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The Irish Coast Guard and Water Safety Ireland are appealing to the public to be mindful of the drowning risk associated with the use of inflatable toys in open water.

A delegation of residents living near a railway crossing at Kilnageer - between the villages of Breaffy and Belcarra - attended the June meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District of Mayo County Council this week to appeal to the councillors to support their calls for a full-time solution to the railway crossing - where a serious accident occurred between a train and car on Wednesday, April 29.

Mayo County Councillor Cllr Al McDonnell has appealed to 'whoever is responsible for a spate of road sign thefts in his area to stop what they are doing'.

A number of road safety measures are currently being installed in Tynagh thanks to funding from a Galway County Councillor.

As public health measures to deal with COVID-19 gradually ease, safefood is reminding people of the steps they can take to protect themselves when food shopping and storing food at home.

With one third of all nursing homes in Ireland recording a diagnosis of COVID-19 and many of them recording deaths, the virus has wreaked havoc in normally tranquil and peaceful elder care facilities.

Mayo Road Safety Officer, Noel Gibbons, is highlighting a number of road safety issues as more motorists return to the road as lockdown restrictions lift.

Sage Advocacy has welcomed statements from Minister for Health, Simon Harris in relation to the long-term care model in the nursing home sector. Sage Advocacy is a support and advocacy service for vulnerable adults, older people and healthcare patients.

Mr. Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, has welcomed progress on works on all eight cells being progressed as part of the €12 million Athlone Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Irish Water and Mayo County Council wish to advise customers that a water main has burst in Ballina affecting 300 houses on Bunree Road and in Greenhills Estate.