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1 day ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
The 70th edition of the famous cycling race will see competitors begin with a 150-kilometre-plus trek from Drogheda, Co Louth, to Boyle on the first day of the race. The peloton is expected to arrive in Boyle between 2.30pm and 3.00pm, depending on racing speeds, with the finish line located outside An Craoibhín Bar in the heart of the town centre. Spectators are encouraged to line the streets early for the event.
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2 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
The project, estimated to cost up to €30 million, aims to develop a marina with approximately 50 new berths, a promenade and water activities facilities in Hodson Bay on the shores of Lough Ree. The plan makes provision for enhanced facilities for activities such as boating and swimming. It also allows for a revised access strategy to create a link with the proposed new ‘Lough Ree Greenway’ in the redeveloped Hodson Bay area.
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2 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
Delegates at Mayo GAA’s May county board meeting were told that it was “half-way” through the first phase of developing brand new training facilities in Bohola. The 26.65-acre site was gifted to Mayo GAA last year by UK-based millionaire and Bohola native Bill Durkan.
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2 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
Michael Diskin told the May meeting of Mayo GAA’s county board that one fixture was almost cancelled at the weekend after a referee had to withdraw on short notice. Diskin, who chairs Mayo GAA’s Competitions Control’s Committee (CCC), complained that some clubs in Mayo do not provide any referees. The Castlebar Mitchels clubman said Mayo GAA would face “serious difficulties” unless new referees were found.
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2 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
Mr Diskin, who represented Mayo at Minor, U-20 and senior level, will run the Life Style Sports Fastlane half-marathon in Co Dublin aid of LauraLynn on Sunday, May 18, on the weekend of his son’s third birthday. Cillian Rochford Diskin was just ten months old when he passed away in 2023. Already, Mr Diskin has raised over €14,000 for LauraLynn, which provides support to sick children and their families.
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3 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
The National Famine Museum in Strokestown Park, County Roscommon, will host this year’s summer school, which will feature several distinguished keynote speakers. With a theme entitled “Humanitarianism and Hunger”, the programme will focus on how global communities - including those in North America, India, the Ottoman Empire, and beyond - reacted to the Great Famine, which claimed the lives of over one million people resulted in one million more emigrating.
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3 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
Chief Superintendent for the Mayo, Roscommon and Longford District, Ray McMahon, told the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council that no new recruits had been stationed in Mayo in that time – although 25 gardaí had transferred to Mayo from other divisions. Chief Supt McMahon revealed that there had been a drop in most forms of reported crime in Mayo in the past year. There has, however, been a 50 percent increase in sale and supply of drugs offences.
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3 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
The eight-bedroom hotel, which is accommodating 16 people in emergency accommodation at present, is owned by Manchester-based Pat and Mary Mulhern, who invested over €1 million in restoring the hotel. Local county councillor Michael Loftus expressed concern that ten extra bedroom spaces were being added to the hotel. Last November, the hotel ceased trading “due to economic challenges facing the hospitality sector”. It has since been providing emergency accommodation for Mayo County Council.
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4 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
Mr O’Toole served Minister for the Gaeltacht, Minister for Tourism, Fisheries and Forestries and Minister for Defence during a Dáil career spanning 1977 to 1987. A native of Doolough, Geesala, Mr O’Toole previously worked as a primary school teacher in Knockanillo National School outside Ballina. He is one of three Geesala men to be elected as TDs for Mayo.
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4 days ago | 
independent.ie | Oisín McGovern
Nineteen-year-old Kate Cogan from Kilmovee, is one of approximately 300 people in Ireland suffering with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), which is caused by the absence of essential proteins that bind the skin together. On June 27, she hopes to raise at least €5,000 for Debra, the national charity supporting people living with EB, by abseiling from the roof of GAA headquarters. Every year, Debra makes over 500 emotional support calls and over 50 home visits all over Ireland.
