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Plans to develop the railway goods store in Swinford were met with approval by the four local councillors this week.

Ballina Town Council could be on a collision course with the Department of the Environment they were warned when they amended the town development plan this week.

Irate public service workers aired their views to Mayo’s five TDs at an Impact arranged meeting on Monday afternoon, where the general consensus among the public workers was the injustice that the public sector are bearing the brunt in providing significant contributions in solving the countries economic recovery, through the recently announced pension levy.

A proposal to improve pedestrian access in Kilkelly and create a car park has met local opposition but consultation between the council and locals will continue.

Fine Gael county councillor Michelle Mulherin questioned the use of the new long term lease plan announced by the Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Michael Finneran TD recently. Minister Finneran announced the €20 million project when he was in Ballina recently to announce the multi million euro funding for the rejuvenation of St Patrick’s Estate in the town.

The elected members of Mayo County Council from Ballina approved the raising of a loan of €12.9 million for the provision of a 66-unit housing development in St Patrick’s Estate in Ballina by Clúid Housing Association. Senior executive officer Paul Benson outlined to the members the reason for the raising of this loan. He told the members that the council would raise the loan and hand the money over to Clúid for the scheme, but the council would be reimbursed fully by central government the amount of the loan and any charges that were applied on it. He also informed the members that the tendering process was well under way for the project and that he was still confident that work would be under way on the scheme before the summer.

The four elected members of the Swinford electoral area adopted a report on the €2 million upgrade works for the Parkview Estate in Charlestown at the committee’s first bi-monthly meeting of the new council this week. The Swinford area was the only area in the county to return the same outgoing councillors after last month’s Local Elections.

An Bord Pleanála criticised

Ballina Electoral Area Committee members reacted with disgruntlement during their recent meeting, when it was announced that housing grants will no longer be approved.

There is an estimated €7,029,542 worth of housing grants waiting for approval in Mayo County Council under three grant schemes operated by the council, the housing SPC of the council was told this week. The three grant areas that the council handle are the mobility grants scheme, the housing adaptation grant scheme for people with disabilities, and the housing aid for older people.