Members of the community in Lacken and Ballycastle have said the ‘proliferation of windfarms’ and ‘turbines taller than the Spire’ in their area flies in the face of a recently launched plan to shape north Mayo as a leading tourism destination.

A proposal for Mayo County Council to develop its own traffic calming policy has been supported by members of the council's Roads and Sustainable Travel Strategic Policy Committee (SPC).

It has been announced that a former pub that was being used for emergency accommodation has been sold. The Dempsey family, the owners of the Olde Woods in Balla, have posted a statement on social media following the sale.

Ballinrobe-based councillor Damien Ryan has asked that the long-proposed bypass for the South Mayo town be put on a priority list as traffic gridlock cannot be tolerated any longer.

Ballina councillors want the Mayo. ie Western People Women's Mini-Marathon to be staged annually in the town.

A Mayo man in his forties has appeared in court after gardaí discovered cannabis with a combined value of more than €360,000 at two properties in Castlebar.

Shock and sadness were among the emotions expressed by members of the legal profession when paying tribute to the late Pauline O’Grady (nee O’Malley) who passed recently.

Members of Mayo County Council have proposed a review of the local authority's tenancy agreements so that perpetrators of domestic violence must leave the family property, instead of their victims having to seek emergency accommodation.

South Mayo woman Kay McGuire has been elected to the role of president of the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV).

 Investigations are being carried out to identify a fossil found on the river bed of Mount Falcon fisheries. The Ballina hotel posted about the discovery on social media today.