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The Marine Institute has been given the green light to proceed with the development of a renewable energy test site in Galway Bay, with the granting this week of a 35-year foreshore lease for the 37-hectare site off An Spideál.

A dedicated "professional project manager" is urgently required to tackle Parkmore's traffic chaos and push through the bus and cycle lanes, park and ride facilities, and integrated transport solutions the area needs.

The 362 homes in Mayo that have been identified as having issues with pyrite in the blocks should be put at the top of any redress list if funding becomes available, the July meeting of the West Mayo Municipal District was told this week. Sinn Féin councillor Teresa Whelan put forward that idea at Monday's meeting which was held in Geesala.

Two Mayo senators have called on the Government to bring in a remediation scheme for homes in north Mayo that have been affected by pyrite. Both Sinn Féin senator Rose Conway-Walsh and Fine Gael senator Michelle Mulherin called for such a scheme to be put in place this week after the Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks published their report.

The fact that a housing applicant on the waiting list since 2002, has never been offered either a council house or a house from a voluntary body, is “incredible” and “reflective of a dysfunctional system” both at a local and State level.

That a housing applicant, on the waiting list since 2002, who has never been offered either a council house or a house from a voluntary body, is "incredible" and "reflective of a dysfunctional system" both at a local and State level.