the local community.

Athenry resident Gabe Cronnelly has announced that he will be seeking to run in the 2014 Local Elections as a Sinn Féin candidate.

Ballyglass Heritage Club annual Autojumble and Auction on Sunday March 24 at Malone's Ballyglass from 11am.

The amount allocated for energy efficiency works in the county has been slashed in this year’s housing capital programme for the county, with funding cut from €400,00 to €190,000. According to Padraic Flanagan, senior executive officer with Mayo County Council, at a Housing SPC meeting on Thursday, the scheme in mind for completion this year with this funding is 20 units in Springfield, Bangor Erris. Initial survey work and electrical inspections on these units have already been carried out and Mr Flanagan said that more than likely basic work will be carried out on these houses, unlike the extensive work which was completed in houses in Newport, Castlebar, and Ballycastle under this programme last year.

The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) works with people with physical disabilities including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, amputation, muscular dystrophy, stroke victims, and other conditions which limit mobility. Mayo Services include day services, respite services, accessible transport, accessible driving school and the assisted living service (ALS).

A Christmas carol singing event will take place in the County Library, Castlebar on Friday December 21 at 2pm.

If you have any condition that impacts on your mobility, for example multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons, arthritis, stroke, motor neuron disease, spina bifida, or have a sensory disability, ie, visual or hearing, please feel free to contact the Irish Wheelchair Association.

Monday December 3 is International Day of Persons with disabilities. Cuisle Holiday Centre in Donamon, Co Roscommon would like to invite you to an open day in Cuisle—the Irish Wheelchair Association’s national holiday centre.

To celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities on Monday December 3, the Irish Wheelchair Association is holding a table quiz in Castlebar Tennis Club at 9pm. Tables of four cost €40.