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AIB in Mayo will award €60,000 to 18 local projects that benefit children through the AIB Better Ireland funding projects.

Saturday March 27

RTÉ personality Don Conroy will launch the Soogroo Children’s Arts Festival in the Gateway Hotel, Swinford, on Sunday March 28.

Nineteen public order arrests took place throughout the county following St Patrick’s Day festivities. There were also six drunk drivers arrested between St Patrick’s Day and the morning after.

Figures just released by Trócaire reveal that the Diocese of Killala donated €106,421 to its Lenten campaign last year, while the Diocese of Tuam donated €358,399, all with support from people in Mayo.

The Mayo County Athletics Board Awards evening was hosted recently by Mayo AC at Balla Resources centre. Six Mayo AC athletes were among many recognised for their achievements in 2009. They were Catherine Conway - senior women road racing, Kathy Connolly and Ann Murray (jointly) - master’s women road racing, TJ McHugh - master’s men road racing o35, Breege Blehein-McHale - international achievement, and Tom Hunt - master men road racing o50.

The threat of a huge proportion of the town of Kiltimagh being sterilised for planning, as a result of an amendment which was made to the Kiltimagh local area plan, was averted at the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council this week.

Mother and son injured in collision

Instead of Mayo County Council being asked to raise large amounts of finance to install public toilets and then have the added expense of regular maintenance and running costs, Fine Gael councillor Joe Mellett has suggested that these facilities could be provided in town centre premises at minimal costs to the council.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has thanked all the people who contacted his office by phone and text enquiring and wishing him well following a car accident he had on Saturday last.