Five Mayo students have won top prizes in this year’s 58th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.In Category B, first prize (€450) was won by Shania McDonagh (14), a student at Mount St. Michael Secondary School, Claremorris for her work entitled ‘Jack’. Other Mayo winners, all of whom won Special Merit Awards, were Anna Clark (13), Jesus and Mary Secondary School, Crossmolina; Kasper Wawro (9), Alison Ryan (9) and Aoife Quinn (8), all from Castlebar Art Club, Castlebar.

Seventy-five students descended on Google European HQ in Dublin this week to find out if their doodle had been selected as the overall winner of Google’s Irish Doodle 4 Google competition. The 75 regional winners attending the event were given the opportunity to take part in creative art and doodle classes with Sophia Foster-Dimino.

Six Mayo students have been named as finalists in the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google art competition. They are now amongst 75 Irish students in with a chance of seeing their doodle on the Google Ireland Homepage for all to see. Everyone in Mayo is now being urged to visit  google.ie/doodle4google  and vote for their favourite.

Two Ballinrobe students have been named as finalists in the Doodle 4 Google art competition and are now amongst the 60 Irish students in with a chance of winning the national Doodle 4 Google title. Everyone in Mayo is now being urged to  vote for Shona Farragher and Seren O'Toole to bring the title to Mayo.

There will be an official launch event to mark and celebrate the launch of Belmullet's new permanent public art installation on Friday, 22nd October, at 1pm, at Áras Inis Gluaire

His latest abstract paintings on canvass and board are at the centre of artist, Jim Houston's new exhibition in the Custom House Studios in Westport.

Castlebar primary school girl needs your vote if she is to win a Health Heroes poster competition.