Gardaí and emergency services responded to a single-vehicle fatal road traffic collision on the N17 at Ballinacarrow, Co Sligo, shortly after 8. 15pm yesterday evening (Thursday).

Tributes have been paid following the tragic death of a 33-year-old man after he was struck by a vehicle while out walking with his niece in Ballina on Tuesday.

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.

Power outages are leading to numerous problems with pendant alarms and compromising the welfare and security of elderly people, a councillor has warned.

The Swinford Roads Policing Unit detected a car travelling 139km/h in a 100km/h zone yesterday along the N5. The driver was an unaccompanied learner that tested positive for both cocaine and cannabis in a roadside drug test.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 16-year-old Sennora Ward, who went missing from her home in Tuam, Co Galway on Saturday, February 10.

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.

A male pedestrian, 33, who sustained serious injuries in a road traffic incident in Ballina on yesterday (Tuesday), has died in Mayo University Hospital this evening.

Charlestown woman Rita Casey is the Mayo Person of the Year award winner for 2024. Last October, Rita ran the Dublin Marathon in 4h04m despite undergoing chemotherapy treatment for brain and lung cancer.