There has been an outpouring of sadness on social media following the news that an iconic and much-loved Mayo shop is to close its doors for the final time at the end of the week.

An Bord Pleanála has refused an application for retention of a recently drilled borehole for the construction of a new treatment plant building in South Mayo.

Four or five trucks a day ply the long road from Stanley Bourke’s yard in Westport to Poolbeg on the south Dublin coast.

CBE is to create 25 new jobs in Claremorris as part of an expansion plans. The company develops and supplies electronic point of sale (EPoS) solutions for the retail and hospitality sectors.

A local councillor has said that a number of pyrite-affected homeowners have received letters from engineers looking for additional fees.

Pharmacies play a vital role in Irish society, offering a wide range of essential services that go far beyond dispensing prescription medications.

More than €670,000 in fines were generated by GoSafe speed detection vans in Mayo since 2019, according to figures released to the Western People under the Freedom of Information Act.

As part of Social Inclusion Awareness Week, a thought-provoking seminar, entitled ‘Cairdeas le Chéile’, took place in the Ballina Arts Centre last Wednesday.

A councillor has accused Mayo County Council of putting unnecessary obstacles in the path of a multi-million euro Castlebar development.

Mayo will get just one additional garda from the newly attested batch of 126 recruits. The new members of the force graduated on Friday last at the Garda College in Templemore in Co Tipperary — with one being sent to Castlebar.