Given the weight the Mayo senior football team carries in hearts and minds across the county, the appointment of Andy Moran as senior manager last summer drew far more reaction than last week’s news that Mayo GAA has appointed its first-ever CEO.

A few weeks ago in this space, (WP, March 17), I disagreed with comments by Bishop of Raphoe Niall Coll that young people in Ireland today are seeking from the Catholic Church what he called ‘clarity, coherence and tradition’ - rather than expecting ...

I’m feeling at home in Newport Beach. The weather here is unseasonably cool. The temperatures are only in the mid-20s (Celsius) though they can rise to the late 20s during the day.

Now that Easter is over and that (hopefully) a long and miserable winter is behind us and spring is in the air, we have what will (hopefully) be the prospect of a good summer ahead of us.

Almost 20 years ago, the The Tinker’s Blade finished its sell-out run at An Taibhdhearc theatre in Galway.

Imagine you’re a priest in rural Mayo, 1720, and a man sends word that he's dying, and you dutifully answer the call. That’s a priest's job, after all; indeed, that's the whole point of his vocation, saving souls.

To claim that London and New York are part of ‘Greater Connacht’ might seem incredible. It could feel like something that belongs to the lively imagination of people from our part of the world.

It’s the baseball season here so there is no reason to turn on the TV. All you will get is wall to wall baseball and, yes, basketball…. ladies’ college basketball. Not just the TV but also the print media.

It’s only recently I’ve discovered a writer whose real name escapes me but who has chosen the unlikely pen name, Theodore Dalrymple.

When The Plough and the Stars was first performed 100 years ago, it caused great controversy. For some performances, there was as much shouting and roaring in the stalls as there was on the stage.