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More than 500 Irish musicians, singers, and dancers are expected to take over the numerous venues in Ballina and its surrounding towns for the six day Mayo Manchester Tradfest. The week-long family friendly festival will feature a whole host of award winning performers involved in 10 key events and a further 60 fringe events, and is expected to attract some 50,000 visitors. The unique celebration featuring performers from Mayo and Manchester is launched on Friday July 29 with a special live two hour radio broadcast by Midwest Radio from Bar Square in Ballina. The free event will feature a host of VIPs and performers and runs from 6pm to 8pm.

Ballina Arts Centre and the Jackie Clarke Museum will host a literary event of national importance on Thursday, August 4, to celebrate the work of Ballina-born Faber poet Dorothy Molloy.

MayoNorth.ie and Ballina Chamber are hosting a free informal tourism expo taking place in the Ballina Manor Hotel from 10am to 1pm on Tuesday next May 24. The event is designed to showcase the tourist offering throughout the Ballina Municipal District and Enniscrone.

The discount retailer Mr Price has announced plans to open the new store in Ballina and has been delighted with the reaction to Mr Price coming to Ballina and the huge amount of interest from customers looking to shop in Mr Price.

Mayo County Council had made numerous applications to the Office of Public Works for funding under a minor works scheme to make improvements to the Bachelors Walk area of the town, which has had a history of flooding and came under threat of flooding again recently, but had been turned down by the OPW on each of its previous applications. The council has a fresh application for funding under this scheme and this time around is hopeful of getting funding.

Ballina Park Run takes place each Saturday morning at 9.30am, meeting at Ballina Town FC in Belleek, go along and join in this timed 5k fun run each weekend.

A Ballina man who had €2,400 cash seized by gardai as part of a criminal investigation into a robbery where €50,000 in cash was stolen in 2014 was in court this week looking to have the cash returned to him. Detective Garda Leo Heaney told the court in Ballina that on March 10 2014 the money was seized by Gardai at the man's home in Ballina following a search of his home on foot of a bench warrant issued by the court.

A further meeting took place in Ballina last week with representatives from Irish Water, Mayo County Council, elected representatives, and Ballina Chamber of Commerce to discuss the emergency watermains rehabilitation works which are being fast-tracked by Irish Water.

Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has received confirmation from Irish Water this week that it has approved the replacement of the problematic water mains in the town centre of Ballina, which is an estimated €700,000 investment.