For years the logic seemed clear. Rural Mayo, like rural Ireland, was thinning out. The children leaving the kitchen tables of rural areas were swelling the schoolyards of Castlebar, Westport and ...

He has mastered Gaelic football, the former Dubs boss would have to tackle what Seamus Brennan once famously described as senior hurling if he wanted to become the President, writes Mick Clifford ...

Potential learners can meet teachers and tour all the college facilities in campus locations in Ballina, Ballinrobe, ...

Recently - 22nd of August to be precise - on early morning radio, the presenter was referring to birthdays of well-known people which fell on that day. One of them was the legendary snooker player ...

McMahon remembers how, in his final year, some of the things he used to do without hesitation became problems. “Teak-tough defending. By the end I was getting challenged on being too ‘teak-tough’ and ...

An Irishwoman and seven other people kidnapped in Haiti earlier this month have been released, Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has said. Gena Heraty, who is from Westport in Co Mayo, was one of ...

One of the most positive aspects of the new Gaelic football rules, we are told, is what they have done for the level of dissent towards referees. The seismic change in the game varies from subtle to ...

Minister Dara Calleary is the latest Fianna Fáil politician to back Jim Gavin for the party’s nomination for the Presidential election. The Minister for Social Protection says Mr. Gavin’s interest in ...