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Leaving Cert student Alannah Larkin from Eyrecourt, was crowned Miss Earth Ireland 2022 on Saturday night at a Grand Finale Gala event at the Mount Falcon Estate in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Miss Earth Ireland, sponsored by FlameFit Gym, is the national selection for Miss Earth, one of the biggest beauty pageants in the world.

The HSE is continuing with its programme of Covid-19 test centres which enable people in those communities local to the centre get a free Covid-19 test.

The thematic for this year’s iteration of the festival will be related to 'Alternative Futures'. AATE will invite audiences to reflect on propositions/ opportunities for change and intervention in a world of uncertainty.

BY Declan Varley

Contract research organisation Charles River Laboratories International Inc. this week announced plans for an €8M expansion of its testing capabilities at its Ballina, Co. Mayo site that will give an additional 1,500m2 of lab space and create up to 90 new skilled roles over the next three years.

A symptom free ‘walk-in, no appointment necessary’ Covid-19 testing facility will open in The Stephenites Ground, Lord Edward Street, Carrowcushlaun West, Ballina, Co. Mayo (F26 E622) on Thursday 10th June and Friday 11th June from 11am to 5pm.

Westport GAA, organisers of the hugely successful Win A House In Westport fundraiser in 2019, have just launched their latest fundraising campaign - “Win a House in Westport 2”. The club is offering one lucky person the life-changing chance to win a home worth €325,000 for just €100, in the much-loved west of Ireland seaside town.

My name is Jackie Meenahan form Ballina Co.Mayo. I'm at this job most of my life, I had a fish shop in Ballina which I retired from many years ago, I was fed up doing nothing so I decided to go on the road around the country selling seaweed and I've never looked back since. Its great for my mental health, I come to Galway every Friday to the Moycullen market, make a few bob selling the ol dillisk which comes from Achill Island and make new friends along the way.

Frank Byrnes of Oranmore has announced details of the upcoming ‘Never Give Up’ challenge he has set himself to raise funds for local community organisation Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit. Over a five-week period beginning this Sunday October 30, Frank will take part in three separate running events in an attempt to highlight awareness and to raise funds for the Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit.

Graça Machel, a one-time freedom fighter in Mozambique turned human rights and equality activist will this month visit the West of Ireland.  Together with her husband, civil liberties icon Nelson Mandela, Machel was instrumental in founding The Elders and has made women’s rights a lifelong cause.