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Mayo county councillors have unanimously rejected a directive by Minister John Gormley to designate Lough Carra as a Special Protected Area under the EU Birds Directive, of special conservation interest for the common gull.

Eviction may be a fear facing some home-owners right now but in Ballyhaunis a worse fate awaits a number of families whose homes are set to be bulldozed to the ground by Mayo County Council.

A request for information on Mayo VEC expenses by Castlebar Town Council has upset committee members.

Both the towns of Claremorris and Ballinrobe will offer free parking in the middle of the towns in the coming weeks as part of a three month trial. The county councillors from the areas had been lobbying Mayo County Council for some time now to get some free parking spaces in the towns, to help boost the economy in the south Mayo towns.

Growing links between Ballinrobe and Lithuania will be strengthened even more this month when a delegation from the south Mayo town and Mayo County Council visit the Baltic country to initiate a Town Twinning partnership.

Fine Gael councillor Tom Connolly handed over a petition signed by 702 people from Claremorris calling on the council to bring in a one hour free parking for on street parking in the town. “The people are moving away from the town centre to do their shopping to the big supermarkets because they offer free parking,” Cllr Connolly told the meeting. “Mayo County Council will have to look at making some kind of concession or the middle of the town will close down and there will be no rates coming in from the rate payers.”

Claremorris Electoral area briefs

Awareness of green issues is low

A recent announcement by Minister for Housing, Michael Finneran TD, of funding for housing repair grants scheme has caused local councillors to be inundated with calls from applicants according to the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council. Cllr John Cribben was speaking at the Claremorris Electoral Area Committee this week where he said “people have seen this story in the newspapers and they assume that if they have applied for the grant they are going to get the money now. But I’m led to believe it’s not that easy.”

Mayo County Council has received an allocation of €3.7 million for the housing repair grants for the elderly for 2010. This year’s allocation is an increase from the €2.9 million allocation in 2009. But it comes nowhere near meeting the requirements to pay out the number of applications that have been received for the grants according to Fine Gael councillor Patsy O’Brien at the Claremorris Electoral Area this weekend. “This allocation is nowhere near half enough,” Cllr O’Brien said. “There are people who are over a year waiting for this money to come through after they submitted their allocations.”