Mayo County Council has been successful in securing €15,000 funding from the Department of Health for the roll-out of free sanitary products at 30 locations across the county, in a significant step towards addressing period poverty.

There are currently 217 homeless people, including 69 children, in Mayo.

A Mayo councillor has said he is prepared to lead a protest march on Uisce Éireann's headquarters as frustration mounts over a lack of action in delivering a new wastewater treatment plant in Newport.

Councillors are frustrated that Mayo County Council had an underspend of up to €15 million in its 2024 budget when they are continually told there is no money in the coffers for projects.

Mayo county councillors have expressed their frustration with the planning process.

A UK television presenter has been attracting a lot of attention to Mayo by posting YouTube videos as he explores the Wild Atlantic Way.

The Cathaoirleach of Castlebar Municipal District wants to reverse a decision to hold next year's Mayo. ie Western People Women's Mini-Marathon in Ballina.

A Westport councillor has condemned the council's 'lack of empathy' over mislaid parking tickets.

A Westport councillor has called on Mayo County Council to prioritise the development of a marina at Westport Quay, writes Joan Geraghty. The ambitious project has been years in the offing with no actual work done to date.

Members of Mayo County Council’s Roads and Sustainable Travel Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) are seeking an amendment to allow councillors to allocate Notice of Motion (NOM) money towards upgrading non-public roads and public lighting.

‘From Scenic Strolls to Safe Arrivals’ is the theme of the new pedestrian road safety campaign that was launched by Mayo County Council's Road Safety Office in conjunction with Achill Tourism and An Garda Síochána.

A Mayo County Council official has said the local authority’s Roads and Sustainable Travel Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) needs to devise a policy to safely allow drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) to charge their vehicles in urban areas.

The manager of the Local Link service in cMayo has called for greater provision of bus stops and shelters, writes Paul O'Malley.

Members of Mayo County Council’s Roads and Sustainable Travel Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) have called for the local authority to adopt its own speed limit by-laws ahead of the outcome of a national review.

A local councillor has said there is not much of a future in electric vehicles (EVs) unless there is a trade-in market for them.

The home village of outgoing Mayo County Council Cathaoirleach, Cllr John O’Hara, played host to one of his final meetings as chairperson.

“We are in the middle of a housing crisis. It’s very important that we look at all options, nothing is off the table,” Mr Gilligan told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland

The number of Gardaí in Mayo has fallen by 4. 5%. The Chief Superintendent for the Mayo/Roscommon/Longford Garda District revealed the worrying statistic at last week's meeting of Mayo County Council.

Solar panels on a number of Mayo County Council homes have been left disconnected for more than six years.

An Erris councillor has urged Mayo County Council to take action on council-owned houses with pyrite that have been allowed to lie derelict.

Mayo councillors want the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to attend a meeting of Mayo County Council to hear their concerns about the replacement of Joint Policing Committees (JPC) with Local Community Safety Partnerships.

Water quality in Mayo's rivers and lakes is among the best in Ireland, standing at 67% compared to the national average of 54%.

There have been a lot of retirements from Mayo County Council in recent months and the local authority is now undergoing a full reassessment of its workforce.

A novel tax amnesty scheme to help owners either sell or redevelop derelict properties has been proposed by a Mayo councillor.

Accolades have been paid at a meeting of Mayo Co Council to several local politicians who have enjoyed notable successes in their careers recently.

Excessive security measures by the information technology department (IT) of Mayo County Council are giving rise to reputational damage for councillors, a member of Mayo County Council has claimed.

Members of Mayo County Council want a meeting with the Minister for Justice to resolve the impasse over the county's Joint Policing Committee (JPC), which has not been replaced since it ceased meetings almost a year ago.

"I didn’t know there was such a problem or there were such people around us"

The recent reduction of speed limits on local roads from 80km to 60km is confusing motorists and leading to tailbacks, according to Mayo councillorsThe changes came into effect on February 7 last and were discussed three days later at Mayo Co ...

The chief executive of Mayo County Council has agreed to look into the mobile phone system on offer to local councillors after a number expressed dissatisfaction with how it operates.

The chief executive of Mayo County Council has rejected the suggestion of a breakdown in communication with the public in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn.

Mayo County Council is encouraging householders and businesses to make recycling better part of their New Year’s resolutions.

Mayo County Council Arts Service has announced that Friday, February 14th, will be the deadline for its annual grants and bursaries for 2025.

A councillor has said under-pressure businesses are “sickened” by an increase in the commercial rates in the county.

There are 252 sites on the Derelict Sites Register in Mayo, a meeting of Mayo Co Council’s Environment and Climate Change Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) was told.

Despite the introduction of bye-laws relating to household waste, Mayo County Council is struggling to crack down on people who flout the regulations and dump their rubbish.

Mayo councillors look set to oppose speed limit reductions on certain roads in the county. A full debate on the issue will be heard at next month’s meeting of Mayo County Council.

Mayo County Council’s new strategic capital delivery team has given an update on expected completion dates for two key projects in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District, writes Paul O'Malley.

A Mayo councillor has proposed a new festival for the county in the form of a Camino Festival Weekend, harnessing walking trails and routes such as the Great Western Greenway and the Foxford Way to "bring people from all over the world to sample ...

A Mayo councillor has called on the local authority not to charge any more than €10,000 in commercial rates to certain rate-payers who have not paid more than that sum in the past.

A newly-elected Mayo county councillor has once again found himself at odds with colleagues over his repeated references to a "junket culture" on the council.

The chief executive of Mayo County Council has said some of the applications for affordable housing are not "realistic".

A deputation of over a dozen workers in the disability sector attended last week's meeting of Mayo County Council where Independent Cllr Harry Barrett had a motion calling for their pay to be be put on the same scale as HSE workers in similar roles.