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Travel counsellors will host cruise information event in Mayo hotel
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (221+ words) Mayo based travel counsellors Emma Campbell, Lorraine McGreal, Rachael Higgins and Emer McDermott are inviting local residents to an exclusive cruise information evening at the Castlecourt Hotel, Westport, on Sunday, April 12, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Those wishing to register for the…...
Diesel and petrol car sales slump amid oil price surge
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (600+ words) Diesel, which a decade ago had a 70 per cent share of the new car market, now accounts for just 12.9 per cent this year. Regular hybrids are now the best-selling powertrain, comprising 28 per cent of sales, ahead of all-electric cars with…...
Mayo author’s latest book launched by former Taoiseach in Dublin
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Olivia Attwood denies leaving UK after wedding found to not be legal
4+ day, 18+ min ago (287+ words) Reality TV star Olivia Attwood has denied she was leaving the UK following a revelation that her marriage to footballer Bradley Dack was not legally binding. Despite sharing a series of videos from Heathrow airport, the 34-year-old said it was…...
Award-winning drama group to perform at Mayo venue
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (479+ words) Award-winning drama group to perform at Mayo venue'Connaught Telegraph Award-winning drama group to perform at Mayo venue Claremorris drama group, Upstage Players, will bring John B. Keane's classic, The Year of The Hiker, to Claremorris Town Hall Theatre on Good Friday…...
Photographic exhibition exploring rural Ireland from a skateboard opens in Mayo
1+ week, 2+ day ago (272+ words) R'id'n (an old Irish word for a narrow country lane that takes you off the beaten track) opened yesterday at the Courtyard Gallery in Turlough Park, Castlebar. It explores aspects of the lived, social and economic history of rural Ireland…...
Fresh statistics show increase in house prices and rental property sales in Mayo
1+ week, 3+ day ago (358+ words) In the space of three months the average house price in Mayo has risen by 4 per-cent according to the Real Estate Alliance Average House Price Index. Their figures also show that 60 per-cent of sales nationally represent landlords leaving the market....
Ghost estate the ‘Taj Mahal of dereliction’ in Mayo town
1+ week, 6+ day ago (102+ words) A GHOST estate in Castlebar has been described as 'the Taj Mahal of dereliction'. The description was used to sum up The Waterways, on the Ballinrobe Road - a 77-unit development that has been sitting vacant for the last 20 years. Councillor…...
New Mayo holistic dog training and animal care service opens
1+ week, 6+ day ago (413+ words) A NEW holistic dog training and animal care service has opened in Crossmolina, offering a range of services designed to support the wellbeing, behaviour and overall care of dogs and other animals in the community. Oak and Howl, founded by…...
Mayo memories: Dancers floored with cancellation of US trip in 1964
1+ week, 6+ day ago (564+ words) IN June 1964 a typhoid scare in Britain put paid to a trip to New York for nine members of the Redmond Academy of Irish Dancing in Castlebar. The group, four boys and five girls, were due to fly out to…...