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Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has called on Mayo county councillors, and in particular the Fine Gael representatives, to use Section 140 of the Local Government Act to force the county manager to use an insurance windfall to complete the long awaited repairs on the bridge at Turlough, Castlebar. Cllr Barrett made his call after learning that councillors can force the council management to carry out these works under Section 140 once they can provide the money. And an insurance windfall of €160,000 which will be coming to the local authority from its insurers, the Irish Public Bodies (IPB), and which is not included in the annual budget, would fund the works according to the Labour councillor.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s commitment to his home town of Castlebar and County Mayo has been questioned by a local Fianna Fáil councillor leading to a war of words, and the threat of a punch up between two elected members of Castlebar town council, on the local airwaves.

Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has welcomed the installation of the new bridge at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar. The bridge was installed on Monday by Thompson Construction, Co Carlow, and will be the focus of the development of a series of new walkways planned for the Castlebar area.

Castlebar Labour councillor Harry Barrett has called on Mayo county councillors to use an insurance windfall to complete the long awaited repairs on the bridge at Turlough, Castlebar. Cllr Barrett made his call after learning that an insurance windfall of €160,000 will be coming to Mayo County Council from a recent announcement by its insurers the Irish Public Bodies, IPB.

Taxi rank changes in county town

Castlebar Town Council are preparing to publish new draft parking bye laws to go hand in hand with the rejuvenation works in the middle of the town. As part of the draft, the parking for taxis on Main Street in the town will be reduced to three spaces during the day on the east side of the street beside Parsons shops with extra spaces becoming taxi spaces in the evening time.

Castlebar’s built heritage has been neglected and a significant amount of work needs to be carried out to buildings on some of the town’s streets, according to Mayo County Council’s Heritage Officer Ms Deirdre Cunningham.

Mayo General Hospital is short 12 junior doctors out of 80 posts, a situation which could lead to the axing of services in the future, most notably in the A&E department. The shortages are in the areas of emergency and medicine.

Independent Castlebar town councillor Michael Kilcoyne said he was disappointed with the turn out of councillors for what he described as “one of the most important issues for this council to deal with” this week. The council this week held a special meeting to discuss and amend the Draft Anti Social Behaviour Strategy 2010-2014 for Castlebar. The meeting was attend by only five of the nine members for the majority of the meeting, with it taking place with only four members present for a period of time also. Those members present were Mayor Ger Deere, councillors Harry Barrett, Blackie Gavin, Therese Ruane, and Michael Kilcoyne. Independent councillor Frank Durcan left the meeting before it began in protest, after no prayer was said at its outset.

Castlebar Town Council received 49 submissions in relation to putting a bus stop in the town closer to Mayo General Hospital as part of their planned refurbishment works of the Mountain View area of the town.