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Broadcaster and Mayo native Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin will present a two-hour celebration of all things Mayo on TV on Saturday. Photograph: Paul Sharp/Sharppix
Niagara Falls to turn green and red for Mayo Day

Move over May Day, Mayo Day is set to take centre-stage this bank holiday weekend with even Niagra Falls turning red and green. The international init(...)

The Greenway, which runs from Westport to Achill. Photograph: Michael McLaughlin
The Yes Woman: It was about time I got back in the saddle

It has been at least four years since I have gone anywhere near a bicycle. As a student, I had a weekend job in a bookshop at home in Limerick, and(...)

The priority of a soon-to-be-launched farming group is protecting farm incomes and the viability of the family farm, according to organisers. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times
New national farm organisation to launch in February

A new national farm organisation will be launched in February and will focus on keeping family farms viable, spokesman for the organisers Colm O’Donne(...)

Some of the entrepreneurs, investors and techies at the Surf Summit in Westport, Co Mayo at the weekend. The event was a spinoff of the Web Summit. Photograph: Candy Behunin @digital_sweet
Enda Kenny on crest of a wave at Surf Summit

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was the star of the show for more than 200 investors, start-ups and entrepreneurs who were in Westport, Co Mayo for the Web Su(...)

Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal, in conversation on centre stage during day three of the Web Summit. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire
Bono’s hymn to streaming ends Web Summit on flat note

U2 frontman Bono closed the Web Summit yesterday, to much less fanfare than that which greeted PayPal and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk last year. The p(...)

Sunday is the best day for Brick Lane Market, where you can browse for unusual clothes, jewellery and bric-a-brac and and be tempted by the huge selection of ethnic foods
Ask Joan

My girlfriend loves exploring and shopping in markets so I would like to take her to London for a weekend where she could indulge her passion for fash(...)

Sanjeev Chada who is to stand trial next year charged with murdering his sons. Photograph: PA
Trial date set for father charged with murdering sons

The trial of a father accused of murdering his two sons in Co Mayo is due to start in November next year. Sanjeev Chada (43) of Ballinkillen, Bagenals(...)

Frank McNally at Mulranny during his Great Western Greenway cycle from Westport to Achill, along with Anna O’Connor, Mayo County Council’s walking and cycling officer. Photograph: Michael McLaughlin
Great Western Greenway: the long and winding road without a car in sight

The old Westport-Achill rail line was never entirely successful. This offshoot of the Midland Great Western Railway company covered one of the emptier(...)

Three held after teenager stabbed in Westport

A teenager is recovering in hospital after receiving a number of stab wounds during an incident in Westport, Co Mayo last night. Gardaí (...)

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