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The people of Ireland will go to the polls on Friday March 11 in what will undoubtedly be one of the most highly anticipated general elections in decades.

The Government national four-year recovery plan is farcical and a complete destruction according to Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh.

Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh has described Fine Gael’s plan to reduce the number of workers in the public service by 30,000 as “a plan to lengthen the dole queues”. She also challenged the Labour Party to state if it would go along with such a plan.

The chair of the Belmullet Electoral Area committee, Fine Gael councillor Gerry Coyle, said that the move towards the council leasing houses to people, rather than supplying houses, would be the “death knell for rural villages” as many of the units for lease are in the larger areas.

Extra machinery to clear snow and extra salt storage have been accrued with NRA funding in order to deal with the possibility of severe winter weather in the county, according to director of services Joe Beirne.

Erris Anti-Bullying Week will take place the week commencing Monday October 11.

Erris Anti-Bullying Week will take place the week commencing Monday October 11.

A positive step forward in relation to the Achill Sound Sewerage Scheme was announced at this week’s meeting of the Belmullet Electoral Area Committee, where it was announced that commissioning of the treatment system will go ahead in October or November.

The problem of overgrown hedges on county roads could be alleviated by people on the Live Register being employed to cut them down, according to a local councillor speaking at a meeting this week.

Fine Gael councillor Gerry Coyle is the new Chair for the Belmullet Electoral Area after he was elected at this week’s area meeting.