A Mayo Councillor is seeking funding for a footpath from Kiltimagh out to Kilkinure Cemetery. FG Councillor Neil Cruise says a new footpath should run to the cemetery and onto Oxford Cross on the Balla Road, which would open up a number of looped walks in the…

A teacher living in Knock is one of five teachers in Connacht named on the shortlist for the inaugural Teachers Inspire Ireland award. The initiative was launched by Dublin City University earlier this year to highlight the contribution made by teachers in…

A new Interdepartmental Committee on Island Development will hold its first meeting next Tuesday, 24th September. Minister of State for the Islands, Galway-based Séan Kyne says he knows the significance of the islands to our heritage and language, and knows…

Four men are due in court in Castlebar in Co.Mayo later. The four were arrested as part of Operation Thor, a Garda initiative tackling burglaries nationwide. The four men in their 20's were arrested alongside a teenage boy aged 15 at a property in Ballinrobe…

An attempt to shake up the structure of the Audit committee on Mayo county council failed to get enough support from councillors, at this week’s monthly meeting of Mayo County Council. Fine Gael councillor Peter Flynn had sought to make a number of changes to…

A Garda ban on overtime came into effect overnight. In a directive from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, all overtime spending will be cut until the new year due to budgetary constraints. The ban covers all non-essential duties, except matter such as court…

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