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EDITORIAL: Much to ponder for Sinn Féin after local election blow-out

FOR months, June 7 was seen as a litmus test as to whether the Mayo public were ready to put their faith in the Sinn Féin party as an alternative to the power bases of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The party laid down a real marker in General ...

12 Jun 2024 at 10:17

Elections

WHERE WE ARE NOW: Counts complete in Castlebar and Claremorris

Castlebar After a mammoth count which went through the night, Independent candidate Harry Barrett has returned to local politics after he was elected in the early hours of Sunday morning. The count in Castlebar only ended at 8am which saw ...

09 Jun 2024 at 10:28

Elections

Harris travels to Mayo to congratulate Walsh on election

AN Taoiseach Simon Harris travelled to Castlebar to congratulate Mayo-based Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh on her re-election to the European Parliament in the early hours of Friday morning. The five-day count in the Midlands-North-West ...

14 Jun 2024 at 10:16

General Election

Mayo TD believes TG4 election poll shows Keogh on course to win seat

Outgoing Mayo TD Michael Ring has welcomed the results of the latest TG4 opinion poll which he claims puts Westport Fine Gael candidate Keira Keogh in line for a seat. The results of a TG4/Ipsos B&A Mayo constituency poll revealed ...

22 Nov 2024 at 11:30

Living

A poetic picture

LEST WE FORGET Poet Ger Reidy at a field edged with wildflowers in Carrowkennedy. Pic: Conor McKeown Ger Reidy’s new poem, ‘The Last ambush’, evokes the intensity and poignancy of Mayo’s War of Independence Áine Ryan THERE is a ...

27 Jul 2021 at 10:00

Elections

Mayo Local Elections: What do we know so far?

What nationwide polls have been suggesting lately has been confirmed so far by what we are seeing in the results for the Mayo Local Election during the first day of counting votes. "It's a marathon not a sprint" wrote The Mayo ...

09 Jun 2024 at 00:52

Elections

Mayo man 'not downhearted' despite defeat in Galway City election

AN Achill native who ran as an Independent candidate for a seat on Galway City Council says he is not downhearted despite not winning a seat. Kenny Deery, a native of Bunnacurry on Achill Island ran as an Independent ...

13 Jun 2024 at 13:30

National News

Michael Lowry: Who is the 'Kingmaker' of the next government?

Simon Harris’s Fine Gael and Micheal Martin’s Fianna Fail have been negotiating with independent TDs to form a government as the parties’ combined seat numbers fall just shy of a majority following the General ...

15 Jan 2025 at 14:55

General Election

Westport Fine Gael councillor urges people of west Mayo to vote locally in General Election

A WESTPORT-based councillor has called on the people of west Mayo to vote locally in Friday's General Election and not risk losing a TD for the area. Fine Gael councillor Peter Flynn told the monthly meeting ...

26 Nov 2024 at 13:30

General Election

Fascinating battle in store in new Mayo five-seater constituency

For many years, we had certainties going into General Elections in Mayo but ahead of voting day on November 29, there are a whole host of uncertainties this time round in Ireland's largest geographical ...

13 Nov 2024 at 15:33

National News

'If I was a goat I'd be looking to be captured' - Michael Healy Rae defends Kerry's Puck Fair

Independent TD Michael Healy Rae voiced his approval for Kerry's upcoming Puck Fair on the radio this morning, saying that the goat involved in treated so well that he would volunteer if he was one. ...

09 Aug 2024 at 13:23

Local News

Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations to return to Westport

A little corner of Ukraine will be carved into West Mayo tomorrow when the local Ukrainian community gather to celebrate their country’s Independence Day in Westport. Hundreds of Ukrainians who ...

23 Aug 2024 at 18:00

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