Blue flags: Record number of Irish beaches and marinas win award for 2025
Kerry has most blue flags with 15, while Cork has most green coast awards with 14
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News, analysis, and features related to Co Mayo
Popular Connemara food truck Misunderstood Heron avoids closure with relocation to Mayo tourist spot
Award-winning food truck forced to shut down in Leenane will reopen in P Dan’s Pub near Louisburgh
Local history: Serendipitous signposts to the past, but not all townlands are born equal
Rich in variety, townland names are markers of tradition and belonging, reflecting historical events or landscape features
Fisherman (80s) found ‘safe and well’ after coast guard search
The man, understood to be from the Claremorris area of Co Mayo, had been reported missing by his wife at about 11pm on Saturday when he failed to return from a fishing trip
Death of Mayo teenager in hospital after falling ill at GAA training leaves community ‘struggling’
Christopher Gavin (16) died in hospital on Tuesday after becoming ill at a GAA training session
In search of the Congolese corncrake
Our mission: To discover whether this small migratory bird was faring any better in its (probable) winter home
What will €350,000 buy in Madeira, France, Spain, Sardinia and Co Mayo?
A new apartment in Madeira, a renovated finca with two pools in Alicante and more
Hardy Bucks actor Alan ‘Ali’ Carter died after combining drugs and alcohol at a stag party, inquest hears
Coroner issues stark warning about combining drugs and alcohol after hearing about actor’s stag party death
Woman (60s) dies following collision involving a lorry in Co Mayo
Incident occurred in Castlebar on Thursday morning
How Ireland’s tourist trap towns keep their buzz and business outside of the summer season
Keeping the shutters up and the lights on over the low season for tourism providers is a complex operation
This Irish town produces the world’s entire supply of Botox, but now Trump wants to bring it back to the US
Westport makes the world’s entire supply of the anti-wrinkle drug — now the feat is that production could move to the US
Judge rules against €213,000 charge by Bank of Ireland over €1.2m loan default by Mayo farmer
Decision on lead case raises doubt about ability to enforce surcharge interest clauses over loan defaults
‘Many are delighted to see a lay person present’: Growing numbers of laity helping out with ministry in Catholic churches
More than 60 have been formally taken on to help out in the Killala diocese following two-year study course
PSNI issue appeal about backpack in search for missing Co Mayo man George Brennan
Brennan was last seen on Wednesday, April 2nd, in Ballycastle, Co Antrim
Dining Room review: No song and dance, just dinner served the way it should be – calm, generous and unfussy
If you are near this Co Mayo restaurant you have no excuse not to go. It’s a quiet triumph
A guide to Ireland’s popular commuter towns: house prices, transport links and education
With working from home more common in the wake of Covid-19, more people are living farther from Dublin and other cities
Ireland’s remote islands: Only 29 apply for €84,000 grant aimed at attracting residents
Numbers moving under Our Living Islands scheme to places like Arranmore is less than expected
Murder victim’s brother welcomes proposed law to remove guardianship rights from wife killers
Minister for Justice says guardianship is issue of ‘child protection and welfare’
Author Jess Kidd: ‘My daughter said: Mum, do you think you might be autistic?’
The London-Irish writer on her latest novel, Murder at Gull’s Nest; being diagnosed autistic in her late 40s; and how she writes ‘with an Irish accent’
Why are so many recipients of US Medal of Honor of Irish descent?
Donald Trump expressed surprise at the very high number of recipients having roots in Ireland – and it seems he may be on to something
Burke family pays Facebook to promote its video of their Washington DC protest
Family member Josiah Burke has spent more than €45,000 since April 2019 promoting family campaigns on Facebook, data shows
How Covid changed me: ‘Remote working is second to none. I have kids, am stress-free and eat healthier’
For some the pandemic offered an opportunity to ‘shut the laptop and never look back’; for others it was a time of fear and vulnerability whose consequences are still being felt
Walk the trails of St Patrick this weekend: From Tipperary to Donegal
Follow in the footsteps of St Patrick in eight trails beginning in six counties around Ireland
‘The first time I didn’t feel shame for being Palestinian was in Ireland’
Consultant paediatrician Afif El-Khuffash on his Palestinian-Irish identity and his perspective on the Irish healthcare system
What will €375,000 buy in Westport and Co Wexford?
Two homes, one price: Two-bed hidden off Westport quays, or five-bed on outskirts of Kilmore village?
‘It’s about women North and South learning about each other, learning about the grassroots issues in their communities’
Talk of a new Ireland is one thing, but it must focus on improving people’s lives to be worth anything, women declare in Longford
Mayo women winemakers: ‘Everything in life is harder as a woman; you always have to prove yourself a bit more’
To mark International Women’s Day, meet four Mayo women who are leading wine specialists
Renewable energy cabinets house emergency safety and medical equipment in remote locations
New Innovator: EPC can be tailored to specific environments and has already saved lives
Ireland weather: February’s 11 sunless days matches 1969 record
Average February temperatures rose as Gale Force winds hit
Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere in a spot of bother with his Dublin tenants
Plus: Marc MacSharry will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree; Sammy Wilson’s silence; and Henry Kelly’s political allegiance
Medical supplies delivered offshore by drone in ‘game-changer’ for Ireland’s islands
Drone technology could revolutionise emergency response and healthcare delivery for remote communities, Air Taurus programme director says
Mayo hospital apologises over death of woman (57) three years ago
Inquest returns verdict of medical misadventure following ‘failings’ in care of Carmel Grant
Storm Éowyn impact the ‘last straw’ for Mayo foresters
Michael Seery (73) said his plantation has been ‘flattened’ by last month’s winds
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