Gardaí have confirmed that a man has died after a fire in Ballina this morning. A spokesperson from the Garda Press Office told the Western People that at 8. 15am this morning (Thursday), Gardaí received a report of a fire at a residence in Ballina.

Registration has opened for the TELUS International Liquid Motion Salmon Run Triathlon which will take place on Saturday, July 27. This is the third consecutive year that TELUS International will sponsor the event in partnership with Liquid Motion.

Basketball: Deora Marsh, American born but Ballina by heart, received the ultimate honour from basketball’s governing body in Ireland on Saturday night when he was inducted into the Basketball Ireland Hall of Fame.

Many concerns were expressed at the public meeting about the mental health of homeowners who now must deal with the pyrite remediation process.

GAA: The countdown is well and truly on to this year’s All-Ireland Scór Finals which are to be held in Killarney next month on Saturday, May 11.

Connacht Rugby U18. 5 Cup Semi-Final Buccaneers 13 Ballina 13 At Dubarry Park, Athlone Ballina were extremely unfortunate not to progress to the Connacht U18.

North Mayo Sweeney Cup Senior Final Ballina Stephenites 1-16 Crossmolina 1-14 (AET, 1-13 to 1-13 after normal time) Stuart Tynan in James Stephens Park Ballina Stephenites showed why they are reigning Mayo senior club champions as they dug deep to ...

The roof of the Convent of Mercy in Ballina would have collapsed within the next ten years if volunteers had not intervened with essential works in the last number of months, it has been revealed.

The new series of An Ríl Deal is nearing the finale as TG4 and Adare Productions search for the next big thing in the world of Irish dancing and there is lots of Mayo interest.

It is hoped that the first tenant of Ballina’s new Innovation Quarter will have moved into the €8 million facility by the end of the week.

On a beautiful sunny Easter Saturday morning, surrounded by the magnificent gardens of Enniscoe House, the inaugural event of Mayo Autism Camp (North Mayo Group) was launched at the North Mayo Heritage Centre.

Foxford Way set for upgrade€262,500 in funding has just been allocated to nine outdoor recreation trails/walking projects in Mayo, with the Cullonaughton section of the Foxford Way Looped Walk among them.

Over 1,000 people are expected to be in attendance at a public meeting at 7pm on April 15 in the Great National Hotel, Ballina held by the North Mayo Pyrite Group on behalf of those impacted by defective concrete products.

A body was recovered from the River Moy by members of the Grainne Uaile Search and Recovery Unit in Ballina.The alarm had been raised after a person was seen entering the water close to the jetty in the north Mayo town around 7.30pm yesterday ...

Tommy Tiernan, Hector Ó hEochagáin and Knockmore's Laurita Blewitt have announced their decision to end their popular 'Tommy, Hector & Laurita Podcast'. The trio revealed the news in a joint statement on this morning.

An assured display in very challenging conditions saw Mayo’s Hugh Armstrong finish in 50th position in the senior men’s race at Saturday’s World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade.

Mayo County Council will make a submission to TII for long-awaited works on a Ballina street.

Another major onshore wind farm has been granted planning permission in North Mayo.

Mayo County Council has granted planning permission for the revival of the development of a biomass power station in Killala that is intended to power a planned data centre adjacent to the site.

Mayo County Council spent €8,200 in machine hire costs to bury the carcass of a large fin whale that washed ashore at Ross Beach near Killala earlier this year.

Sinn Féin local election candidate for Ballina, Una Morris, has said the growing lack of GP services is becoming a real crisis in Ballina and across Mayo.

A fundraising 5K fun run and walk on Easter Monday will mark the beginning of plans to develop an astroturf pitch and community walkway in the North Mayo village of Bonniconlon.

Ballina native Maggie Timoney is set to lead today’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City.

Fine Gael candidate in the Ballina electoral area, Hugh Rouse, has welcomed the decision to extend the exploration licence for a large area adjoining the existing Corrib gas field off the Mayo coast.

The Cathaoirleach of Ballina Municipal District, Independent councillor, Seamus Weir has announced he will not be contesting next June's local election.

Drama lovers will be delighted to hear that the Riverside Theatre Group returns to the Ballina Arts Centre stage this week with their production of the iconic Tennessee Williams classic, A Streetcar named Desire.

A Ballina local election candidate has called for public toilets to be opened at the newly built Innovation Quarter, Ballina.

Mayo County Council has no vacant houses to offer people facing homelessness in the Ballina Municipal District.

Mayo County Council is making progress on the extension of Bonniconlon Burial Ground. The Ballina Municipal District and the environmental section of the council have been in discussions regarding the urgent requirement to extend the graveyard.

A local councillor has urged Mayo County Council to put an old bridge with historical significance on its roads programme for 2024.

A Defective Concrete Block Community Facilitator for Mayo has told councillors in the Ballina Municipal District she is concerned owners of larger homes will not be able to avail of sufficient grant aid to rebuild their homes.

What: Five bedroom detached house Where: Tavanaghmore, Foxford, Co Mayo Price: €469,000 Link: www. myhome.

A local councillor has called on the Ballina Municipal District to consider installing toilets suitable for all wheelchair users.

The old green place name signs on each of Ballina's streets could soon be undergoing a facelift. Cllr Mark Duffy has called on the Ballina Municipal District to repaint and refurbish the street signs, as well as painting the lampposts around the town.

A Ballina councillor has said he has ‘little faith’ that Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) will act upon the traffic safety problems on Emmet Street in the town.

A local councillor has expressed concern that Ballina is being considered ‘a third-world institution’ within the county and called on Mayo County Council to ‘fight’ to get the IDA (Industrial Development Agency) site on the Sligo Road open for ...

Councillors from the Ballina Municipal District met with the town’s new Superintendent to discuss a shortage of Gardaí and other issues. The private meeting took place before last week’s municipal district meeting.

A male pedestrian, 33, who sustained serious injuries in a road traffic incident in Ballina on Tuesday has been named locally as James Moyles.  Mr Moyles died in Mayo University Hospital yesterday evening and was from the Parkside area of town.

There are no plans to house asylum seekers in a building in the North Mayo village of Attymass, members of Mayo County Council were told last week.

Councillors in Ballina have asked Mayo Co Council to consider using space at the rear of Tesco and to provide extra car parking spaces in light of the reduced car parking spaces in Market Square.

The former Eircom building on Breaffy Road in Castlebar has been acquired by Corduff Travel.

A Ballina businesswoman is celebrating after her catering company scooped a prestigious national award. Claire Howley Sabin set up Claire’s Kitchen in 2022.

It is hoped that the first set of tenants will move into the Ballina Innovation Quarter by the end of March or early April.