Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that Housing Minister James Browne is examining the current social housing income thresholds amid growing calls for the limits in Mayo to be increased.

Members of Castlebar Municipal District have called on the chief executive of Mayo County Council to intensify efforts to identify vacant and derelict properties within the county town.

Councillors in Castlebar have voiced concerns over the length of time it is taking to bring vacant social housing units back into use in Mayo.

A Ballina councillor has asked Mayo County Council whether a footpath sought at Culleens National School on the Killala Road is to be put in place.

Topsoil removed during council works cannot be directed into recycling as it must be sent to permanent waste sites, according to an engineer with Mayo Co Council.

A councillor has welcomed a report showing that Ballina Municipal District is working on vacant council houses.

A Castlebar councillor has raised concerns over a serious case of anti-social behaviour in a local housing estate, including reports that young children have been photographed and animals abused.

Kilkelly councillor John Caulfield has been installed as Mayo’s first citizen following his election as Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council for the 2026/2027 political term.

A Ballina councillor has requested that disabled parking bays be put in place outside Gavin’s Opticians on Garden Street in the town.

Councillor Ger Deere has been elected unopposed at the Castlebar Municipal District annual general meeting, marking an emotional return just months after completing cancer treatment and entering remission.

Members of Ballina Municipal District have expressed thanks to staff at Ballina Motor Tax for all the work they do for the community.

A request for Mayo County Council to consider putting speed ramps on the rear road in Woodview Court estate in Killala was submitted by Cllr Jarlath Munnelly to the June meeting of Ballina Municipal District.

The Head of Integration with Mayo County Council has said that the local authority needs to find a way to deal with the pending changes to the status of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.

Mayo County Council needs to employ a Community Development Officer to improve its Community Futures programmes, according to a local councillor.

A Ballina councillor has said that dog fouling seems to become a bigger problem in the summer months and asked management of the local municipal district whether a spray could be put on footpaths to deter dog fouling from taking place.

A North Mayo councillor has asked for speed ramps or raised pedestrian crossings to be installed on the Main Street in Ballycastle in order to slow traffic through the town.

Members of Ballina Municipal District have paid tribute to outgoing Cathaoirleach Cllr Jarlath Munnelly, who presided over the final meeting of his one-year term last Wednesday.

A councillor has requested intervention from Ballina Municipal District to help prevent anti-social behaviour at the playground at Tom Ruane Park in the town.

Farmers are worried for their future and are afraid that measures around climate change and new European Union regulations will make them redundant, according to a local councillor.

Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary TD turned the sod on the new €7. 4 million Ballintubber Abbey Culture and Heritage Visitor Centre last Friday. The project received a grant of €6.

A Ballina firm has succeeded in an appeal against a planning condition that would have required it to pay €35,000 for a pedestrian crossing near its premises.

Fianna Fáil Cllr Annie May Reape has been elected as the new cathaoirleach of Ballina Municipal District, succeeding Fine Gael Cllr Jarlath Munnelly who completed his one-year term last Wednesday.

Developers of renewable energy projects such as windfarms can apply to build anywhere in Mayo with each application taken on its own merits.

The Community Climate Action Plan being rolled out by Mayo County Council is enjoying great success across the county with a large number of projects around energy saving and Active Travel completed and many more in hand.

A proposed windfarm planning application for North Mayo, which is currently before An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP) for consideration, poses a material contravention to the Mayo County Development Plan, according to a senior official with Mayo County ...

There were glowing tributes to Ernie Caffrey at last week's meeting of Mayo County Council as members reflected on one of North Mayo's great political stalwarts.

Councillors in Mayo have asked management at Mayo County Council to send a letter to the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O’Brien TD, calling for the Community Benefit Fund attached to large capital projects such as windfarms ...

Members of Mayo County Council have called on the recently established Mayo Community Safety Partnership to lift its embargo on the local media reporting on its meetings.

A local councillor has claimed that motorists are no longer paying due care or attention and has issued a plea for something to be done before there are more deaths on our roads.

Planning permission has been sought for a major housing development in East Mayo.

A survey issued by Mayo County Council for expressions of interest in affordable housing doesn’t capture young people who emigrated from Ireland in recent years, a local councillor has claimed.

An Coimisiún Pleanála has overturned a Mayo Co Council decision to refuse planning permission for a home in West Mayo. The local authority previously refused planning for the house on a site overlooking Clew Bay at Rosbeg, Westport.

A proposal by Mayo County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to change the traffic-flow system in Foxford will put the lives of schoolchildren in danger, according to a local councillor.

An Achill councillor has expressed despair that Mayo County Council is refusing “one planning application after another” on the grounds of potential infringement of scenic views, pointing out that the island is renowned as one of the most scenic ...

Mayo County Council is hoping to progress four or five serviced sites in Mayo Abbey with a view towards a larger scheme in the future.

A proposal has been made for a new traffic flow system at a busy intersection in Westport.

The Sheridan McDonnell Mayo Bursary Awards are now open for applications from talented young Mayo sportspeople.

The Cathaoirleach of Westport-Belmullet Municipal District has said he expects residents in a housing estate in Westport, whose properties were damaged by pyrite, to take a class action against Mayo County Council.

A Belmullet councillor has called on Mayo County Council to stop using scenic views as a reason for refusing planning permission for homes.

Representatives from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Mayo County Council are being summonsed to attend the June meeting of Westport-Belmullet Municipal District to account for how a surprise email was sent to local councillors late on ...

A North Mayo B&B business has been forced to cut back on its bookings because guests are being disturbed by boy racers.

Mayo County Council celebrated National Biodiversity Week with various activities throughout the county. National Biodiversity Week encourages the public to celebrate, discover and engage with our natural world and biodiversity.

A proposal for Mayo County Council to develop its own traffic calming policy has been supported by members of the council's Roads and Sustainable Travel Strategic Policy Committee (SPC).