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John HealyThe Mayo News |
Community Radio Castlebar last week celebrated thirty years of transmission as CRCfm, a landmark which few would have envisaged back in 1995 when then...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
There was a time when, every other week, most people’s email inbox would contain an unsolicited invitation to avail of an offer to become rich...
As a reminder of the global reach of The Mayo News , last week’s mail brought a missive from an Irish emigrant to South Africa. Maurice Egan, a...
The expression ‘Westmeath bachelor’ has long found its way into popular parlance. The late Joe Dolan sung his praises. And every year, the...
Stringent regulations against the ownership and control of dangerous dog breeds were introduced last year by the Department of Rural and Community...
Sad to relate, your columnist’s long-term relationship came to an end before Christmas. And while it would be wrong to say it left no scars, in the...
Of the many fine books published last year – and it was a bumper crop – few will have as much Mayo resonance as ‘The Enchanted Bay: Tales and...