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The Corrigan Brothers , the Limerick Bank whose international hit “There’s No One as Irish as Barack Obama” saw them perform for President Obama and top the charts all over the world as well as reaching almost ten million YouTube hits, will release a Mayo song later this week.

The streets of Castlebar are being revived over the coming days with the Heart of Castlebar Street Festival. The three day festival, which commenced yesterday (Thursday) offers plenty of local shopping promotions and super discounts in local stores. Free family fun and entertainment will fill the pedestrian friendly streets and the official launch will take place on Saturday at 12.30pm, at the junction of Main Street and Castle Street, by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Hopefully people will turn out and support this proactive festival, which will generate much needed money for the local economy.

Funding of €650,000 has been approved up to 2013 to employ people on a full-time basis in 11 Mayo community based projects including Community Radio Castlebar and Claremorris Community Radio,

Throughout January and February Ballina Arts Centre will present Jack B Yeats and the west of Ireland, a special exhibition of the artist’s works from Sligo and Mayo.