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Mayo County Council has recorded a small surplus of just under €55,000 so far this year on its budget income and expenditure for the first six months of the year. Head of Finance for Mayo County Council, Peter Duggan gave the elected members a half-yearly update on the financial standing of the council at the July meeting of the authority last Monday. The council had adopted a budgeted spend of €120,085,841 for the year and up to the end of June, they had spent €55,287,675 and taken in €55,342,619.

ELEGY OF Fire, a new play written and directed by Galwegian Anthony Daly will be staged as part of the Colours Fringe Festival 2013.

An exciting addition to the marketing world has come into being with the launch of new marketing business called B*Different. Founded by Mayo business woman, Eimear McCormack, B*Different promises to deliver a quirky and original one stop shop for all big and little brands’ marketing needs. From digital marketing across to traditional marketing activity B*Different promises to make each client’s brand stand out from his/her competition by creating and implementing tailored digital marketing plans for each business.

Just 24 hours after Westmeath’s chief fire officer outlined a plan to streamline fire services in the county, councillors hit out, fearing job losses and a risk to health and safety.

World, European, and Irish premieres in theatre and dance, leading international rock bands, the best in Irish comedy, and an array of international street theatre will all feature in this year’s Galway Arts Festival which takes place from Monday July 15 to Sunday 28.

THE LEGEND Of Luke Kelly Show, a celebration of arguably Ireland’s greatest folk-singer of all time, comes to the Town Hall this Sunday at 8pm.

Time moves swiftly at intercounty level. When a team is going badly, failing to get many championship outings and gone by early July year-in year-out, the summers trip over themselves.

There have been a couple of occasions in my life when I have had to call the fire brigade. Not often, thank God, but often enough to know that when you need them you are likely to need them badly.

There have been a couple of occasions in my life when I have had to call the fire brigade. Not often, thank God, but often enough to know that when you need them you are likely to need them badly.

XFor more years than I can care to remember, I found myself on Friday afternoons walking out past Tirellan, finding my slot, dropping my bag down on the path, pushing out my chest, flicking the hair out of my eyes (sighs), and sticking out my thumb. In those days, it was the nearest we got to the Kerouac idea — taking your chances with the generosity of strangers and engrossing yourself in a conversation that, like the free ride, could take you anywhere.