It’s one of a number of local schools to amalgamate, bringing an end single-sex education in the town. The female-only Mercy and Presentation College have also amalgamated to become High Cross College. They will also take on male students.

John O’Mahony was impacted greatly by the transfer of South Mayo to Galway-West in 2013

There were 294 patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital in August, which was the second worst August for overcrowding at the facility ever recorded. The four hospitals in the west had more than 2,200 patients awaiting treatment.

The funeral arrangements for a highly-regarded retired nurse who died tragically in Kiltimagh earlier this week have been announced. Mary B.