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A land swap and sale deal between Mayo County Council and Inishoo Management Limited that was passed at the April meeting of the local authority, has been objected to by a Westport-based councillor.

Fine Gael Westport-based councillor, Cllr Peter Flynn, has requested that a housing strategy be placed as an item on the agenda of the May meeting of Mayo County Council.

The Mayo Draft County Development Plan 2021-2027 is to go on public display in the next few weeks until early March and the public is being encouraged to get involved and have their say on how they wish the county to develop.

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.

The time has come for existing town boundaries to be looked at as well as extensions to them, said one county councillor at this month's meeting of Mayo County Council.

Fine Gael Cllr Peter Flynn has called for action to be taken to improve the footpaths around Westport town. Speaking at the West Mayo Municipal District February meeting this week, he said: "It has been something that has bothered me since I came back on to this council in June last year and I am talking about the main thoroughfares. What has really brought it to a head in the last few months has been the Quay Road - probably the busiest footpath outside the town centre. It links the Quay and the town and is used by visitors and locals alike.

Achill based Cllr Paul McNamara has said that he fears that two beaches on the island at Keel and Dooagh are in danger of potentially being washed away if another big storm comes.

Leon Tunney-Ware, multi award-winning business owner, musican Chris Haze, international popstar Lydia Ford, cancer survivor Paul Coghlan and Cllr Peter Flynn, gathered recently in Westport Town Hall to call on the local community to come together to host an exciting new charity event in Westport; Relay For Life.

Commercial rates will rise by four per cent next year, but there will be no increase in 2021 - after Mayo County Council's budget for 2020 was passed this week.