James Laffey

Sligo among five counties reporting new Covid cases as daily total soars to 40

by 28/07/20 7:20pm

Sligo is one of five counties reporting new cases of Covid-19 this evening. One new case has been identified in the county, bringing the total to 149. It comes a day after Mayo reported a new case, bringing its total...

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Knock Airport preparing for its worst year since 2003

by 28/07/20 8:14am

by Marian Duggan The Government’s green list for overseas travel is of little benefit to Ireland West Airport. Of the 15 destinations from which people can travel without restriction, Italy is the only one that will affect Knock passengers who...

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EirGrid contacts homeowners across Mayo and Sligo on major new electricity project

EirGrid is contacting thousands of residents across Mayo and Sligo in relation to a major new electricity project for the...

Monday, 27/07/20 - 8:43am Read More

Stunning exhibition of previously unseen images from Mayo in the early 1900s

Few photographer’s careers have been defined by a single image as much as Jack Leonard’s, the north Mayo cameraman whose...

Monday, 27/07/20 - 8:05am Read More

‘I have no way of going there and I’m afraid of going there’

Covid-19 has meant the distance from home for people from other nations living in Mayo has never felt further. The...

Monday, 27/07/20 - 7:51am Read More

Big increase in motoring offences in Mayo despite lockdown

By Paul O’Malley There have been four fatal road traffic collisions in Mayo in 2020, one more than the whole...

Monday, 27/07/20 - 7:40am Read More

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Protest planned for the Reek later today

Sunday, 26/07/20 - 9:36am

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How beekeeping became a tradition in post-Famine Mayo

Sunday, 26/07/20 - 8:11am

‘Barry Cowen is a good friend… I’d rather the circumstances were different’

Sunday, 26/07/20 - 8:00am

‘Why should the actions of a few eejits in Dame Lane in Dublin mean rural pubs have to stay closed?’

Sunday, 26/07/20 - 7:49am

€7m settlement reached over birth of boy at Mayo University Hospital

Saturday, 25/07/20 - 7:21pm

Mayo is among four counties reporting new cases of Covid

Friday, 24/07/20 - 6:23pm

Court hears new evidence on mental state of man accused of murdering Garda

Friday, 24/07/20 - 12:29pm

‘I’ll buy a ticket,’ says judge, as charity chair tells court of ‘uphill struggle’

Friday, 24/07/20 - 7:48am

Covid 19 lockdown reveals alarming trend in one category of crime in Mayo

Friday, 24/07/20 - 7:41am

Another nine deaths from Covid but rise in new cases is slowing

Thursday, 23/07/20 - 7:00pm

Details of Economic Recovery Plan for Mayo are revealed

Thursday, 23/07/20 - 3:47pm

Knock Airport gets a timely financial boost

Wednesday, 22/07/20 - 8:04pm

17 new Covid cases but Mayo sees a positive trend

Wednesday, 22/07/20 - 6:46pm

Huge shock as novel plan for heart of Ballina is shot down

Wednesday, 22/07/20 - 6:31pm