O'Hara says Ballina 'like an orphan' over lack of progress on roads out of town

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

It is imperative to the connectivity of Ballina to other major towns in the county - that the N26 from Mount Falcon to Foxford and then on to Ballyvary to join up with the new N5 Castlebar to Westport - gets put back on the agenda - a number of councillors said this week.

Artworks by Mayo artists will be added to the National Collection

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Minister Catherine Martin has announced that 422 artworks by 70 artists will be added to the National Collection thanks to the €1m fund provided to the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and the Crawford Art Gallery in October 2020.

Mayo Pink Ribbon 'boldly' setting a new fundraising target

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Mayo Pink Ribbon recently launched their 2021 fundraising event ‘300k YOUR Way’ – a virtual 300km journey around the beautiful county of Mayo while raising vital funds for breast cancer research.

Call for vaccination centre in Ballina

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Loftus has called for a second Covid-19 vaccination centre in the county to be established in Ballina. Cllr Loftus raised the issue at the April meeting of the Ballina Municipal District, saying that it would speed up the whole process and that a town the size of Ballina, along with the north Mayo region, should have a centre. He asked for the council to write to the Department of Health to raise the matter. He was backed by his party colleague Cllr Annie May Reape and Fine Gael Cllr John O’Hara in this call.

Ballina biodiversity plan goes on public display

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

The elected members of Ballina Municipal District have agreed that a new Biodiversity Plan for the town will be put on public display. The members were given a presentation on the plan by Deirdre Cunningham, heritage officer for Mayo County Council, at their April meeting.

Call for Ballina policing committee

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Councillor Michael Loftus has asked for a joint policing forum to be set up for the Ballina Municipal District. He told the April meeting of the district that following on from a recent countywide Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting, he wanted to see a forum set up similar to that used to exist before the abolition of town councils, when Ballina Town Council had its own JPC - which then fed into a countywide JPC.

Reape looks for refurbishment works on footpaths

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Fianna Fáil councillor Annie May Reape put forward a notice of motion before the April meeting of the Ballina Municipal District reading: "Under the Active Travel 2021 allocations, as recently announced, I am asking Ballina MD to include footpath refurbishment works in Childers Heights and Moy Heights. I further ask Ballina MD to include improvement works to the pedestrian crossings at Tolan St/O’Rahilly St/Casement St and Bury St in the Ballina Town Transportation Plan."

Duffy looks for footpath extension on Killala Road

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Independent Ballina councillor Mark Duffy put forward a notice of motion at the April meeting of the Ballina Municipal District calling for a 300 meter extension of the footpath on the Killala road in Ballina to Oaklawn housing estate; and also, in time, allowing it to connect up with the proposed new Culleens National School.

Weir wants filter lane onto Connolly street in Ballina

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Independent councillor Seamus Weir put forward a motion at the April meeting of the Ballina Municipal District which read: "I call on Ballina Municipal District to provide a left filter lane on Water Lane Street, turning left on to Connolly Street.

Ballina to put up plaque in memory of PJ Ruttledge

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Cllr Annie May Reape put forward a notice of motion before the April meeting of the Ballina Municipal District, calling on Mayo County Council to erect a plaque on Pearse Street in memory of the late PJ Ruttledge.

Duffy calls for stream to be covered over in estate

Fri, Apr 23, 2021

Ballina councillor Mark Duffy has called on Mayo County Council to cover over an open section of a stream located at the green area of the Moyvale housing estate in the town.