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While Covid-19 and the vaccine rollout continue to dominate the headlines for all the right reasons, for farmers, Department of Agriculture deadlines still have to be met.

Fianna Fáil Senator for Mayo, Lisa Chambers, welcomes the announcement by The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, that the application process for the 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Greening Scheme is now open for Mayo farmers.

The recovery in new home completions in the final quarter of 2020, bringing the total for the year to 20,676 marking a drop of only 1.9 percent on 2019 but an increase of 15.9 percent in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 is an indication of the construction industry’s ability to recover from the devastation of the pandemic, and augurs well for 2021, IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers said.

The new Galway-based marine exploration research vessel to replace the Celtic Voyager is to be named RV Tom Crean after the Irish seaman and polar explorer in Antarctica. The new vessel is set to be completed in 2022 and be based in Galway Harbour where the port comprises a dock basin.

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.

Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has called for the provision of IT funding for agriculture students.

As news emerged on Friday last that an approved alcohol based hand sanitiser, ViraPro, which was been widely used in schools, had been recalled by the HSE due to the possible detrimental health reactions, it has been confirmed by an Athlone businessman working within the realm of disinfection, that a self-penned letter detailing concerns relating to such an occurrence was issued to the Minister for Education, Deputy Norma Foley, in August.

Deputy Michael Ring TD has received confirmation that the third tranche in 2020 of grant awards by the Fisheries Local Action Group established under Ireland’s European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme, has been allocated to four groups in Mayo. The grants are co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union.

Middle Ireland and those living in rural Ireland have been "forgotten in Budget 2021", while farmers will see "little or no benefit" as a result of the measures.

An exceedance for the pesticide, MCPA, has been detected in the public drinking water supply in Louisburgh.