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Mayo County Council will hear a presentation from Community Action on Dementia in Mayo, following a request from the organisation which was approved at the May meeting of the council. Cllr Joe Mellet proposed the presentation, saying that anything that adds to the discussion and debate on this issue is to be welcomed.

Westmeath County Council will officially invite Bruce Springsteen to the county for The Gathering.

The proposed fish farm for Galway Bay has met with the “reservations” of Galway county councillors, who are demanding that the Government take note of their concerns.

Westmeath County Council is fundamentally misunderstanding its brief to research plans for its stretch of the National Cycle Network, says Councillor Denis Leonard.

Westmeath County Council has unveiled a new road scheme that will give residents access to €5m in funds for local road improvements, but councillors are less than enthusiastic about it.

Westmeath County Council has launched an art competition for primary and secondary schools in the county. The winning entries will be printed in a schools academic calendar September 2013 - June 2014. The lucky students who win, will receive a €25 shopping voucher and a workshop for their school.

Mayo County Council officials gave an undertaking to ensure that all playgrounds in the county are suitable for children with special needs. Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway Walsh put forward a motion at this month’s meeting of the council calling on the body to “make certain the provision of new equipment and the adaptation of existing playgrounds, so that children with disabilities are not discriminated against in the county.”

Following a long day of presentations and contributions, the 2013 annual budget for Mayo County Council was adopted with little fuss on Monday evening in Castlebar. The only major change to the adopted budget, which was proposed by Fine Gael whip Cllr Joe Mellett and seconded by Fianna Fáil whip Cllr Micheál McNamara from the draft one that was presented to the members, was the need to find an extra €70,000 to fund some extra projects and to make up a €40,000 shortfall in the fire service budget when the members refused to increase the call out charge for the service from €150 to €200.

A residents association in Mullingar has appealed a decision to grant permission to Tesco to completely re-develop its Ashe Road premises.

Westmeath County Council will write to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter, asking him to reverse the decision to close three rural Garda stations in the county.