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Bruise, a short film highlighting the issue of domestic abuse and sexual assault. It will world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh on July 6 at 10am.

Westport Independent councillor Christy Hyland has been elected to serve as Cathaoirleach of the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District for the 2022/2023 term - taking over from outgoing Cathaoirleach, Westport Fianna Fail councillor Brendan Mulroy. The new Vice Cathaoirleach is Belmullet Fianna Fail councillor, Sean Carey.

Focal points in public spaces in towns and cities across Ireland take many forms. Many of them speak to a specific moment in time.

Fidelma McGuirk is CEO & Founder of Payslip, a Global Payroll Control Platform which she set up, having identified a need for standardised employee payroll software to cater for large-scale businesses operating across multiple countries. Such has been the success of Payslip that it remains on a continuing growth and expansion curve, with plans in place to increase staff numbers in its global teams and also in Payslip's Westport base.

Crossing the Line Productions are Emmy award-winning documentary producers based in Mayo making crafted films featuring powerful stories on subjects ranging from wildlife to science to history. The company was established by Managing Director John Murray in 1993 to document the first Irish Everest Expedition and has gone on to produce documentaries for Irish and International broadcasters.

The Westport Chamber is the management organisation on-site within the Leeson Enterprise Centre (LEC), which housed its first entrepreneurs in 2017 and was officially opened in May 2018. Westport Chamber sponsor a Community Employment Scheme and Geraldine Horkan is the Community Employment Supervisor. As part of the CE remit, Geraldine, with the administrative support of CE participants, manages the Centre on behalf of the joint venture. Geraldine is one extremely busy lady. Surrounded by up-and-coming, established and expanding entrepreneurial businesses, she is centre-stage in a fired-up environment where development, growth, support, networking, success, setbacks and picking yourself up from setbacks - are the order of the day. Geraldine sees it as a privilege to share close quarters with the inspiring people behind the individual enterprises, as she gives the Mayo Advertiser just a flavour of the workings at the LEC.

There was a big turnout at Swinford Library and Cultural Centre for the Rainbow In A Box visual art installation which was installed for Cruinniú na nÓg 2022.

Chieftain of the O’Malley Clan Professor Tom O’Malley is delighted to announce the programme for the 66th Annual O’Malley Gathering in Mayo this year.

Mayo County Council is intent on ensuring beaches such as Old Head and Carramore in Louisburgh reclaim their Blue Flag status and is doing all it can to carefully monitor and control water quality on all beaches in the county.

Despite expectations that a damaged sea wall on the road in to Belmullet would be re-constructed and repaired as far back as 2019 - councillors for the area have now been advised it will be at least 2023 before the job is done.