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The Westport-Dublin train service is to improve and increase its offering substantially over the next number of years as Iarnrod Eireann (IE) invests millions in expansion plans and upgrade works while looking to provide linkages to more rural areas in Mayo.

Leaving Cert student Alannah Larkin from Galway was crowned Miss Earth Ireland 2022 on Saturday night at a Grand Finale Gala event at Mount Falcon Estate in Ballina.

A post-chaise was a four-wheeled, enclosed, horse-drawn carriage that was popular in the eighteenth century. The driver did not have a seat; he travelled on one of the horses. The necessary detail for the purpose of this account lies in the fact that there were windows to the front.

By the time the final minutes of Mayo's first outing in the All Ireland Premier Junior Championship come around, the county's best camogie stars will have played in front of their biggest crowd ever.

The Mayo U17 Celtic Challenge Hurling side advanced to the All-Ireland Michael Feery Cup final after overcoming the Kildare Lilywhites by the narrowest of margins.

Faction fighting and duelling were common in Mayo well into the 19th century. Duelling with swords or pistols was the preserve of gentleman and military men. On the other hand, faction fights were fought with sticks, clubs, stones, and other instruments of bludgeon by large numbers of people who gathered after Mass or at fairs, patterns, or other events.

Bealtaine is the festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age.

Mayo Day returns with the largest Mayo Day flagship event to date! ‘Home to where the Heart is’ will see Castlebar transformed into a hive of Mayo Day celebration with something for all the family, on Saturday, April 30 from 11am till late.

Westport biopharmaceutical company also named as one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces for Women - for fourth consecutive year

Erris-based councillors in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District have expressed their disappointment at being informed that works on the Bundula sea wall in the Mullet peninsula, are now not expected to be completed until Spring 2023 - and not by the end of this year - as they had been initially informed.