€50 million investment for Westport House to create 200 jobs
200 new jobs are to be created as part of a 50 million euro investment in Westport House in County Mayo. Hotel Westport – which is operated by the Hughes family has agreed to buy the historic house and estate – which has been in the Browne family for hundreds…
North West Cup final between Sligo and Mayo to benefit Hospice
Sligo GAA have announced that all proceeds from this Saturday’s U21 North West Cup final will be donated to North West Hospice. Paul Taylor’s Sligo side are due to face Mayo in Markievicz Park at 2pm on Saturday in the decider. The sides met already in the group stages of…
Charity call for footballers to take part in Castleconnor match on December 27
Castleconnor GAA Club will host their fourth annual benefit match this festive season on Tuesday, December 27. This year all proceeds will go to Western Care Association and after this event the club hope to bring the amount raised for local charities from various events in these past four years to…
Court appoints liquidator to Mayo based TV station
A Mayo based TV station designed to appeal to the Irish Diaspora has gone into liquidation. Irish TV was broadcast on several platforms – and had planned to enter the US market. It sought the protection of the High Court to restructure and raise new investment. But it says efforts…
New chair of Independent Commonage Implementation Committee announced
A west of Ireland man is to take up the position as the new chair of the independent Commonage Implementation Committee. The Minister for Agriculture has appointed Mr Padraig Gibbons to the position this week. Mr Gibbons, a farmer from Mayo, has experience of all aspects of the agricultural sector,…
Sligo’s Big Breakfast Briefing this Thursday
The countdown is on to Sligo’s Big Breakfast Briefing. This Thursday morning businesses will get a chance to speak one on one with local statutory bodies at the event in the Glasshouse hotel. Local Enterprise Offices, Sligo Tourism and Revenue will be some of the organisations which will be in…
Postmortems due following death of Mayo couple
Postmortems are due to take place today on the bodies of an elderly couple who died in County Mayo. The remains of Tom Fitzgerald, who was in his 70s and his wife Kitty, who was aged in her 60s, were discovered at their home in Irishtown yesterday. A man in…