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Gardai in Westport are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Dugort, Achill at approximately 10pm last night.

Mayo Fianna Fail general election candidate Cllr Lisa Chambers has again condemned the downgrading of rheumatology services at Mayo General Hospital. In a pre-election newsletter, due to be distributed this weekend, she reveals that 850 outpatient rheumatology appointments were cancelled in Merlin Park in July and August, leaving many patients with their appointments rescheduled next December.

Three Fitzpatrick sisters from Cloonfad on the Mayo-Roscommon border were celebrating this week after all three of them gave birth to babies on the same day in Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar. The three sisters gave birth to one boy and two girls in a 14 hour period, with Mairead giving birth to Thomás Og at 3.25am, Jolene giving birth to the only girl, baby Sorcha, at 11am, and Bernie giving birth to baby Phelim at 8.30pm. Meanwhile a fourth sister Christina was also due to give birth this week.

The 19-year-old who was killed in a single vehicle traffic collision last night at Carromore, near Ballinrobe has been named as Darragh Doherty from Ballyhenry, Kilmaine. Darragh who was a talented footballer was a member of Kilmaine GAA Club and was member of the 2013 Mayo minor team who claimed the All Ireland title. Darragh scored 1-2 in that win over Tyrone.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, this week has welcomed the news that the dean of the Mayo Medical Academy, consultant surgeon Dr Kevin Barry, has been promoted to the role of professor by NUIG. Dr Barry is the only consultant to have been appointed to this role outside of the staff of Galway University Hospital. The Taoiseach also said this week that the €2.2 million project which will house the academy on a permanent basis is expected to be completed within the next two months.

Gardai are preparing a file for the DPP after a 54-year-old man was stabbed several times in his upper body in the early hours of Monday morning outside his home in Ballina.

A man was taken to Mayo General Hospital after he was stabbed a number of times this morning in Ballina. Gardai were called to the a house in Tom Clarke Place in the town at around 4.15am last night.