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Sitting Ballina Town Councillor, Peter Clarke has thrown his hat in the ring for this month’s local elections declaring in the Ballina Municipal District. Setting out his reasons for going forward for election he said, “I am a native of O’Rahilly Street, Ballina and have been involved in politics for the last 24 years. For the last 10 years I have been elected to Ballina Town Council working for the betterment of Ballina and north Mayo. If elected to Mayo County Council my aims are to reduce the commercial rates of businesses and to make sure the ratepayers’ money stays in Mayo.”

The Jackie Clarke Collection has won Institute of Designers in Ireland – Design Award 2013 – for Exhibition Design. The award ceremony was held in Vicars Street, in Dublin last week. It was a great night for the designers Martello Media and the Mayo County Council. The winning of this award is very prestigious, as some 220 separate submissions were shortlisted to the final of 109 for all types of design in Ireland during the past year from products to app design. An exhibition of the short listed projects is currently on display in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.

As part of the Mayo North Gathering festival, which takes place from August 1 to 9, the recently opened Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina will mount a specially themed exhibition which will be of particular interest to emigrants and others coming to Mayo for the festival.

The organisers of the Bealtaine festival have announced the line-up for this year’s festival, which will see hundreds of theatrical, cinematic, craft, photographic, choral, dance, and other events taking place across Mayo and throughout Ireland, giving people a chance to celebrate creativity as they age, inviting them to: Grow Happy! – The theme of this year’s festival.

The opening of the Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina, Co Mayo, last Tuesday, April 2 heralded a new era for Irish history.

A rich jewel of Ireland’s heritage was unveiled for the first time to the public in Ballina to mark the conclusion of National Heritage Week on Sunday, August 26 last.

As part of Heritage Week, the Co Mayo town of Ballina will unveil its new ‘secret garden’ on Sunday August 26.

The people of Mayo are invited to enjoy and appreciate a new public garden in Ballina this Heritage weekend.

As part of Heritage Week, the Co Mayo town of Ballina will unveil its new ‘secret garden’ on Sunday August 26.

The annual rally of the Connacht Veteran and Vintage Motor Club takes place in Ballina, this weekend, Friday June 22 to Sunday June 24.