Council gets nod to proceed with Mayo Abbey sewerage scheme

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

Work on the Mayo Abbey sewerage scheme will commence later this year, a meeting of the Ballinrobe electoral area committee were told this week.

Bower’s Walk project on hold until footbridge is replaced

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

Refurbishment works to the Bower’s Walk in Ballinrobe are in jeopardy because a condemned footbridge needs to be rebuilt with the proposed works costing an estimated €400,000.

Man found with cannabis worth €468

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

A 41-year-old Mayo County Council general operative was before Belmullet District Court on Wednesday after gardaí found €468 worth of cannabis resin during a search in his premises.

Ballina councillors approve raising of loan for Clúid scheme

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

The elected members of Mayo County Council from Ballina approved the raising of a loan of €12.9 million for the provision of a 66-unit housing development in St Patrick’s Estate in Ballina by Clúid Housing Association. Senior executive officer Paul Benson outlined to the members the reason for the raising of this loan. He told the members that the council would raise the loan and hand the money over to Clúid for the scheme, but the council would be reimbursed fully by central government the amount of the loan and any charges that were applied on it. He also informed the members that the tendering process was well under way for the project and that he was still confident that work would be under way on the scheme before the summer.

Ballina councillors stand firm on zoning change

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

The Ballina electoral area committee stood firm on their stance in regard to a zoning issue in the town and environs development plan at their meeting this week. Stephen Dowds, a planning consultant for Mayo County Council, went through a number of submissions that the council had received on foot of the draft development plan that was published late last year. One submission and suggestion in the manager’s report sparked the ire of the councillors. Before the plan went out on public display the elected members of the council had decided to rezone a portion of land from agricultural to industrial commercial, at the request of a business owner who had a premises he wanted to extend. However the report put before them at this week’s meeting was calling on changing the lands back to agricultural.

Six year driving disqualification for man with no insurance

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

A Latvian man who was disqualified from driving for two years in 2008, and was detected driving in Belmullet in February — a week after he purchased a car — with no insurance or driving licence, was disqualified from driving for six years and given a suspended sentence at Belmullet District Court this week.

No progress on old age grants, Claremorris councillors told

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

At the Claremorris electoral area meeting this week Fine Gael councillor John Cribben questioned when the housing grants for the elderly would be paid out.

Man who didn’t go home with his mother fined for public order offences

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

A Ballyhaunis man who refused to take a lift home with his mother who was waiting for him after he was ejected from a bar, and was ordered to go home by gardaí was convicted and fined for a public order offence in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

Progress on Attymass and Knockmore sewerage schemes welcomed

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

The members of the Ballina electoral area welcomed the progress reports they were given on the Knockmore and Attymass sewerage schemes at their meeting this week. Mr Brian O’Reilly, senior engineer with the water services department, told the meeting that the Knockmore scheme will have capacity for an extra 80 houses. The project is expected to cost in the region of €1.2 million and will be carried out under the small schemes programme.

“We don’t have the money to do it in 2009 so it falls in behind the Neale and Mayo Abbey in relation to schemes, but it will be at the top of the list for 2010,” he added.

Making the right choice for your home, budget, and health

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

Carpets, upholstery, and floor coverings are a huge investment in all our homes. With disposable income down, we all have to find ways to make our euro go further.

Mocks.ie — a new online exam service

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students in Mayo and across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams.

Claremorris planning applications down

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

Planning applications were down over a third in the Claremorris electoral area for the three month period of January to March 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Senior planner for Mayo County Council John McMyler gave the elected members the number on foot of a request at the previous month’s meetings. He informed the members: “In the first three months of 2008 there were 500 planning applications on file in this area, and this year for the same period there are 314 applications, that’s a drop of around 37 per cent.”

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