Mayo County Council Arts Office has awarded its annual Music Recording Assistance Awards for 2013 to Vickers Vimy, a five-piece Mayo-based folk collective, and Ballyhaunis-based rock and electronic band, Race the Flux. The €800 award will be used to assist recipients to record their music. Mayo County Council’s Music Recording Assistance Award has shown once […]
Northgate to create 150 healthcare jobs in Castlebar
Northgate Information Solutions is to create an additional 150 jobs in County Mayo with the company looking at a number of premises in Castlebar as a location for their new premises. Northgate already employs 100 people in the newborn hearing screening programme in Ireland and the additional jobs will be in the healthcare and public […]
Composting demo site for community opens in Ballina
A composting demonstration site has been opened in Ballina for the local community to visit and learn about composting and prevention of food waste The new composting site is located in the Karen/GIY Community Garden, adjacent to St. Muredach’s college. It was officially opened by Mayor Johnny O’Malley at a ceremony attended by representatives […]
Mayo County Council announces Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Scheme 2013 recipients
Mayo County Council has announced that its Tyrone Guthrie Regional Bursary Scheme 2013 recipients are visual artist Joanna Hopkins and poet Michelle O’Sullivan. Joanna Hopkins holds a BA in Fine Art from Limerick School of Art and Design and an MA with Distinction in Social Practice and the Creative Environment, also from Limerick School of […]