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With just weeks to go to the grand opening of the new N5 road between Castlebar and Westport, councillors in the county town have complained that service roads impacted by the construction works have been left in a terrible state, with one suggesting that more people than ever will end up using the old road.

With just weeks to go to the grand opening of the new N5 road between Castlebar and Westport, councillors in the county town have complained that service roads impacted by the construction works have been left in a terrible state, with one suggesting that more people than ever will end up using the old road.

A sense of bafflement pervaded the October meeting of Castlebar MD on Wednesday afternoon last, in which several local councillors said they really had no clue what is going on in the town - and even a government TD didn’t know what was going on either.

Sixth class students Fintan Burrows and James McKeown from Brackloon National School presented to the Mayo County Council Climate and Biodiversity Subcommittee at the end of last month in Brackloon/Drummin Community Centre.

A strong case to develop a state-of-the-art community centre in Islandeady was outlined to members of Castlebar Municipal District when they met at the existing centre for their May meeting on Wednesday last.

The chief executive of Mayo County Council, Kevin Kelly, will be meeting with Mayo GAA next week to discuss the proposed development of a centre of excellence by the GAA at Lough Lannagh in Castlebar.

A quick catch up on what's been going on around the county 

Fine Gael councillor Ger Deere has received the full backing of the elected members of Castlebar Municipal District for the installation of a number of benches and picnic tables at locations around the town for the summer months.

On Monday afternoon at the May meeting of Mayo County Council, the coastal village of Mulranny was formally announced by Mayo County Council as Mayo's Initial Decarbonising Zone - aiming to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 51 per cent by 2030, as required under Action 165 of the National Climate Action Plan.

The elected members of Mayo County Council gave their approval to the raising of a loan of €650,000 for the construction of a new Regional Training Centre at Lois an Circe in Saleen, Castlebar, at their April meeting.