After being diagnosed with skin cancer in Australia, a crowd-fund appeal brought Meabh and her son home to Ballinrobe
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Council wants to ban dogs from Blue Flag beaches
New bylaw would see dogs banned from Blue Flag beaches from 11am to 6.30pm for June, July and August
Knock hotel plans up in smoke
Businessman ‘absolutely devastated’ by a weekend blaze that tore through his uninsured hotel building
Saolta chief urges public to get booster
Councillor says unvaccinated health-care workers should not be dealing with patients face to face
Call for more special-needs supports
Special Needs Assistants in Breaffy are working for free to overcome systemic shortfalls
Mayo Covid cases up 17 percent
Westport has highest incidence, Castlebar and Claremorris also above the national average
Teen attacked on Greenway
Teenager mugged and badly beaten on Greanway near Westport Quay on Saturday evening
Tackling hospital waiting list ‘a real challenge’ – HSE official
3,000 outpatients waiting two or more years for an appointment at Mayo University Hospital
Covid ‘spread like wildfire’ through school
Principal denounces ‘scandalous’ withdrawal of contact tracing, saying the level of Covid-19 at his school was ‘totally avoidable’
Covid admissions expected to peak in early December
Saolta Group CEO predicts high hospital numbers into January
Covid case surge could be levelling out
The seven days up to midnight November 18 saw 678 new cases – a reduction on the previous week’s seven-day figure of 736