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Do you ever feel your business is not getting enough media attention? Learning how to write and distribute press releases could kick start your publicity campaign. Experienced PR and copywriting specialist Lesley Emerson from PR West (www.prwest.ie) will talk about "DIY press releases" at the next MOCC meeting due to take place next Wednesday, October 3, in the Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) at GMIT Castlebar at 9.30am. It will cover everything from identifying a good story angle to presenting and distributing your press release.

An A-list celebrity line-up will cycle through some of Mayo's most scenic routes ahead of the Help Us to Help Others Cycle Challenge taking place on Saturday September 15. The fun cycle will raise much needed funds for the Mayo Roscommon Hospice.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane is calling for the establishment of a national diaspora centre and has identified the former military barracks, Castlebar, as an ideal location.

The lord mayor of Manchester, Elaine Boyes, is to pay an official visit to Mayo as a guest of the Mayo Emigrant Liaison Committee.

Mayo’s first foetal alcohol awareness day will take place today (Friday September 7) to spread the word that alcohol and pregnancy do not mix.

Mayo Ideas Week 2012 was officially launched by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, at Mount Falcon Hotel, Ballina, on Monday September 3. Mayo Ideas Week is a series of idea generation, entrepreneurship, and business events hosted by the development and enterprise support agencies in Mayo. Admission is free to the 13 events which will be held all over the county from Monday September 17 to Friday September 21.

Holidaying at home is an increasingly popular trend and one which Mayo hoteliers and tourist attractions have being benefiting from this summer. However there is scope to improve on what was a lucrative 2012 summer. As Mayo’s reputation of a family-friendly destination continues to grow at home, more work needs to be done to attract European and British visitors landing at Ireland West Airport Knock into Mayo.

In September, Luisne exhibits a collection of work, In My World – Luisne 2012 in the Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport.

As part of Heritage Week, the Co Mayo town of Ballina will unveil its new ‘secret garden’ on Sunday August 26.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ireland is preparing for this year’s national convention which will be hosted by JCI Mayo in Westport from Friday October 5 to Sunday October 7 in the Carlton Atlantic Coast Hotel.