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The Government’s controversial property tax became a reality this week as homeowners across Mayo began receiving letters detailing information about the tax, how to value their property and calculate the amount of tax they owe, and how to pay. But it is estimated that it could take up to four weeks for all the letters to be issued.

Mayo Fianna Fáil Deputy Dara Calleary has said any changes to the assessment for third level grants must not discriminate against farming families and self-employed workers. Dep Calleary said the conflicting reports from ministers about plans to include capital assets in the means-testing for student grants are causing great distress among farming and self-employed families.

Mayo Fianna Fáil Deputy Dara Calleary has slammed the Government’s decision to shut down six Garda stations in Mayo. Before a Fianna Fail motion was debated in the Dáil, the deputy had urged Fine Gael to reverse its “dangerous decision”, however on Wednesday evening—following an adjournment of the Dáil for several hours in order to allow TDs to attend the State funeral of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe—the motion was rejected by the Dáil.

Mayo Fianna Fáil representative, Lisa Chambers, has called on Minister Alan Shatter to stop the cuts to Garda numbers at a time when crime figures soar.

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has accused the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter of single-handedly dismantling local Garda resources amid an ongoing surge in burglaries and thefts in Co Mayo and across the western region.

Mayo Fianna Fail representative, Lisa Chambers, has called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to act immediately on this week's report setting out the future of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar.

Mayo Fianna Fail Deputy Dara Calleary has raised the serious problem with the upsurge in the number of burglaries which are taking place in Mayo over the past two months which has caused “genuine fear across the county”. The deputy, who raised the matter in the Dáil on Tuesday, has called on the Minster for Justice, Alan Shatter, to engage with the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, “immediately” in relation to the increase in numbers of robberies across the region.

Several hundred delegates of the European Liberal, Democratic and Reform group (ELDR) are due to attend the ELDR annual congress in Dublin early in November.

The late PJ Morley (81) was laid to rest in Knock cemetery on Wednesday afternoon last after his funeral mass. Mr Morley served as a Fianna Fáil TD for 20 years from 1977 to 1997 for the Mayo East constituency and was one of the driving forces in securing Government backing for the construction of Knock Airport in the 1980s. He died at Mayo General Hospital last Sunday following a short illness and is survived by his immediate family, wife Mary, sons Enda, Patrick, and Brian and daughter Cathy; his sisters Mary, Rene, and Bridget.

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has expressed serious concern about an “escalating crisis” at Mayo General Hospital following news of severe cutbacks to frontline services.