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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.

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.

Councillor Keith Martin, Labour's County Council candidate for Westport, has warmly welcomed the planned Citizens’ Information Service (CIS) Office for Westport, which is due to open in December.

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.

Pensioners, unemployed, and people with disabilities who used their own initiative to improve their living conditions without any contribution from the Galway City Council should not be neglected by the same body.

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.

Members of Kilkenny County Council narrowly heeded the advice of the county manager not to rezone approximately 20 acres of land at Friars Hill in Thomastown for residential development.

Kilkenny County Council has agreed to a proposal by Cllr Tomás Breathnach, that it convene a special meeting in September to discuss the recommendations on local government included in the Snip Report.

Up to 260 civil servants will have a permanent base in Carlow after An Bord Pleanála granted the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment permission for new offices in the town centre.