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Argos and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland are charity partners for 2013/2014. As part of this partnership five Argos stores are taking part in a Croagh Patrick Challenge Climb on July 21 at 1pm.

The recent annual Croagh Patrick climb in aid of Galway Hospice was a huge success, setting a new record with more than 1,000 climbers taking part, an increase of 800 on the previous year.

A code of practice for Croagh Patrick is about to be drawn up with the council working closely with the community council in Murrisk.

St Patrick’s weekend will be celebrated from Friday March 15 to Monday March 18 in Westport, with festivities for all the family planned.

Last week, on a wet and windy day at the bottom of the Reek, the Mayo Mountain Rescue Team met with the staff of Mayo Volunteer Centre for a special photo shoot.

A seven day spiritual, cultural and historical pilgrimage to Poland and Prague takes place from August 18 to 25 with Fr Karl Burns as spiritual director.

Ian McKeever from Wicklow died tragically at the age of 42 on Wednesday after he was struck by lightning while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. He had been leading a group which included at least 20 Irish people, on the mountain when the storm hit.

March 22 to March 24

The last few weeks have been among the busiest in the history of Mayo Mountain Rescue Team. Team leader Mary Walsh noted that since Reek Sunday, at the end of July, to September 7, the team have responded to 14 call outs. “It is unprecedented in the history of the team that we have had such a concentration of call-outs in the last number of weeks,” she said. Similar sentiments were expressed by deputy team leader Declan Conway, who remarked that in all his years on the team, he had never seen such a demand for its services.

A half marathon from Louisburgh to Westport in aid of Mayo Mountain Rescue Team took place on September 2.