Mayo County Council staff have installed oil absorbent booms across the Castlebar River in an attempt to mitigate the environmental damage caused by an oil spill.

The daughter of an 84 year-old North Mayo woman suffering from diabetes and a kidney infection who was left waiting 22 hours for a bed at Mayo University Hospital has called on the Government to take urgent action.

A Castlebar councillor has asked that salt and gravel be provided in the county town to help residents grit the estate roads during inclement weather, writes Paul O'Malley.

A councillor has accused Mayo County Council of putting unnecessary obstacles in the path of a multi-million euro Castlebar development.