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John HealyThe Mayo News |
WOULD we ever have thought that the UK’s Rwanda Bill could have had such unforeseen consequences for ourselves? Bad enough to have the Tory press...
HAVING sustained the bloodiest of noses in the recent crushing referendum defeats, the Government has wisely edged back from its aim of enacting new...
THE outgoing members of Mayo County Council may have taken some satisfaction in seeing one of its old foes finally getting its knuckles rapped in the...
Recently, for the first time, an attempt has been made to put a price tag on Irish unity. And, to put it mildly, the figure arrived at is enough to...
So what is it about the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it casts a spell of illness on those summoned to appear before it? The most recent...
THE economics commentator Cormac Lucey has been reflecting recently on the polarisation of society. Peoples’ views are becoming more extreme; there...
The nightly TV pictures from beleaguered Gaza leave little to the imagination. The distress and agony of its people are palpable; the images of hunger...
That old political adage linking governments, banana skins and referendums proved right once more, and the panicked footsteps we heard were the...
MICHAEL Mullen signed off his last chapter on a spring morning, and Castlebar bade farewell to a treasured son. His was a life well lived, during...
There can hardly have been a more hapless occupant of a Cabinet seat in the Dáil as that filled last week by the Minister for Enterprise. Simon...
Fifty years ago, Mayo set the example for the country when the first special school for ‘mildly handicapped children’, in the terminology of the...
EVEN the most insipid nationalist must have felt a surge of pride to see Michelle O’Neill descend the gilded staircase to be ushered in as First...
THERE have been repeated dark warnings of late that Westport will be faced with a raft of business closures unless the current downswing in retail...
THOSE of us who worry about the malevolent potential of artificial intelligence, commonly called AI, were given a salutary reminder by way of the...
AND so, the white flag has been raised for two referendums to change the constitution, to be held in March. And already, the battle lines are being...
THERE have been many notable deaths over the past 12 months, and there have been very many which will merit no more than a footnote in history. One...
There’s a nice little row brewing over a proposal before the European Commission which would see the bar raised considerably for senior citizens...
Gone but not forgotten, the shadow of Ryan Tubridy still looms large over Irish broadcasting. The star talent’s public pillorying – much of it...
As the political parties limber up for the next general election – which may come sooner than expected – the posturing will be worth watching. The...
In the clearest sign yet that nature is winning the battle of coastal erosion, the government has conceded that 'managed retreat' will be the...
Signs of the long-awaited revival of the traditional commercial centre of Castlebar have been warmly welcomed in the county town, with construction...
FOR more than ten years, seasoned geo-political observers have predicted that, when it comes, the next World War will have its origins in the...
THE tragic death of Christy Henry of Inishbiggle marks the end of another link with the island’s long struggle for survival against what, in the...
WITH the final shape of the new Dáil constituencies safely put to bed, the less-daunting task now remaining for the Electoral Commission is to decide...