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Have you noticed an increase in your electricity bill? The good news is there are practical steps you can take to conserve the amount of energy you use in the home. Comhar Dún Chaocháin Teo, in conjunction with Mayo Energy Agency, is organising an information workshop in Glenamoy community centre today (Friday March 20) at 7pm. For information contact Threasa on 097 88082/087 125 1642 or Mayo Energy Agency on 096 76113.      

Western Lakes

A Kilmaine man who was detected doing 112kph in a 60kph zone was given the Probation Act and directed to pay a sum to charity after he contested that there was no proof that his was the car which was clocked.

Ballinrobe Races is woven into the fabric of community and sporting life in the west of Ireland and on May 24, there will be further evidence of this when thousands will flock to the picturesque course for the first Ladies Day of the racing season. (see ad below)

Ballinrobe Races are woven into the fabric of community and sporting life in the west of Ireland. They have a unique atmosphere.

Ballinrobe races are woven into the fabric of community and sporting life in the west of Ireland. It has a unique atmosphere.

Mayo’s David O’Loughlin returns home as part of a five-man An Post Sean Kelly team that have high hopes of continuing their recent good form in Europe, back on home soil. O’Loughlin competed in the 4km track pursuit at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won his and Ireland's first ever UCI Track World Cup medal when taking the 4km Individual Pursuit bronze at the Beijing World Cup meet in January, and followed this with a silver medal at the Copenhagen World Cup meet in Denmark.

Concerned residents in the Partry area are mobilising to object to a proposed 80-feet high telecommunications mast at Coillte lands in Furnace which is the subject of a planning application being considered by the Mayo County Council.

A musician in Mayo has written a song in a bid to save the scenic countryside from the adverse visual impact on the landscape by a 80ft high telecommunications mast.