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Liamy MacnallyThe Mayo News |
It was a full house. And there was a waiting list. I was lucky to be there. Even luckier to be part of the show, performing. Blessed, even. It was a...
History was made last Wednesday with an announcement from the Papal Nuncio about the future of the Catholic dioceses in the west. At present there are...
THERE is a serious democratic deficit at play in this country. Sadly, it is obvious at both local and national levels. One does not need to reexamine...
Two words could sum up the life of the late Fr Micheál Mac Gréil, SJ. They are prejudice and tolerance. One he constantly challenged, the other he...
THE war in Gaza (and the West Bank) did not just start on October 7 last. It has been raging for years, effectively since 1948 in various bursts....
DEVOLUTION in Northern Ireland is back up and running. Stormont is working again. Adults acting as adults at last, we hope! It’s amazing how the...
The Garda Public Order Unit (also known as the Riot Squad) was deployed to Roscrea last week as asylum seekers were moved into a local hotel. One has...
IF we ever doubt that money talks (or swears) just look at the people, companies and countries behind the money. As the famous Deep Throat in ‘All...
Baby. Manger. Swaddling clothes. Stable. Angel. Star. Shepherds. Magi. No room at the inn. Galway. All those words are very difficult this year,...
About 1905, the American writer, Mark Twain, wrote The War Prayer, about the ‘myth of redemptive violence’. His publisher rejected it. America was...
Politics is a dirty game, at every level. Some say that it’s the art of the possible. That’s true, but it is also the art of the cynical. While we...
HUNDREDS of people gathered in Rome for the Synod over the past month. It was a gathering of the faithful from all levels of church to discern not...
The Draft Westport Local Area Plan is on display until Tuesday, November 7, in Westport Civic Offices, Westport Library and Áras an Chontae,...
MANY Westport business owners are angry over the disproportionate rise in rates due from January 2024. While some members of the recently formed...