Months after €465,000 in funding was granted for the long-awaited Ballinrobe Urban Greenway, a local councillor has confirmed that almost no progress has been made on site.

Councillors in the Ballina Municipal District have voiced support for a motion calling for the implementation of a professional and humane scheme to cull seals along the Moy Estuary in order to boost the area’s salmon population.

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.