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Tributes were paid to two much respected councillors who are by their own decision not returning to the council chamber after the local elections in June.

Many familiar faces will, once again, hit the campaign trail next spring in the run-up to the May local elections for what promises to be a formidable battle, as candidates old and new, compete for coveted council seats.

Progressive Democrats councillor Declan McDonnell, the man behind the amended motion to lower an increase in development levies at last week’s city council meeting, is a little angry regarding the ongoing debate.

The Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council has proposed that copies of the Marked Register should be sent to each elected councillor in order to update the Register of Electors in Co Mayo.

A large development located on the Lodge Road in Westport may fail to get planning permission following the non-inclusion of submissions which were received by the town council in September in relation to their considering a material contravention to the Westport Development Plan.

The Chorus saga which has dogged Castlebar Town Council for the last number of years has ended with the council having to fork out €162,000 in settlements and legal fees over the release of a €152,369 bond lodged with them by the company. An out of court settlement saw the council hand over €100,000 to Chorus and then pay out €62,000 in legal expenses.

The new Garda substation for Ballybane will help deter crime and provide necessary services to the local community according to Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh.

Members of Castlebar Town Council voted by five votes to two on Tuesday night to fix a development bond on new housing developments in the town. The new bond will see developers having to lodge a bond of €6,000 per house on developments of up to 10 houses, €5,000 per house on developments of between 11 and 30 houses (a minimum bond of €60,000 must be lodged) and bond of €4,000 per house on developments over 31 houses (a minimum of €150,000 must be lodged).

Carlow’s local councillors have come out in force to support pensioners in their fight against medical card means testing.

Labour councillor Sean O’ hArgain called for the secret vote that is part of the standing orders governing the decision on honouring someone with Freedom of the city to be abolished.