Members of Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District have paid tribute to Mayo County Council’s Director of Housing Tom Gilligan for performing well in terms of delivering social houses around the county.

New houses get go-aheadPlans for 28 new homes on Convent Road, Claremorris, have received official approval from Mayo County Council, marking a significant boost to local housing supply and town development.

The recent investment by Uisce Éireann of €18. 7m in the wastewater treatment plant in Claremorris puts the town at the forefront, opening it up to expansion, according to a local councillor.

A training programme in Ballyhaunis this winter will prepare over 40 lay persons to help priests officiate at funerals in the Archdiocese of Tuam, which includes much of counties Mayo and Galway.

A garda had to drive at speeds of up to 170km per hour during a chase on a notorious stretch of the N17 near Claremorris where there have been multiple fatalities in recent years.

Trench Dairy Ltd, operated by the Trench and Ronayne families from Claremorris, has been awarded the prestigious Lowest Carbon Footprint Award at the 2025 National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards.

The Minister of State at the Department of Transport with responsibility for rail, Seán Canney TD, has said that the next phase of the Western Rail Corridor (WRC) from Athenry to Claremorris is now a “project in motion” and that all necessary steps ...

Success for U13 girls The Claremorris and District Lions Club has praised the achievements of the Claremorris AFC Under-13 Girls’ team, that finished runners-up at the National Lions Girls’ Football Tournament held at St Joseph’s AFC grounds in ...

A man caught with over €3,000 worth of cocaine claimed he had been stockpiling it during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ninth edition of Clann Mhuiris, the annual journal of Claremorris Historical Society, will be launched on Friday, November 7th. Former MEP for Connacht-Ulster, Jim Higgins, will launch this year’s edition at 7. 45pm in Claremorris Library.

Comedy play in aid of Lions Club; Garrymore captain scoops rival GAA club's lotto

The Claremorris Fire Station opened its doors to the public on Saturday, October 18th, offering a glimpse behind the scenes at a working fire station.

The recent death in New York of award-winning journalist and author Ed Moloney has been deeply felt by family and friends in the Claremorris area where he had strong ancestral ties.

Members of Mayo County Council have once again emphasised the importance of the Western Rail Corridor to the county.

A Mayo farmer has received a suspended prison sentence after his careless driving caused the death of a woman.

New Drive-Thru McDonald’s proposed for Claremorris A planning application has been submitted to Mayo County Council for the development of a new McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant in Claremorris.

A number of motorists from the Ballinrobe and Claremorris areas who received fixed charge penalties from Mayo County Council in relation to unpaid parking fines have appeared before a sitting of Castlebar District Court.

Ladies footballers make history; St Colman's College celebrates diversity

Kitted out in chefs hats, aprons and wooden spoons, the children of Taugheen National School warmly welcomed and enjoyed a visit recently from Rachel Fullam, Community Fundraising Officer with Cancer Fund for Children, which is currently ...

Two councillors joined forces at last week’s meeting of the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District to call for an upgrade to a dangerous road on the Mayo/Roscommon border.

A South Mayo renewable energy project has been praised for the manner in which it has progressed. Construction got underway in recent weeks on Ireland's largest agri-based biomethane plant near Ballinrobe.

Public representatives need to “park parish politics” in order to progress vital infrastructure in Mayo, a local councillor has stated.

A local councillor has called for staff from Mayo County Council’s Derelict Sites Unit to attend the next meeting of the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District.

Councillors in the Claremorris Municipal District have paid tribute to a departing area engineer and called for Mayo County Council's human resources section to advance the recruitment campaign for a replacement.

Councillors in the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District have said Mayo Co Council’s funding for footpath repairs is inadequate and have called for additional funding streams.

Planning approval has been granted by councillors in the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District for the development of a new road entering Bohola Cemetery.

Local duo wins Spanish handball title; Skydive for Galway Hospice

When 25-year-old Soracha McGrath boarded her Aer Lingus flight from Washington to Dublin this summer, she expected little more than a long overnight journey home. What she got instead set the tone for the two weeks that followed.

Local health event; Ladies GAA Club marks 40 years; Rural Social Scheme has vacancies

Almost half of Irish farmers have been the victims of theft, according to the most recent major survey published.

Councillors in the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District have approved a material convention of the Mayo County Development Plan to allow for the construction of 28 new homes.

The family of a Claremorris woman who passed away three years ago have honoured her memory by making a generous donation to St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) in Dublin.

Claremorris Golf Club made history earlier this month by winning the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield in Athlone for the first time.

Success for local kickboxers; past pupil inspires St Colman's students; local school gets new laptops

Claremorris will host a series of cultural and artistic events from Thursday, September 25th, to Sunday, September 28th, culminating in the first Hi-Doh Festival of Song and Songwriting.

A newly-formed community group, the Kitchen Table Crew, will launch their first fundraising project - a unique charity recipe calendar - at a special event in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, on Thursday, October 10th.

Monsignor Patrick Hambrough, parish priest of Ascension Parish in Chesterfield, a suburb of St Louis in the United States, recently returned to Ireland for a special visit that combined family reunions with a celebration of faith.

Claremorris Gallery is delighted to announce the forthcoming solo exhibition, ‘Slow Heat’, by the acclaimed artist Emma Stroude.

An Independent councillor has rejected media reports about a problem with derelict buildings in Claremorris.

Culture Night events; new art exhibition opens; Golf Club competition winners

Country singer Mick Mulhern has released a new song called Castleblaney’s Country King – a tribute to country music legend, Big Tom, timed to coincide with the Big Tom Weekend in Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, on September 19th, 20th and 21st next.

Mayo County Council has adopted a plan to increase its annual housing supply targets from 542 to 1,111 a year, with a view to facilitating the construction of 4,444 new houses between now and 2028.

As a senior commentator with the Financial Times, Philip Stephens has spent decades analysing the great political shifts between Britain and Europe.