Living

PARENTING In this week’s Dad Diary, the tables are turned and Frankie starts to teach Edwin new words

PETS’ CORNER Vet Conal Finnerty on caring for small pets, like rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils, chinchillas and hamsters

PETS’ CORNER Ruby is a lovely ten-year-old Pointer girl who is looking for a loving home

CULTURE Westport musician Freda Hatton talks death, music and the wonders of wakes

INTERVIEW Rising star, Westport rapper Uppbeat chats to The Mayo News ahead of his Westival performance

MUSINGS In this week’s Dad Diary, Edwin discovers the daily morning dance is not that easy to choreograph

MUSINGS The first of a series of articles in which Sonia Kelly, who is now now in her 90s, looks back on her childhood

CULTURE Ciara Moynihan previews this year’s six-day Westival – Westport Music and Arts Festival, which starts on October 23

HEALTH Ahead of World Mental Health Awareness Day, Ballyhaunis man Liam Gildea describes how Mayo football kept him going during dark times

DAD DIARY In this week’s Dad Diary, Edwin hits the road – and so does his little son Éamon