Castlebar councillors have expressed their sympathy to the Mullahy family following the tragic loss of their son and sibling Matthew. Castlebar was plunged into deep sadness following the death of Matthew last Saturday week.

Local councillors want more clarity on the background to 25 public liability claims made against Mayo County Council in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District last year.

Mayo man Caelan Doris, who will captain Ireland for the first time time in their Guinness Six Nations clash against Italy, has been congratulated by Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary.

The TV licence fee should be reformed and Ireland should adopt a model like the one used in Scandinavia with high earners paying more, according to Fine Gael TD Alan Dillon.

The number of drug driving arrests in Mayo doubled last year as 34 people were taken into Garda custody following positive cocaine and cannabis roadside tests.

An Achill-based councillor has called for public toilets to be opened this month at Keem Bay Beach to accommodate the footfall it has been receiving as a result of recent international acclaim.

There are calls for Mayo County Council to address issues at the car park of the New Cemetery in Castlebar.   Fine Gael Cllr Ger Deere raised the issue at the monthly meeting of Castlebar Municipal District.

The new Murrisk Community Water Scheme has been hailed by a local councillor as "the best news for West Mayo in many years".

International experts and leading barristers from Ireland, the US, Australia and the UK will address a conference on the challenge of facilitating jury trials for terrorism and organised crime at a two-day conference hosted by the School of Law, ...

Westport Civic Trust’s next talk will take place on Tuesday, February 13, at 8pm in the Walnut Room in the Plaza Hotel, Westport.  Patrick Duffy will speak on ‘Wiring the Countryside: Rural Electrification in Mayo and beyond in the 1950s'.