Former Mayo Senator, TD and MEP Jim Higgins has defended an Iranian opposition group of which he has been a long-time supporter after RTÉ News reported that the Department of Foreign Affairs had concerns about the organisation.

Members of the Mayo branch of Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) carried their message seeking an end to the genocide in Gaza into the chamber of Mayo County Council last Friday.

Judge Sandra Murphy has been assigned as the new district court judge for county Mayo. Judge Murphy, a native of Ballinrobe, had been working in District 2 covering south Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim since her appointment in December 2021.

"We couldn’t be more excited to see you all again!"

Members of Castlebar Municipal District have congratulated Community Radio Castlebar, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on the air.

Councillors in the Ballina Municipal District will write to the owners of the former St Mary’s Secondary School building to request a meeting regarding plans to turn it into a centre for international protection applicants (IPAS)Fine Gael Cllr ...

Councillors in Ballina have called for the future upkeep of Leigue Cemetery to be urgently placed on the agenda for their next municipal district meeting due to financial concerns facing the Ballina graveyard, writes Paul O'Malley.

Best wishes to both couples!

A Mayo councillor who is part of a new local government taskforce does not believe a return to town councils should be considered. Cllr Damien Ryan made the comments at the annual general meeting of the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District (MD).

Compulsory purchase of vacant homes and derelict properties will be pursued in cases where owners do not engage with the council to bring them back into residential use, according to the Head of Castlebar Municipal District.