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County View John Healy It’s six years since Jessops, the venerable British retailer of cameras and photographic equipment, fell victim to the onslaught of online shopping and brought in the administrators. Soon afterwards, it was forced to close all ...

05 Feb 2019 at 17:36

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Keep them lit

An Cailín Rua Anne-Marie Flynn I recently caught a bit of The Tonight Show on Virgin Media. Now, why anyone would choose to spend their spare time watching Ivan Yates pontificating at them is beyond me, but we all behave irrationally now and again. ...

26 Mar 2019 at 16:36

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Court plan and rural decline

Court nationalisation will add further to rural decline in Mayo Anna-Marie Flynn THE campaign against the planned Mayo Courts Service reshuffle has moved up a gear, in a bid to prevent five areas losing local district court sittings. Under the new ...

05 Aug 2008 at 10:21

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’Biggle loses postal service

Calls made for An Post to resolve Inishbiggle postal problem Anton McNulty ISLANDERS living on Inishbiggle will have to travel to Achill to collect their pension and social welfare payments, after it was announced that the postal service on the ...

05 Aug 2008 at 10:19

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Closure of Ballycroy Post Office ‘a sad day’

Anton McNulty THE closure of Ballycroy Post Office on New Year’s Eve will result in an increased sense of isolation for many people in the parish, according to a local Senator. Over one hundred years of post office services ceased in Ballycroy ...

03 Jan 2019 at 11:13

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Postmasters to protest at Taoiseach’s office

Áine Ryan POSTMASTERS and the communities they serve are set to protest outside An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny’s Castlebar office at 12 noon today (Tuesday). The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) has said in a statement that the Taoiseach ‘must take ...

11 Apr 2017 at 11:23

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Postmasters protest at Taoiseach’s office

MAKING THEIR POINT John Pat Scott, a fourth generation postmaster at Aughagower Post Office, joined the Irish Postmasters Union protest outside the constituency office of An Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Tucker Street, Castlebar last week. Pic: ...

18 Apr 2017 at 11:50

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Divided on drink-driving

In last week’s Mayo News, we led with news of Mayo’s garda chief defending an increase in the number of drink-driving checkpoints in the county in recent months. The comments were made by Chief Supt Pat Diskin at the quarterly meeting of ...

26 Feb 2019 at 14:13

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Branch closures ‘a massive blow’

East Mayo reeling from shock Bank of Ireland announcement Oisín McGovern The announcement of the closure of Bank of Ireland branches in Ballyhaunis, Charlestown and Kiltimagh has been met with great concern in the east Mayo area. ...

02 Mar 2021 at 09:00

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Government is letting down the west – McGuinness

RESIGNATION Paddy McGuinness, pictured here welcoming CEO Ray McGreal to the Western Development Commission in 2013, has now stepped down from his role as Chairperson of the organisation. Edwin McGreal The lack of government ...

25 Apr 2017 at 12:25

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Scardaune Post Office reaches end of the line

Michael Commins SCARDAUNE Post Office will close this week marking the end of an era in this part of south Mayo. It comes just a month after the closure of the post offices in Hollymount and Garrafrauns and some other areas ...

29 Jan 2019 at 10:46

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Anger at Ulster Bank closure in Ballyhaunis

Michael Commins THERE was anger expressed in Ballyhaunis and its hinterland last week when news broke that the Ulster Bank in the town has been ear-marked for closure in the coming months. Ulster Bank announced its ...

28 Mar 2017 at 12:19

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