The failure to produce a proper local area plan (LAP) for Castlebar is a sign of "total incompetence" within the Castlebar Municipal District (MD).

One school and three community groups across Mayo are set to receive a share of €176,616 under Measure 1 of the Government’s CLÁR Programme.

Famous US TV host Conan O'Brien has been spending time in Ireland this week retracing his ancestral roots

Rethink Retail has recently announced that Melissa Moore, the founder of Cong based business The Retail Advisor, has been honoured with the prestigious 2024 Top Retail Experts award.

Luke Gibbons named in the Irish Echo Top 40 Under 40 Irish in America 2024

The daughter of an 84 year-old North Mayo woman suffering from diabetes and a kidney infection who was left waiting 22 hours for a bed at Mayo University Hospital has called on the Government to take urgent action.

Aontú representative for Mayo, Paul Lawless has called on the government to take seriously the threat to life that exists in the trafficking of migrants into Ireland.

Castlebar's Keith Cunningham (KC) will host a new weekend show on Today FM. Kicking off this weekend, KC will host on Saturdays from 2-6pm, while Waterford's Emma Nolan takes the reins with her new three-hour Sunday show from 4-7pm.

There was a huge response to our bumper Christmas Crossword, which appeared in our festive publication, The Western Star. Owing to the large response, we decided to increase the number of winners of €50 vouchers from four to five.

Temperatures are set to fall as low as -3C in parts of Mayo on Tuesday night as the cold snap continues to bite. Met Éireann said conditions will be dry overnight but it will still remain very cold as skies clear and easterly winds veer northeasterly.