TRIBUTES are being paid to the former Mayor of a Mayo town who died suddenly after falling ill. Brendan Heneghan, 53, was a friend and ally of ex-Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Brendan Heneghan passed away ...

The talk is entitled 'Conditions in Castlebar Workhouse during the Great Famine' and the speaker is Dr Gerard P. Moran, who is originally from Castlebar.

AN ELDERLY man has died following a horror crash in Co Mayo yesterday morning. The man, 70s, was driving a car on the N5 in Belleek, Castlebar, when his vehicle collided with a truck at around 9.45am.

Castlebar residents are 'very angry' over a number of prominent buildings lying derelict it the town centre, including Mayo's most historic building - where the Land League was founded in 1879. Twenty ...

Castlebar Mitchels became Mayo’s most successful club team on the provincial stage by claiming their fourth Connacht title, but the Shane McGettigan Cup will not satisfy this side. All focus now turns ...

A man has appeared in court in the Republic of Ireland, charged with the murder of 83-year-old John Brogan. Mr Brogan was shot a number of times near Castlebar in County Mayo on Sunday. His body was ...

A primary school in Castlebar, Co Mayo, has appealed to the Department of Education to purchase a site in the town as a matter of urgency so that a purpose-built school can be constructed for it. It ...

Gardaí attend the scene of the house fire in Pheasanthill, Castlebar, Co Mayo after the discovery of John Brogan's body. Photo: Conor McKeown The scene at a house where farmer John Brogan was shot ...

Two-hundred-and-sixteen years ago today, a combined Irish and French force of only 2,000 fighters rallied together to drive 6,000 British soldiers out of Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The Battle of Castlebar ...