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Where is more beautiful, Connemara or Kerry?

Mayo's two Fianna Fáil TDs, Dep Dara Calleary and Dep Lisa Chambers, were both appointed by their party leader to positions in his shadow front bench this week. Dep Calleary, who is in his third term as a Dáil deputy, has been handed the role as his party's spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, having previously held the position as spokesperson on Justice, Equality, and Defence and more recently Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation. He is also a former minister of state, having held the role as minister of state for Labour Affairs and Public Service Transformation in the last Fianna Fáil government.

Consumers want to know more about the food products they are buying in supermarkets, believes Éamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fail spokesperson on Agriculture and Food.

A Mayo based animal rights group, People Against Cruelty to Animals (PACA) is planning a protest outside the Mayo County Council offices in Castlebar on Monday May 9 at 3pm. The protest will coincide with the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council. The group intends to highlight the practice of animal testing at the Charles Rivers laboratories, Bellagelly South, Glenamoy, Ballina. The group has contacted all 30 county councillors and the board members of Mayo County Council via email asking to have the licence for the premises revoked.

The race is on to find the fastest team in the west of Ireland as Galway Samaritans launches its 40th anniversary cyclathon challenge.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for an "adequate" ambulance service for Connemara.

A Garden of Remembrance is being created in Shantalla to honour the men and women of the 1916 Rising. Phase one of the project will be officially opened on Easter Monday, March 28, at 4pm.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has been accused of having a ‘complete lack of empathy’ for farmers who suffered significant crop damage as a result of the winter floods.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been working closely with the Department of Health on Marian House for the last number of months. There is no danger of Marian House closing and HIQA will work with the facility to extend deadlines until funding is secured for the facility. This had been communicated to the management on a number of occasions, said a spokesperson for the Taoiseach this week.

There was shock in Castlebar yesterday morning with the news that the Welcome Inn Hotel on New Antrim Street in the town had shut its doors and entered a voluntary liquidation process. The popular hotel was run by the McHugh family since it was first opened in the 1960s. There was a sign posted on the doors outside yesterday saying: "Hotel closed until further notice. We apologise to our loyal customers for any inconvenience caused". The hotel was a popular venue for events such as weddings, dinner dances, and meetings. The venue also hosted the only remaining nightclub in the county town.