Mayo native wins Cork International Choral Festival composition competition

Wed, Mar 04, 2020

The Cork International Choral Festival has announced Mayo's Peter Leavy as the winner of the 2020 Seán Ó'Riada Composition Competition.

JCI Mayo are looking for outstanding young people who deserve recognition

Wed, Mar 04, 2020

Do you know an outstanding young person between the age of 18 to 40 who you think deserves recognition for their achievements?

€43,000 to provide sensory facilities and equipment in Castlebar and Ballina libraries

Tue, Mar 03, 2020

Michael Ring TD, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, has this week announced funding of €43,896 to provide sensory facilities and equipment in Castlebar and Ballina public libraries.

Mindspace Mayo receives donation from Mayo GAA International Supporters Foundation

Tue, Mar 03, 2020

Mindspace Mayo have expressed their thanks Mr Tim O’Leary and the Mayo GAA International Supporters Foundation for their generous and much-appreciated donation of €35,000 which was received last Thursday and will go towards our youth mental health support service.

Rally fans advised to respect other road users

Tue, Mar 03, 2020

After a weekend of carnage on our roads, the Mayo Road Safety Working together Group have issued a road safety appeal to everyone attending the Mayo Stages Rally on Sunday, March 8, in the Castlebar area saying that road safety is everyone’s responsibility and there is one essential ingredient required for everyone’s safety and that is personnel responsibility.

Climate emergency a defining human rights issue for today’s youth says Naidoo

Tue, Mar 03, 2020

After an extensive period of storms and flooding, the changing pattern of Ireland’s weather is become ever more evident and ever more understood as the effects of climate change on our country.

My Open Library service to come to Belmullet Library

Mon, Mar 02, 2020

Michael Ring, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, has this week announced the roll-out of the My Open Library service to Belmullet Library. My Open Library allows access to public libraries on a self-service basis from 8 am to 10 pm, 365 days a year.

New charity cycle in honour of prolific Ballina fundraiser

Mon, Mar 02, 2020

A new 50km charity cycle has been organised by a Ballina man as a “fitting” way of thanking cancer nurses who cared for his late mother.

Storms pose serious threat to Achill beaches

Sat, Feb 29, 2020

Achill based Cllr Paul McNamara has said that he fears that two beaches on the island at Keel and Dooagh are in danger of potentially being washed away if another big storm comes.

Extinction Rebellion Mayo to hold public meeting in GMIT Mayo

Sat, Feb 29, 2020

On Thursday March 5 at 7pm, members of Extinction Rebellion Mayo (XR Mayo) will hold a public meeting entitled ‘Heading For Extinction and What To Do About It’ on GMIT Campus, Castlebar as part of a series of climate-focussed talks organised by GMIT Green Campus to call attention to the climate and biodiversity emergency and to facilitate a planning session for concerned citizens to take action.

Road Safety Office urge drivers to 'drive away your bad habits during Lent'

Sat, Feb 29, 2020

Local authorities and An Garda Siochana are appealing for people observing Lent to give up one more thing - bad driving, stating

Flying Doctor's medals to come home to Mayo

Fri, Feb 28, 2020

The family of the late Dr Pádraig Carney, the legendary Mayo footballer, is to provide all his medals, some photographs, and other memorabilia, for permanent display in Mayo.

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