Seventy six per cent of Mayo people have taken part in a charity event

Fri, May 11, 2012

A new MRBI survey for Focus Ireland has shown that a massive 76 per cent of big-hearted Mayo people have taken part in an event to raise vital funds for charity at some point in their lives.

Support Happy Heart Weekend

Fri, May 11, 2012

The Irish Heart Foundation’s Happy Heart Weekend takes place from May 10 to 12. Every €2 raised from the sale of happy heart badges will help stop 13 people dying suddenly everyday from heart attack and stroke in Ireland.

More than twice as many women as men dying from stroke in Mayo

Fri, May 11, 2012

According to the national charity fighting heart disease and stroke, the latest CSO figures showed that out of 92 stroke-related deaths in Mayo, 63 women died compared to 29 men during 2010.

Westport United look to bridge twenty five year gap

Fri, May 11, 2012

On Sunday in Terryland Park, Westport United will go looking to make it lucky number seven when they take on Athenry FC in the Connacht Junior Cup final. Standing in Westport United's way will be the defending champions who are going for their third Connacht Junior Cup win on the trot. Picking up the title would be quite a coup for the relatively inexperienced management duo of Kieran Mulchrone and James Fahy who have taken over in the United hot seat this season. While the management duo may be inexperienced at this level, there is plenty of experience to draw on with the likes of Kevin Joyce, Martin Geraghty, Danny Schaill, Gerry McLoughlin, Dave Cameron, Dave Hoban and Pat Fitzgerald all with plenty of big game experience under their belts over the years.

Good news for Mayo AC athletes after full results of National 10K

Fri, May 11, 2012

After a tense wait of almost three weeks there was great news for Mayo AC following publication of the results from the National 10k Championships held on April 15 in the Phoenix Park. They came away with rich sprinkling of five gold, three silver, and two bronze with medals for four teams and in six individual categories.

Lots of action over bank holiday weekend in clubs

Fri, May 11, 2012

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John O’Connor was the winner of the men’s competition with a score of 38pts last weekend. Bob Leggett came second just one point further behind, with Don Dillon taking third place. The ladies’ competition was won by Mary B O’Donnell who scored 39pts, with Geraldine O’Malley coming home second and Margaret Ralph finishing in third place. The junior prize was won by Catherine Walsh. The draw for the O’Brien Cup and Broderick Cup has taken place and has been posted on the noticeboard.

John O’Connor was the winner of the men’s competition with a score of 38pts last weekend. Bob Leggett came second just one point further behind, with Don Dillon taking third place. The ladies’ competition was won by Mary B O’Donnell who scored 39pts, with Geraldine O’Malley coming home second and Margaret Ralph finishing in third place. The junior prize was won by Catherine Walsh. The draw for the O’Brien Cup and Broderick Cup has taken place and has been posted on the noticeboard.

No such thing as a quite weekend in the GAA

Fri, May 11, 2012

I was out of the country last weekend on a cycling holiday in Germany (more anon). I deliberately stayed away from all forms of communication until I arrived back in the country. By the time I landed in Dublin I was bursting for information on all of last weekend’s sporting activities. I called a few friends on the trek home from Dublin Airport and managed to get a good account of most of the action. The first conversation I had informed me of Kilkenny’s demolition job on Cork in the league final. These Kilkenny boys are simply in a different league to most others. I have watched them a couple of times earlier this year when they appeared to be just going through the motions, but once they get a whiff of a trophy they invariably rack it up a few notches. Jimmy Barry Murphy will, for the first time since his appointment as Cork manager, realise that the honeymoon period is over and his task of landing the Liam McCarthy is an enormous one when you consider the conveyor belt of young talent Brian Coady has at his disposal. But it is not just the talent that they produce year on year – it is their entire application and appetite for success that makes them so exceptional.

Mayo look to get back to winning trophies

Fri, May 11, 2012

It has been an up and down couple of years for those involved with the Mayo ladies senior football squad. Last year it all came to a head on the league front when they were relegated from division one without winning a single game. On Sunday in Parnell Park, they will be looking to make it back to the top table of football when they take on the near neighbours Galway in the division two final in Parnell Park in Dublin. In the league stages of the competition Mayo saw off almost all comers winning six of their seven games with the only minor blot on their copy book coming with a draw against Fermanagh.

Back to London for the Mayo hurlers

Fri, May 11, 2012

The last time that the Mayo hurlers made a trip across the water to take on London in competitive action they made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when they missed their flights back from the UK capital. And less than two months on, the gods that governed the draw for the second round of the Christy Ring Cup ensured that Mayo would have to make that trip all over again.

Find The Answer at the Clubhouse this summer

Fri, May 04, 2012

The Answer have just confirmed an intimate show at Castlebar’s new independent music venue, The Clubhouse, this summer on Saturday, August 25. The Answer were formed in 2000 by guitarist Paul Mahon, whose father was a jazz trumpeter and member of seminal Irish showband The Freshmen who released three albums on CBS and toured with the likes of the Beach Boys. Aged 18, Mahon knew he wanted to put together a rock band and mentioned it to bassist Micky Waters, an old school friend who had been in numerous cover bands around Belfast.

James Heatley, who had played as Ash’s stand-in live drummer in 1993, was recruited to be the drummer for The Answer. Mahon called him up only to find that he was about to take his finals at university, so the trio waited while Heatley completed his degree in Psychology.

More than theatre with Nicole and Martin

Fri, May 04, 2012

The award-winning world of Nicole and Martin returns to Ireland for the second time with three days of performances in Castlebar. With them they bring to the Harlequin Centre Car Park, (beside Boots) the renowned White Tent and a plethora of canvas and wood marquees that together create a magical world of tents, flags and lights, old-fashioned circus caravans, and modern glossy-red horse power.

Super line up of music at Brennan’s Lane this weekend

Fri, May 04, 2012

It’s not just music on the double, it’s music on the triple this weekend at Live in the Basement in Brennan’s Lane. As part of this triple bill, there will be a double dose of Gorilla Radio on Friday and Monday night. On Friday night to kick off the bank holiday weekend, Gorilla Radio will be live and loud in the basement, while on Monday night they will bring the bank holiday to a close at a much quieter pace with an unplugged set. Sandwiched in between them is the legendary Johnny Gallagher and the Boxtie Band, who will take to the stage on Sunday night in the venue.

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