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Buy My Dress, Ireland’s largest one day charity dress sale, is coming to Castlebar for the first time on Saturday May 28. Supported by Kellogg’s Special K, this fashion forward campaign has Irish women all over the country throwing open their closets and donating dresses to Down Syndrome Centre. This local event, which is one of eight happening around the country, will be held in TF Royal Hotel and Theatre, Old Westport Road from 10am to 6pm.

Almost €19 million has been allowed to Mayo County Council in roads funding under the National Roads Allocation 2011.

Skateboarder Alan Collins prepares to skateboard the gruelling 835 kilometres from Mizen to Malin Head, over 11 days, in a bid to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy Ireland.

Memorial walk

A race night will take place in the Kiltane Tavern, Bangor Erris, on April 10 at 9pm.

A man who was on his way to get chips and failed to stop at a Garda checkpoint, was this week disqualified from driving for three years after he was convicted at Belmullet District Court of drink driving.

Judge Seamus Hughes’ replacement as the Mayo State solicitor has finally been announced. Bangor Erris native Vincent Deane will take up the post in the coming weeks once he relocates to his native county.

The people of Mayo are not getting the message when it comes to drink driving, according to local gardaí. Detections for drink driving have increased dramatically this week leaving gardaí to ponder are their messages and warnings falling on deaf ears.

Seventeen teaching posts may be lost from 15 national schools throughout the county for this coming academic year, according to a provisional list issued by the Department of Education this week, which based its figures on pupil enrolment returns from schools and the operation of the staffing schedule.

William Doherty, a 17-year-old student at Our Lady’s Secondary School, Belmullet, was named Senior Student of the Year 2009 for Entrepreneurial Spirit at the Bank of Ireland National Student Awards. Mayo celebrations heightened when footballer Shane Nally from St Colman’s College, Claremorris, was also called to the stage to accept the title of Senior Sport Student of the Year 2009.