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EDITORIAL: Battle time for five Mayo seats

With a growing consensus that we are a mere ten weeks out from the next general election, the dust is starting to settle on what the likely field will be. It will be a tough battle for the five Mayo Dáil seats, but the old certainty of a three-two ...

28 Aug 2024 at 10:00

Comment & Opinion

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

Maxwell tops poll but falls short of quota in Westport

Independent Ireland candidate Chris Maxwell has topped the poll in the Westport Electoral Area and is on course to be the party's first councillor in Mayo. The Louisburgh native is just 72 votes short of the quota of 1,865 after picking up 1,...

09 Jun 2024 at 19:51

Local News

Mayo general election candidate calls for further housing supports

A Mayo general election candidate has called for further ‘urgently needed’ housing supports for families in the county. Independent councillor Patsy O’Brien has proposed that the social housing threshold limit in Mayo be increased, the Croí ...

28 Oct 2024 at 10:29

Local News

Kilcoyne calls for action in support of sub-contractors

Kilcoyne calls for action in support of sub-contractors SPEAKING in Castlebar last week, Independent General Election Candidate Cllr Michael Kilcoyne expressed his deep concern at the number of sub-contractors in Mayo who have been ...

08 Feb 2011 at 12:52

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Seventy-three candidates to contest local elections in Mayo

A TOTAL of 73 candidates have put their name forward in a bid to win a seat on Mayo County Council in this year's local elections. Candidates had until Saturday to put their name forward for nomination to contest the local ...

20 May 2024 at 20:29

Comment & Opinion

EDITORIAL: European election too close to call

WITH less than three weeks until voting takes place in the local and European elections, a recent Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll has shown that two Mayo candidates are in with a real chance of taking seats in the five-seater ...

22 May 2024 at 09:00

Local News

VIDEO Five councillors elected without reaching the quota

With five councillors elected without reaching the quota, Edwin McGreal explains who the county town's new team are and why they must wait on a challenge to their election on Sunday Click here for more on Election 2014 ...

25 May 2014 at 08:25

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Independent candidates to be unveiled by end of April

Independent candidates to be unveiled by end of April Anton McNulty A LIST of potential candidates prepared to seek a mandate to run as an Independent candidate for Mayo in General Election 2016 are to be revealed by ...

24 Mar 2015 at 12:29

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 ...

09 Jun 2024 at 10:28

Local News

Reflecting on a seminal time in Mayo’s history

WAR MEMORABILIA The war memorabilia of Dr John Madden, one of the West Mayo Flying Column, is to be donated to the Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina. A selection from the collection adorns the front of our 48 ...

01 Jun 2021 at 11:00

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Dublin ceremony to honour 'fearless' Mayo born suffragette

A NEW headstone at the grave of a Mayo born Irish suffragette and feminist, Meg Connery will be unveiled in Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin next Friday. Margaret Knight Connery, better known as Meg Connery was ...

29 Mar 2024 at 14:00

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