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What were the councillors of the Ballina Municipal District talking about at their latest meeting?

A new Shopfront Grant Scheme is now available to businesses across the Castlebar Municipal district. This scheme has been launched further to a proposal by Councillor Donna Sheridan at the March meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District, who welcomed the launch, saying: "I am delighted that the scheme is now in operation, businesses can apply for grant funding of up to 50% of approved works to a maximum of €1,000. With many shops reopening last week, it is vital we do everything we can to support local businesses. This scheme is available to businesses in Belcarra, Balla, Breaffy, Ballyvary, Castlebar, Turlough and Lahardaun." For further information log on to https://tinyurl.com/4h2wjeze.

News-in-brief from around the county - catch up on what's been gonig on. 

The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District are waiting to hear the observations from locals and community groups in Breaffy on a report putting forward a number of options, before they decide on what steps to take next in their pursuit of the lowering of the speed limit in the village.

The elected members and officials from the Castlebar Municipal District have appealed to members of the public who are using Lough Lannagh to get some exercise, to not park their cars at the new cemetery in the town.

North West SPCA in Mayo is to receive €12,000 in funding from Mayo County Council as a result of a long discussion on animal welfare that took up much of the December meeting of the council this week, with everything from dog-breeding, dog-abandoning, sheep worrying, goats eating up gardens and cruelty to horses being highlighted by councillors.

The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District have issued an invitation for the President of GMIT to come to one of their meetings to address concerns the councillors have about the future of the Mayo campus of the third level institution.

When the newly elected Mayo County Council holds its inaugural meeting early next month, there will be four new faces taking their seats after last weekend's elections. We take a look at the new fresher councillors.

There will only be two female councillors on Mayo County Council for its new term starting June 2019, which is down from five female councillors who were elected in the 2014 local elections.

After all the counting was said and done in the local elections, just like five years ago, the Independent councillors elected now hold the balance of power in the council chamber.