A new coffee shop has officially opened in Mayo.

People are invited to stop into the chapel.

South Mayo councillors say the number of proposed routes for the Cong relief road is causing considerable anxiety in the community.

Aldi has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against Mayo County Council's decision to refuse planning permission for a new supermarket in Swinford.

There will be spells of rain, heavy at times, according to Met Éireann.

Mayo County Council said a particularly high settlement in relation to one case caused the figure to rocket.

Mayo County Council has given the go-ahead for a 32-home  development in Castlebar. The new housing estate will be located on a greenfield site between the Turlough Road and An Sruthán Road at Knockthomas, Castlebar.

Engineering assessments and repairs will be carried out.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has “thrown Mayo County Council under the bus”, claimed a local councillor. Fianna Fáil Cllr Brendan Mulroy accused the NTA of hanging the council out to dry in the wake of a bus stop fiasco in Newport.

Possible impacts include localised flooding.