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Current guidelines for planning permission for one-off housing must be amended, according to Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary.

During the launch in the Castlecourt Hotel last Friday of the three Westport area Fine Gael candidates running for the county election, Michael Ring TD told those present that it would not be long before Mayo has a taoiseach and perhaps a job for himself along the way.

An Taisce has extended a sincere thanks to all of the Mayo volunteers who gave freely of their time to organise so many fantastic clean-up events in Mayo throughout April as part of the annual National Spring Clean campaign.

Castlebar, which was shortlisted for the Large Town Category, fared well in a judging report for the recent Ireland’s Best Kept Town awards, however a number of key areas need to be developed upon in order for the town to win in this category.

A summer lecture in the Achill Archaeological Field School located in Dooagh, Achill Island, will take place on August 11.

The contentious issue surrounding the zoning of the privately owned Bank of Ireland garden in Westport was discussed at a special meeting of Westport Town Council last week where councillors were finalising the draft development plan, with a proposal put through which would see the garden zoned for open space and also for commercial development.

NUI Galway is unlikely to change its name despite yesterday’s announcement of the dissolution of the National University of Ireland, according to the university’s president Dr Jim Browne.

Ballintubber artist Cathal McCarthy has been picked to design the newest piece of public art for Mullingar, Co Westmeath.