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An inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy from Acaill in County Mayo has ended in Swinford Courthouse with Coroner for Mayo, Patrick O’Connor recording an Open Verdict into his death. Joseph McGinty died in an ambulance on his way to Mayo University Hospital on 13 September 2021. The Coroner for Mayo, Patrick O’Connor, recorded the medical cause of death as “profound adrenal pathology consistent with Addison’s Disease.” In his recommendations, Mr O’Connor called for the Pediatric Department of Mayo University Hospital to be fully and adequately resourced so that it is in a position to provide the facilities...

BALLINA, Ireland - Some 3,000 miles east of Delaware, nestled inland from Ireland's wild Atlantic coast, lies the small town of Ballina, the ancestral home of President-elect Joe Biden. Since his projected win, the close-knit town of 10,000 people in County Mayo has erupted in joy over the success of the man they claim as their own. American flags fly on street corners, a large painted Biden mural overlooks the town square, while photographs of a beaming Biden hang proudly in shop windows, with slogans that read: "Our man in the White House." In 2016, he brought his children and...

Muslim Declares Muhammad’s Supremacy Over Jesus at Catholic Mass Irish Fr. Stephen Farragher invites Muslims to his altar to pray to Allah COUNTY MAYO, Ireland (ChurchMilitant.com) Muslims, invited by a Catholic priest in Ireland to pray alongside him during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, prayed the Adhan — the Islamic call to prayer that categorically proclaims Islam's supremacy over its forebears — Judaism and Christianity.   Father Stephen Farragher, parish priest of St. Patrick's Church in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, invited two Muslims to "pray in solidarity" with him "the final blessing and prayer" at the 10 a.m. Friday Mass to be broadcast on radio, Midwest Radio...

Mayo farmer found guilty of manslaughter 20 July 2005 22:37 A Co Mayo farmer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a Traveller during a violent incident at his farm in October of last year. Padraic Nally, of Funshinaugh, Cross, Co Mayo, was found not guilty of the murder of John Ward, a father of 11, from Carrowbrowne Halting Site, on the outskirts of Galway city. At the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar, a jury of seven women and five men brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter but not guilty of murder after two hours of deliberation...