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There will be no increase in commercial rates in Mayo for 2021 following the adoption of the new budget by the elected members of Mayo County Council at their annual budget meeting on Monday morning.

Councillors have expressed fears that the proposals for speed limits and increases they rejected this week will come back to them unchanged, leaving Galway with little ability to create speed limits suitable for different areas of the city.

Cllr Martin McLoughlin has called for an expansion of the greenway network in Castlebar.

The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District have called on the council executive to arrange a meeting between themselves, the local community in Islandeady and other interested bodies, in relation to the potential cutting-off of a large part of the community for a long period of time, due to the construction of the new Westport to Turlough Road project.

A Fine Gael councillor has claimed that only six of the 19 CCTV cameras in the county town are working.

Cycling Officers need to be quickly appointed to Galway City and County Councils according to the Galway Cycling Campaign, which has written to both councils seeking a timeline for the hiring process.

Two councillors in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District have called for a meeting between the council executive, councillors and local stakeholders in Newport to be arranged, to plan the future development in the town where a number of projects are expected to be delivered in the coming years.

As Town Mayor, Cllr. Frankie Keena, prepares to pass on his chain of office at the forthcoming meeting of Athlone Moate Municipal District, he spoke with the Athlone Advertiser this week to reflect upon what he described as an “unprecedented” year in the role.

Mayo County Council chief executive Peter Hynes has urged the county to 'stay safe but stay strong.'

Independent Cllr Johno O'Malley has asked the executive of the West Mayo Municipal District whether there are any changes to be made to the amount of land people need to own to get planning permission in rural areas.