Search Results for 'Damien Ryan'

What was said at the June meeting of the Claremorris Municipal District?

Fianna Fáil councillor Damien Ryan has called for more returns to be seen on the roads from the velocity patchers owned by Mayo County Council. The Ballinrobe-based councillor welcomed the news that Mayo County Council was in the process of finalising the purchase of a fourth velocity patcher for the county - but he told the April meeting of the council, 'we should be seeing more return from those machines on the road'.

Welcome for funding for Castlebar projects 

Fianna Fáil Cllr Damien Ryan asked at this month's Roads and Transportation Strategic Policy Committee of Mayo County Council for an update on the selection of a route for the proposed Cong relief road.

Fianna Fáil councillor Damien Ryan has welcomed progress taking place to improve the N84 north of Shrule. At the Roads and Transport Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) of Mayo County Council, Cllr Ryan asked for an update on the situation in regards to the N84 north of Shrule and 'that pinch point area that has been the focus of representations on a regular basis at Transport Infrastructure Ireland level', adding: "I am led to believe they may have considered that works." Responding to Cllr Ryan, head of roads for Mayo County Council, Paul Dolan, said: "On the initial TII allocation there was nothing for it, but I did contact them and they have allocated €50,000, which is to start the design and hopefully we can get on to land acquisition later this year to try and get widening the road at that section, there is an allocation now as a scheme and that should progress."

A top official at Mayo County Council said this week that he believed those responsible for illegal dumping should not be able to live freely in a civilised society.

North West SPCA in Mayo is to receive €12,000 in funding from Mayo County Council as a result of a long discussion on animal welfare that took up much of the December meeting of the council this week, with everything from dog-breeding, dog-abandoning, sheep worrying, goats eating up gardens and cruelty to horses being highlighted by councillors.

Fianna Fail's Mayo County Council whip Cllr Damien Ryan has called for the local authority to find a new permanent home for council meetings during the Covid-19 crisis - until the council can move back to holding full meetings in the existing council chamber at Aras an Chontae in Castlebar.

Following on from the recent flooding in south Mayo - including the closing off a major artery between south Mayo and Galway at The Neale crossroads - Fianna Fáil Cllr Damien Ryan has called for the Office of Public Works to appear at a meeting of the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District.

Fine Gael Cllr Neil Cruise has called for action to be taken following an incident in a housing estate in Foxford last Sunday night, at which he said: "All hell broke loose in the estate".