Castlebar councillors have pledged to write to the Department of Agriculture and lobby Government TDs about a contentious forestry development. There are plans to plant more than 36 acres of forestry in Craggagh, near Balla.

A report from the Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA), following an unannounced inspection at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) last June, has found that its accident and emergency department was “not functioning effectively” and only partially ...

The Mayo branch of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association, a charity partner for Mayo GAA, have been presented a cheque for €7,700 by the Mayo GAA County Board.

Castlebar councillors have approved the sale of a section of the former Volex site and the sale price represents a healthy return on Mayo County Council's original investment.

It will be years before the proposed extension to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) is completed, it has been revealed. The extension would see 70 additional beds at MUH.

The funerals of Una Bowden and her two daughters who were killed in a fatal road collision in Mayo last week are taking place today. The 47 year-old and her girls Ciara, aged 14, and Saoirse, aged nine, died tragically last Tuesday.

The chief executive of Mayo County Council has denied there is any attempt to "do down" the local authority. Kevin Kelly made the comments during a heated discussion with councillors at last week's meeting about staffing levels in the local authority.

More than €1. 2 million was paid to elected members of Mayo County Council last year. Figures released by the local authority reveal that each councillor cost the taxpayer an average of €42,000.

Achill native Kenny Deery has this morning declared his intention to run as an Independent candidate for Galway City Council in the upcoming local elections.

There is a palpable sense of shock and grief throughout County Mayo following the deaths of six people in three separate tragedies during the past seven days.