Are you interested in helping set up a voluntary ambulance and First Aid service in the Belmullet and Erris area?

Arrrggghhh! Shiver me timbers! Bad pirates, good pirates, a Queen who is larger than life and a blossoming love story. Put them all together and what do you have? Pirates of Lough Conn - A Pantomime. Crossmolina Pantomime Troupe, in association with Crossmolina Festival Committee, have put together a swashbuckling tale that will have you laughing in the aisles!

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that the right to recoup a percentage of the proceeds of any resale of a work of art will extend to heirs of the artist and last for 70 years after the death of the artist, under a statutory instrument due to come into effect from 1st January 2012.

Today is it hard to imagine a world without photographs. They decorate our homes, are on social network sites, in our school text books, in our newspapers, in family albums and kept safe in our wallets and purses. It is hard to belief photography is only 160 years old.

Kilmovee Ladies Gaelic Football are holding their social on Friday, 6th of January, in the Brusna Inn from 9pm. Music on the night with admission optional.

The 2011 Ballina GOAL Mile was held at the Ballina Athletic Club grounds in Belleek on Christmas morning.  Last year saw the grounds covered in snow and frost, but this year the weather was extremely mild with a slight drizzle.  Over two hundred and thirty mem, women and children took part in this annual fundraiser for “GOAL” the international humanitarian organisation who works with the poorest of the poor. 

The death has been announced of the former Bishop of Killala Bishop Thomas Finnegan (86) who passed away in Sligo General Hospital on Christmas morning.

Heritage tourism is forecast to play a major role in bringing visitors to our shores and  Mayo boasts some of the best known heritage attractions in Ireland. Knock Museum, the Ceidie Fields, and The Michael Davitt National Memorial Association are just three local projects that recieved support in 2011 to help their endeavours. The Heritage Council says that the projects have real and significant economic benefits to the Irish economy by creating local jobs and promoting local tourism.

Anyone interested in developing their own organic garden will be delighted to hear that a hands-on course will be starting in January that will teach you how to to design, work on, and maintain your very own food paradise and fertility hub. The hands-on and theoretical course will be run in 6-modules, and, according to the organisers, who are committed organic growers in Mayo, it will be affordable. 

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) is pleased to announce it is now offering a new three-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film and Documentary, commencing in the Cluain Mhuire campus, Galway, from September 2012.