King Brian was killed during the battle, his army were nonetheless victorious and it is widely lauded as an instrumental moment in Irish history #onthisday, ON THIS DAY in 1912 RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City #factoftheday #onthisday #otd. The pontiff's 1979 visit marked the first to Ireland by any pope and the centenary of the reputed apparitions at the Shrine of Knock in August 1879. The Army Bomb Disposal Team was called to Knocknacarra, shortly before 10pm last night following a request by Gardai. #otd, One of the world’s most coveted coins is coming to the market. A motorcycle and a quantity of power tools were stolen from a property in the area. The Dublin Mint Office website uses cookies to let you move from one part of the web site to another and to add coins to the shopping basket without having to login repeatedly. Knock Shrine has requested that its certificates and holy water be withdrawn from a Pope John Paul II coin package offered by the Dublin Mint Office, priced at up to €9,000. A male fled the scene but was later arrested in the area and…, Just seven countries have made the updated travel greenlist. Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit executed a search of a house on the Headford Road in Galway at approximately 9pm last night.…, 1,600 Leaving Cert students in Mayo wait for round one of the CAO offers has ended. Can you name all four coins below? Enda Cleary was synonymous with the motor trade for many years taking over from his father Andy who set up Cleary’s Motors in Kiltimagh. Currently, people who are diagnosed with the virus have to self isolate for two weeks from when symptoms first develop. As you can see each commemorative personally is struck and inspected by hand. The incident happened at Barrack Street shortly after 9 o’clock this morning. Its the Easter Eggstravaganza! According to the HSE’s figures at 8 p.m. yesterday, there were no cases in the Castlebar hospital. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a financial crisis for the Mayo airport - due to a collapse in passenger numbers and the stringent…, The business community of Mayo, Galway and Sligo have united for the first time, to call on Government to respond to the challenges currently facing Ireland West Airport Knock. While dozens of people were rescued from…, There are fewer patients on trolleys today at Mayo University Hospital than earlier this week . A quantity of cash was taken from an…, Over 1,600 students in Mayo are among some 60,000 who received their Leaving Cert results today - in a year like no other, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A winner will be picked at random from all entries, and some-bunny will will an 1/10th Oz 24ct Gold Angel Coin! In a statement to Midwest News after…, With the Summer season finished and schools reopen, hotels are now reporting a 70% drop in projected revenues for the month of September, compared to this time last year. On Tuesday next, Kathy Clarke of the Dublin Mint Office will present the medal to Fr Richard Gibbons, Parish Priest of Knock, and this is one of a range of medals that have been released by the Mint Office to celebrate the anniversary of the Papal visit. Public urged to hand over more cash to clear debt run up by Church during Pope's visit, Dublin Zoo claims Pope's visit lost them 100,000 visitors in 2018, RTE reveals it lost over €13 million in 2018 as it rages at licence fee evasion in annual report, Dublin weather: Temperatures drop below zero as winter hits Ireland hard but big change coming say Met Eireann, Coronavirus Ireland: Elderly patient identified as 'super spreader' after 14 die in Dublin hospital due to Covid-19, Speaking about the 'super spreader', the study says: '[The patient] would characteristically shout directly into faces of staff members passing by'. 75% of the new cases were in people…, 102 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed this evening, and no new deaths recorded by the Department of Health. This ensures the best quality product for you, our customers. Public access to the bridge has been cut off for a number of months now, after council…, A Ballinrobe Councillor has welcomed the work that has taken place in the Library Building in the town. It comes as repeat Covid 19 testing in meat plants is on hold until next week. Members from the Sligo Leitrim Divisional Drugs Unit assisted by Detective Units seized €70,000 worth of controlled drugs (pending…, Mayo County Council is warning motorists to 'look out for love-crazed deer on Irish roads'. However the rising number of individual…, Large house parties are ‘an ongoing theme’ in Galway City despite current public health advice. To #WIN, simply do the following : No further deaths have been recorded among patients. 0. Garda Horkan on June…, An Aontú representative for Mayo, has hit out at Taoiseach Micheál Martin over remarks he made in the Dáil regarding the EU cross border directive. Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins said that he "would have followed him through hell". #BreastCancerIreland #BreastCancerAwareness #October #DublinMintOffice #BCI. The traditional State exams in June were cancelled this year, and instead teachers were asked to submit…, A Ballyhaunis-born athlete, and founder of the Irish Runner magazine, set off from his home town this morning on a walk to Dublin that will cover 200 km over 12 days to raise funds for the Coombe hospital in Dublin.