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With the recent announcement by Mayo Community TV Ltd that the plug will be pulled on its transmitter in Drummin on September 30, chairperson Joe Gibbons warned that the areas of Claremorris, Newport and Louisburgh may also have their transmitters shut down, which would affect all householders in the area who rely on these transmitters to receive their television stations.

The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the people of Mayo to get their hearts pumping by taking part in a World Heart Day walk in their area. All you have to do is step outside your front door and go walking on October 5 to give your heart a healthy boost.

The Westport Youth Links Network is compiling a youth directory for the Westport, Louisburgh, and Newport area.

Local writer/director Orlagh Heverin is shooting a low-budget short film in Castlebar and Louisburgh from October 10 to 14 and is looking for a number of fame-seeking candidates for the cast!

A teacher from Louisburgh will be included in the newly published Guinness World Record’s Book of the Decade after he achieved the unthinkable by appearing four times in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Irish Heart Foundation is urging people to get their hearts pumping by taking part in a World Heart Day walk on October 5. Seven walks have been listed for Mayo.

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.

Mayo County Council’s EXCEL 08 is a developmental programme of arts events for teenagers and young adults across the county which will take place this month.

Three youth organisations in the Mayo area have been awarded €23,323 through the Artist in Youth Work Residency Award run by NYCI’s Youth Arts programme. Castlebar Neighbourhood Youth Project has received €10,000 to create an indoor installation in Ballyhaunis using animation and puppetry. Youthreach Kiltimagh has been awarded €6,323 to provide young people to work with two local artists to enable the group to create a performance piece based on samba drumming and costume making for the St Patrick’s Day parade, and Louisburgh Community Project has received €7,000 to interpret the life of Granuaille by creating an installation incorporating music, puppetry, movement and multi-media.  

Prize-winning motor mechanic Colm Corcoran, a native of Louisburgh, has won a much-coveted EuroSkills gold medal in a pan-European skills competition held recently in Rotterdam. Over 30 countries participated at this competition under international rules, which was co-sponsored by the EU Commission and the Dutch government and held in front of more than 40,000 spectators.