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The father of Sara Staunton, the 28-year-old mother who was killed in her home in Mayo Abbey in December 2013, said his daughter told him on the morning of her death that she wanted to turn her life around.

The organiser of the recent Saddle Up For Epilepsy Cycle, Brenda Quigg from Breaffy, says the event was a huge success and issued a heartfelt thanks to all of those who supported the cycle.

There was a brilliant turnout at Brickens on Tuesday for the second running of their 5k which was the fourth race in Mayo AC Summer series.

A group of ultra-running athletes will attempt the monumental task of running the entire length of the Western Way trail.

The closing date for submissions from members of the public on improvement works including footpaths, pedestrian crossings, and traffic calming measures in Mulranny village is on Tuesday, April 23. The four elected councillors in the Belmullet electoral area were given an update on the plans at the April meeting of the electoral committee.

A major part of the photography business in Castlebar is seriously under threat following the implementation of a new Government measure into the way photos for driving licences are to be captured. The Government has introduced a new credit card style driving licence and sought a service provider to fulfil this brief through EU Tender process. SGS has been awarded the tender which includes the capture of each individual’s photograph for his/her driving licence on-site at one of SGS’s locations to be set up around Ireland by September 2013.

Six months after the world record breaking day the 11 climbers and their support team got to celebrate the magnificent achievement at Campbell’s Bar, Murrisk.

Staunton's Costcutter Main Street, Castlebar, was recently awarded the Best Costcutter Express Wine Department in Ireland. Pat Staunton, owner, said that he and his staff were delighted with the award. Mr Staunton thanked his staff for their dedication and their customers for their support and valued custom. Mr Staunton said: “We work very hard to ensure we listen carefully to what our customers want from our store. Our key focus is to deliver an unrivalled customer experience, so we're delighted with the win.”

Members of the Westport Electoral Area Committee this week expressed their concerns that works that are due to start in Kilbride and Knockbregga on the N59 Westport to Mulranny improvement scheme will have a negative impact on the Great Western Greenway into the summer season next year. The committee were given a presentation by Pat Staunton of the Mayo National Roads Design Office on the overall scheme which went to Part 8 Planning on August 30 last. Staunton told the members that the Knockbregga and Kilbride stretch was ready to proceed in the very near future, and that tenders were being opened this week by the council for that stretch of road, and a nine month period of works was planned as the improvements were put in place. He told the members that it was hoped to have the approval for that stretch at the November meeting of the committee, and then at the full council meeting that month, with works starting after that.

Friday July 1 could be remembered as the day Croagh Patrick broke all records. A group of hardy souls have been in training for the past four months and are now ready to set a few records straight. The group aim to climb up and down the mountain 12 times with three objectives in mind. The first is a Guinness World record attempt for the highest metres ascended and descended in a 24 hour period. The second is to break the national record of nine climbs on the holy mountain in one day, and thirdly to climb more metres than Everest, and go beyond the endurance required climbing the highest mountain in the world, and to achieve it without leaving the country.