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Mulraney, County Mayo.
Sauvignon Blanc writes:
Wild mountain goats on the main street yesterday…
@CarlowWeather Snow getting heavy in Mayo pic.twitter.com/5dSXSxC0Pm
— Mark Loughney (@loughney_mark) January 27, 2020
Meanwhile…
At Knock Airport…
The current situation at the airport as heavy snow has impacted our flight schedule this afternoon. Our operations team are working to clear the runway but current conditions and continued heavy snowfall are challenging #snowfall pic.twitter.com/y7TrhyGCIx
— Ireland West Airport (@Irelandwest) January 27, 2020
And in Galway…
@CarlowWeather still coming down in Tuam, Co. Galway pic.twitter.com/B3t25hjEU6
— daraghfeeney (@daraghfeeney) January 27, 2020
Yikes.
National forecast (Met Éireann
UPDATE:
@CarlowWeather Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, getting heavy now and sticking…. pic.twitter.com/mCYqfKYoj9
— Richie Conway (@Richieconway79) January 27, 2020
UPDATE:
@CarlowWeather Flakes the size of golf balls now 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/MjPwvpboBC
— Mark Loughney (@loughney_mark) January 27, 2020
This afternoon.
Oluwaseun Ola, who lives in direct provision in Mayo, tweetz:
I don’t know who sent us these vouchers, whoever you are, thank you so much.
Are you considering doing something for someone this Christmas? Why not donate a €20 voucher to someone in Direct Provision that will be a perfect gift.
From top: Google Map from Westport to Turlough in Co Mayo; Google Streetview image of N5 between Castlebar and Turlough; Leo Varadkar with Minister for Rural & Community Development Michael Ring at yesterday’s announcement of a €240m Mayo road upgrade
Yesterday.
Rural and Community Development Minister and Mayo TD Michael Ring confirmed that the Government will spend €240million on upgrading the N5 Westport to Turlough road in Co Mayo.
The upgrade is planned to include 20km of dual carriageway and a 2.5km link to the N59, while Mr Ring said it will be the largest ever Government investment in Mayo.
He also reportedly said people in the area have been waiting for the road project for 25 years.
Further to this…
Green Party’s Saoirse McHugh last night tweeted about the news, saying:
“This will take a journey of 20mins down to one of 15 mins.
What a phenomenal waste of money.
Who is this even for!?
Perhaps, instead of spending years ploughing up the countryside for a road nobody has ever mentioned wanting, we could start local energy projects?
Rural Ireland isn’t emptying out because of lack of roads.
Farmers can’t sustain themselves, markets and small shops are gone because of big supermarkets, there are no fish left and even if there were the piers are falling into total decay.
We need a proper vision for rural Ireland where small producers and processors can survive.
We need intervention in the housing market so people can find somewhere to live.
We need agricultural reform, fisheries reform, public transport, etc.
I’ve lived in Achill most of my life and have never ever heard anybody talk about needing a dual carriageway.
And all this in the middle of a CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY EMERGENCY.”
Portuguese man o ‘war found on Fanore Beach, Co Clare
The Big Jellyfish Hunt writez on Facebook:
Over the weekend we have had very large numbers of Portuguese man o ‘war washing up. 100s reported washed up on many different beaches.
Observations are still mostly from the south coast (Cork and Kerry) but we have more activity along the west (Clare to Mayo) and a few reports from the southeast (Wexford).
Please continue to submit records on the National Biodiversity Data Centre jellyfish sightings page so we can track numbers. Many thanks.
Jellyfish can be recorded here
Pics: Burren Shores
Kacey O’Riordan, of Newstalk and Today FM, tweets:
The scene near Aghamore where a man was shot dead last night.
A man in his 80s fired warning shots after he thought he heard an intruder.
A man from a neighboring parish who was in the area was killed.
Man (60s) dies after being shot in Co Mayo (The Irish Times)
This afternoon.
Knock, County Mayo
Ted writes:
New scale model of Knock parish as it looked 140 years ago unveiled today at the Knock Shrine Museum (more at link below)….
Hugh O’Connell tweetz:
An ad in this week’s Mayo News featuring Michael Ring literally delivering bags of cash to Mayo
Previously: ‘I’m The Minister Of The Department And I Make The Decisions’
When I was in the city last week, these three Irishmen asked me to take a photo of them, but none of them had phones.
“you’ll take the picture and we’ll find it someday”
so if by some strange turn of events anyone knows these guys, here’s their photo pic.twitter.com/ZrPvKXusJ7— Christina (@CBones705) May 12, 2019
Robbie Harris writes;
Who are these men from Mayo?
Anyone?
Update: All from Ballyhaunis (see comments)