CULTURAL connections between Westport and Chicago are set to be celebrated this morning (Tuesday, October 24) in the Westport Coast Hotel at 10.30am, when a flag representing the US city is presented to the Cathaoirleach of the West Mayo Municipal District, Cllr Michael Holmes, by the grandson of an emigrant whose forebears lived on the […]
The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) and Mayo County Council’s social housing development – An Fraoch was officially opened by Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural & Community Development on Friday 20th October 2017 at Logmore, Belmullet, Co. Mayo. The seven, two bedroomed, wheelchair accessible homes were built by IWA and the design of each home […]
Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny received an honorary doctorate of laws from NUI Galway today. The Mayo TD received the honour at a ceremony at the university earlier this afternoon. Meanwhile, the European Investment Bank has agreed to lend €60 million to NUI Galway for campus development. It will help fund the construction of new student […]
As the southern section of the N17 – the road that connects Galway with Sligo – was last month reopened as the M17 motorway, Tuam-based band The Saw Doctors mused that their nostalgic hit song, about an Irish emigrant longing to be back among the stone walls and green grass flanking the N17, would be […]
As we prepare to gain an extra hour’s sleep this weekend, with the clocks going back at 2am on Sunday, October 29th, the days are getting shorter as darkness falls earlier. Imagine that if all drivers in Ireland used their dipped headlights when driving during the day we could reduce the number of collisions on […]
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