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'We're about to lose an entire generation'

The drive to make rural Ireland a vibrant place to live was taken to the door of Dáil Éireann last week when Mayo Macra na Feirme members joined counterparts from across the country to hand deliver letters to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. More than 50 ...

03 May 2023 at 15:15

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Ministers agree a 7-day extension to the slurry spreading period

In light of the recent wet period of weather and considering the scientific criteria to determine whether the period for slurry spreading can be extended beyond September 30, Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, ...

21 Sept 2023 at 21:00

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Progress made on Ballinrobe Town Hall project

WORK on Ballinrobe's new town hall will begin in early 2024, according to a local county councillor. Cllr Michael Burke, who is vice-chairman of the Ballinrobe Town Hall Committee, said that a position for project manager to oversee the ...

26 Aug 2023 at 12:00

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Loftus hits back at Flynn’s ‘clown’ comment as war of words erupts over Westport-Murrisk Greenway

A LOCAL election candidate in the Castlebar Electoral Area has described as ‘insulting, degrading and pathetic’ comments made by a sitting councillor about him and the proposed Murrisk Greenway. Gerry Loftus, founder of the Rural ...

09 Apr 2024 at 08:59

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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 ...

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 ...

05 Aug 2008 at 10:19

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Funding delivered

Merger talks near conclusion Anna-Marie Flynn THE LARGEST ever rural development funding package was announced last week – and Mayo’s share looks set to be distributed by two integrated development companies in the county,...

27 May 2008 at 01:02

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The threat of indifference

COMMUNITY VOICES The late Johnny Groden and Paddy Hopkins at Croagh Patrick. Pic: Conor McKeown Why local government in Ireland is unfit for purpose John Bradley In 1987, I first noticed the drilling derrick silhouetted ...

07 Jul 2022 at 09:09

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West shortchanged – again

GHOST TRAIN A high-speed intercity train in motion at Athenry station, the start of the currently disused section of the Western Rail Corridor, which runs from Athenry through Tuam to Claremorris, and then on to ...

19 Oct 2021 at 11:00

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Escape to the country?

The case for a rethink of Project Ireland 2040 John Bradley Was the former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, fretting aloud about the risk of our big cities ‘hollowing out’ due to the coronavirus pandemic? My first ...

13 Apr 2021 at 11:00

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‘Big business’ planning triggers spat

Councillor Richard Finn South Mayo councillors clash over planning permission for multinationals Anton McNulty Two south Mayo councillors have locked horns over how Mayo County Council should approach ...

03 Aug 2021 at 09:00

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Ballyhaunis now bankless

LOCAL ANGER Ballyhaunis man Jim Higgins, former Fine Gael TD and MEP, speaking to local business owners and community representatives on Friday afternoon as the Bank of Ireland branch in the town ...

12 Oct 2021 at 15:22

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