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The benefits of a career in the public service have been highlighted this week with the news that Mayo County Council and public service local providers around the county such as the HSE, are to commence providing apprenticeships in order for people to train in the various roles on offer as civil servants.

The benefits of a career in the public service have been highlighted this week with the news that Mayo County Council and public service local providers around the county such as the HSE, are to commence providing apprenticeships in order for people to train in the various roles on offer as civil servants.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Pascal Donohoe have this week launched the Public Service Apprenticeship Plan 2022-2025, which aims to grow the number of annual apprenticeship registrations across the public service, including local authorities, to 750 by 2025.

Three sudden deaths that occurred in Mayo in the last week are currently under investigation. The three deaths happened in Ballina, Swinford, and Westport. On Sunday afternoon last, May 8, a fatal traffic collision took place at Ballinahaglish on the N26 Ballina to Foxford road where a male motorcyclist lost his life following a collision with a van at 3.45pm. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Mayo University Hospital where a post-mortem was carried out. A man was arrested by gardai following the incident and questioned in Ballina Garda Station before being released without charge on Monday, with a file being prepared for the DPP.