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Following the success of the first Lucky Dog scratchcard game in 2007, the National Lottery is again looking for 10 dogs to feature on a limited edition scratchcard. In addition to the fame achieved for their dogs, the owners of the 10 winning entries will receive €1,000 each.

A month ago Esther van Luipen opened her new small animal practice in the Square in Claremorris.

The following dogs are looking for good homes if you can help please contact the dog shelter on (059) 9726785.

The Mayo branch of Birdwatch Ireland is hosting a talk by John Lusby about barn owls in GMIT Castlebar on Wednesday October 7 at 7.30pm.

Bóthar, the international development agency that specialises in the use of livestock, has launched an unusual appeal in Co Mayo. The organisation is seeking the donation of 26 heifer calves, one for every county in Ireland, as part of a Spring Calf Appeal to provide animals for its Shelton Abbey rehabilitation project. The Spring Calf Appeal follows last year’s successful partnership with Shelton Abbey prison facility in Co Wicklow, which has agreed to care for the animals at the prison’s on-site farm as part of their rehabilitation programme for inmates.

Radio presenter Valerie Hughes' homebred Bernese Mountain Dog Carraigbern Miss Alice became the only Bernese Mountain Dog in Ireland to currently hold the title of GB Champion when she won the Challenge Certificate and went Reserve Best in Show at the Northern Bernese Mountain Dog Championship Show in the UK recently.

If you have ever dreamt of living and working like a cowboy… now is your chance, while at the same time supporting the fight against heart disease!

And there was one. The lights went down, the name was called out and in the early hours of last Friday morning, after 3,000 people had sung their way through the heats; after thousands of people had made their way through the doors of Coyotes on Forster Street, after so many hopes and aspirations were raised and dashed, one dream was realised and it belonged to Ailbhe Hession, who ended the night clutching a big fun-sized €10,000 cheque.

The future of the sheep farming sector in Ireland is under threat without further EU assistance and European wide reform, according to MEP candidate for the North West, Paschal Mooney (FF).

“Christmas dinner is the most important dinner of the year,” says Ray Colleran, third generation butcher in the city’s Mainguard Street. “And this year it’s more important than ever.” I was challenging Ray on the price of turkeys. One international supermarket chain is selling frozen geese for €25, how can they do that?