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TOWNLAND TALES: A stroll through the placenames of Ross

“Ross appears on Browne’s Map, 1584, as part of Mayo, but this was disputed by Co Galway and it was dealt with as part of the latter county in...

John O’Callaghan

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...

‘NOTHING will sabotage our happiness more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough’. The words of renowned psychologist Bill Crawford...

It had the potential to be a banana skin ever since the draw for the Championship was made, but Mayo safely negotiated their trip to the Hyde on...

In a democracy, citizens delegate certain powers to governments, and the term ‘freedom of information’ has a comforting ring to it. It suggests...

With a population that is ageing rapidly, and faster than anywhere else in Europe, Ireland faces a unique but exciting challenge in ensuring that...