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COLUMN: Thirty years of local radio celebrated in Mayo town

Community Radio Castlebar last week celebrated thirty years of transmission as CRCfm, a landmark which few would have envisaged back in 1995 when then...

10.07.2025 40

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John Healy

COLUMN: The triumph of the human spirit

The final day of October 2013, was the last day Geraldine Lavelle ever walked. That was twelve years ago. And on that late autumn afternoon, what...

25.04.2025 30

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John Healy

COLUMN: Dodging the tariff bullet

FOR the moment, the pharmaceutical industry has managed to dodge the bullet of the US trade tariffs which, at the very least, seem designed to create...

18.04.2025 60

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John Healy

COLUMN: Community spirit still thriving in Mayo

At a time when community spirit and volunteerism are thought to be in serious decline, it was doubly encouraging to attend the recent Mayo County...

04.04.2025 40

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John Healy

COUNTY VIEW: Private health and the public good

For thousands of customers of private health insurance, it’s the time of year when, almost inevitably, prices go up again and benefits come down....

23.03.2025 20

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John Healy

COUNTY VIEW: A tricky trip to Washington

Micheál Martin goes to the White House this week for the shamrock ceremony which for long has been the envy of far bigger players on the world stage....

15.03.2025 10

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John Healy

COUNTY VIEW: When citizen volunteers rallied to the cause

Rarely, if ever, has there been such a national rallying to the cause as that which marked the formation of the country’s Local Defence Corps. As...

06.03.2025 30

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John Healy