Rural Mayo losing 'basic community services' as Lahardane GP clinic closes

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

Independent election candidate Harry Barrett has hit out at the Government, and at Fianna Fail in particular, for failing to secure a primary care physician for Lahardane ahead of the position becoming vacant on October 1.

Mayo news in briefs

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

Westport Civic Trust public lectures return
Westport Civic Trust’s public lecture programme will commence on Tuesday October 17 this year at 8pm in the Walnut Suite in the Plaza Hotel. Dr Michael O’Connor, historian and author of Caribbean slave owners and other lesser-known histories from County Mayo, will give a lecture on ‘Clew Bay Slaveholders’.

Westport Civic Trust’s public lecture programme will commence on Tuesday October 17 this year at 8pm in the Walnut Suite in the Plaza Hotel. Dr Michael O’Connor, historian and author of Caribbean slave owners and other lesser-known histories from County Mayo, will give a lecture on ‘Clew Bay Slaveholders’.

New public art project to be launched at Wesport estate

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

A new public art commission is set to be unveiled at the Tubber Hill housing development in Westport next week. All is Well, a visual art installation by Cathal McCarthy and commissioned by Mayo County Council Arts Service, will be officially launched at on Saturday October 7 2pm by Damien McGlynn, director of CREATE. All are welcome and refreshments will be provided.

Visual artist Cathal McCarthy has been working in collaboration with local poet Mary C Reilly and residents of the Tubber Hill housing development on this visual arts and poetry project. Cathal, Mary and other local artists have facilitated arts workshops with residents and friends exploring the theme of ‘Living on the hill’. Activities have included creative writing for adults and young people, poetry reading, rapping, circus skills, painting and sculpture.

Castlebar Fever Hospital – a vanished memorial to culpable indifference

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

Castlebar Fever Hospital was the first structure demolished in 1965 when works on what would become the Sacred Heart Hospital commenced. The Fever Hospital and the Workhouse that shadowed it are at the top of the list of former public spaces in Castlebar with a dark and terrible history.

Sinn Féin plan for 393,000 extra medical cards – Conway-Walsh

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

Mayo Sinn Féin TD, Rose Conway-Walsh has outlined Sinn Féin’s multi-year plan to fix the health service, which would start with a Year 1 investment of €1.5 billion in capacity, workforce training, and cutting the cost of healthcare.

Surgical hub for the West is approved

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

The Saolta University Health Care Group and Galway University Hospitals has issued a statement welcoming the progress in developing a new surgical hub in Galway city - which will provide a significant uplift in surgical capacity in the western region.

Galway City Council has now granted planning permission for the hub and also granted permission for the provision of a new bus stop to be located adjacent to the proposed development along with 108 car-parking spaces.

Ring pleads for government support for St Brendan's Village

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

Concerns for the future of St Brendan's Village in Mulranny, which provides a home-from-home for many elderly returned Irish emigrants and older people in the community, were raised in the Dail this week by Mayo TD Michael Ring.

Redevelopment for Belmullet District Hospital

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

Minister of State Dara Calleary has confirmed that a project brief is to be prepared that will set out the redevelopment of Belmullet District Hospital. Minister Calleary received the news from the Office of the Chief Officer, Community Healthcare West, in response to representation made on the matter recently.

The Lion that roared

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

Ireland has a long history of individuals, groups, and charities assisting homeless people through charitable donations, fundraising activities, voluntary work, and the provision of accommodation. While philanthropic efforts can never solve the problem of homelessness, such endeavours have left their mark in the historical archives.

Call for new veterinary school for the West

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

MEP Maria Walsh is calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to “stop dragging his heels” on the decision for a new veterinary school in the West of Ireland.

New Dublin-Westport rail route from December

Fri, Sep 15, 2023

A new daily train service option from Dublin Heuston to Westport will offer Mayo commuters the chance to leave the capital at the later time of 7.35pm - rather than the current last train of 6.15pm - in order to get home - according to new plans by Irish Rail. Under the plan, passengers for Mayo on the 7.35pm (Dublin-Galway) train will be able to transfer at Athlone to catch the 21.08pm Athlone to Westport train, which should arrive in to Westport at around 11pm.

Council chief red-flags Ballina All-Ireland Fleadh

Fri, Sep 15, 2023

The Chief Executive of Mayo County Council has warned councillors to be careful of what they wish for with regard to a campaign to secure the All-Ireland Fleadh in Ballina for 2027, stating that the costs involved for the event would carry a two-year commitment, and would be substantial.

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