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Nominations open for Mayo Garda Youth Awards

by Orla Hearns 11/11/19 12:11pm

By Keith Bourke Garda Commissioner Drew Harris launched the second annual Mayo Garda Youth Awards on Friday. The Commissioner was at Breaffy House to launch the awards which showcase the positive contribution young people are making in their communities. The event has also proven successful in...

Filed under: An Garda Siochana, Mayo Garda Youth Awards

West Mayo councillors reject proposed GMA cuts

A Westport councillor has accused Mayo County Council of ‘moving the goalposts’ over the ringfencing of parking charges for the...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 12:07pm Read More

Achill Islanders gather to learn about direct provision system

As a protest continued outside the Achill Head Hotel on Sunday, around 50 people gathered in Keel Hall, Achill Island,...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 11:43am Read More

Five Mayo projects qualify for BT Young Scientist Final

Five Mayo projects have qualified as finalists for the 2020 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. The students will join...

Thursday, 07/11/19 - 4:20pm Read More

Family has spent eight years in Direct Provision limbo

When Agyueiwaa Owusu and her three children entered the direct provision centre in Ballyhaunis, she thought they would stay there...

Thursday, 07/11/19 - 1:44pm Read More

Gardaí seize almost €1.5m of cocaine in Drogheda

by Western People 11/11/19 10:15pm

Gardaí have seized almost €1.5m worth of cocaine in Co. Louth. The cocaine seized by gardaí today. Pic: Garda Press Office Officers stopped a vehicle at the Donore Road Industrial Estate in Drogheda at around 12.35pm today and searched it....

President Michael D. Higgins will attend an Intergenerational Conference in Cork on Wednesday to give a keynote address on climate...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 10:05pm Read More

Judge to be appointed ‘by end of week’ on NI abuse compensation panel

By Press Association A judge to lead the panel overseeing compensation payments for institutional abuse victims in Northern Ireland will...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 6:45pm Read More

GoSafe speed camera operators suspend strike action

GoSafe speed camera van operators have suspended their industrial action. Their union SIPTU said it is so talks can take...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 5:55pm Read More

Number of patients of trolleys surpasses 100,000 for 2019

File photo The number of patients waiting for beds on hospital trolleys has surpassed 100,000 for the calendar year, the...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 5:35pm Read More

Nobody should be fooled by cheap swipe at the media

by Orla Hearns 11/11/19 10:43am

By Anthony Hennigan For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, reckoned Sir Isaac Newton. Then along came Mayo County Board. The Third Law is no more. Me being of such inferiorintelligence, Mike, you might enlighten me. Please. Pretty please. What was...

Filed under: Mayo County Board, mayo gaa, Tim O'Leary

Clubs to vote on sweeping championship reforms tonight

By Mark Higgins Mayo club delegates are set to vote at tonight’s County Board meeting on proposed sweeping changes to the structures of the county junior football championships. The final proposal for...

Monday, 04/11/19 - 1:48pm Read More

Mayo County Board to debate funding row with delegates behind closed doors

By Mark Higgins The Mayo County Board are to hold a ‘behind-closed-doors’ meeting with club delegates next Monday evening with...

Wednesday, 30/10/19 - 10:18pm Read More

What is it that motivates our county board officials?

By John Cuffe The years change, punctuated only by the blinding consistent incompetence of the various boards. Like the cuckoo clock...

Wednesday, 30/10/19 - 4:39pm Read More

Brilliant bronze as Armstrong lasts the pace

By Cóilín Duffy Knockmore native Hugh Armstrong delivered strongly at the KBC Dublin Marathon yesterday (Sunday), to record a personal best and finish as the third Irish...

Wednesday, 30/10/19 - 4:23pm Read More

Higgins, Selby and Murphy progress to second round of Northern Ireland Open

by Western People 11/11/19 10:35pm

By Press Association John Higgins, Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy safely reached the second round of the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast. World number five Higgins beat Chinese teenager Chang Bingyu 4-2, sixth-ranked Selby overcame Xu Si, also of China,...

Aaron Connolly has been ruled out of the upcoming games against New Zealand and Denmark due to injury. The Brighton...

Monday, 11/11/19 - 7:45pm Read More

Western People | The Western People Newspaper Online, providing weekly community news and sport for Mayo, Ireland.

Western News

Nominations open for Mayo Garda Youth Awards

West Mayo councillors reject proposed GMA cuts

Achill Islanders gather to learn about direct provision system

Five Mayo projects qualify for BT Young Scientist Final

Family has spent eight years in Direct Provision limbo

National News

Gardaí seize almost €1.5m of cocaine in Drogheda

President Higgins to attend special screening of climate change film at conference in Cork

Judge to be appointed ‘by end of week’ on NI abuse compensation panel

GoSafe speed camera operators suspend strike action

Number of patients of trolleys surpasses 100,000 for 2019

Western Sport

Nobody should be fooled by cheap swipe at the media

Clubs to vote on sweeping championship reforms tonight

Mayo County Board to debate funding row with delegates behind closed doors

What is it that motivates our county board officials?

Brilliant bronze as Armstrong lasts the pace

National Sport

Higgins, Selby and Murphy progress to second round of Northern Ireland Open

Groin injury rules Aaron Connolly out of November matches

Robbie Henshaw returns to Leinster training ahead of European opener

Aaron Connolly off injured for Brighton before big week for Republic of Ireland

McCarthy hits out at Derby over Keogh sacking

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