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.

Two members of Castlebar Municipal District have called on Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to install a new pedestrian crossing in Balla as a matter of urgency close to the entrance to the local secondary school to ensure the safety of ...

Castlebar residents continue to be plagued by a foul smell emanating from a sewage treatment plant. Households on the Turlough Road have been forced to endure the unpleasant odour for months.

Castlebar councillors have called for an emergency plan to be put in place for future storms. The carnage caused by Storm Éowyn was discussed at a meeting of Castlebar Municipal District last Wednesday.

Councillors have questioned Mayo County Council’s €4. 2m spend on IT when they are persistently experiencing email issues.

There are concerns that forestry developments are being granted planning permission without the usual protocols that apply to other applicants.

Mayo County Council has not dismissed the idea of applying for Unesco Heritage Site status for the Ceide Fields in the future.

Graveyards in the county would be in a ‘quare state’ were it not for the work of local communities. The comments were made at a recent meeting of Mayo County Council.

Contentious speed limit by-laws have been adopted by Mayo County Council but not without reservations from councillors.

The families who lost loved ones in two recent tragedies were remembered at a meeting of Mayo County Council.

Belmullet businessman Padraig Conroy has been selected as Mayo County Council’s representative on Udaras na Gaeltachta. Mr Conroy was selected unopposed at the monthly meeting of the local authority.

Ballina’s Mark Duffy remains as the only Mayo candidate seeking election for the Seanad. The Fine Gael councillor is bidding to take one of five seats on the Labour panel in the Upper House.

Knock woman Deirdre Lawless has been co-opted on to Mayo County Council. The new Aontu councillor replaces her brother Deputy Paul Lawless. She was proposed for the position by Fine Gael whip Peter Flynn.

Mayo’s newest county councillor and the chief executive of Mayo County Council have come under fire for living outside Mayo.

A Westport councillor has expressed satisfaction that the Green Party managed to only get one of its 12 outgoing TDs returned at the last general election and no new candidates elected.

The Mary Robinson Centre is in danger of becoming a “white elephant”, a meeting of Mayo County Council heard. The cost of work at the Ballina centre was included in an audit report carried out into the local authority’s finances.

Two Mayo councillors have declared themselves out of the running as Mayo contenders are emerging for a Seanad seat. Popular Erris businessman Padraig Conroy has been selected as the Udaras na Gaeltachta nominee for a seat in Seanad Eireann.

Mayo County Council has agreed to the sale of the historic Imperial Hotel in Castlebar. Councillors supported the proposal to transform the vacant premises and the adjoining motor tax office building into a 44-bedroom hotel.

Officials in the Department of Transport were branded 'Little Hitlers' during an emotive Mayo County Council debate on proposed speed limit reductions.

Cllr Patsy O’Brien believes he would have won a seat in Dáil Eireann with "a bit more support" in South Mayo.

Mayo councillor Mark Duffy is weighing up a bid for the Seanad. The Ballina councillor missed out on a seat in Dáil Éireann following his decision to represent Fine Gael and stand in the recent general election.

Fine Gael Cllr Alma Gallagher has said she wants to seen an increase in social and affordable housing in Mayo in the coming years.

Concerns have been expressed that overhanging trees are causing major issues on a busy Mayo road, writes Keith Bourke.   Fine Gael councillor Gerry Coyle highlighted the issue at the annual budget meeting of Mayo County Council.

Concerns about online property rental website Airbnb were highlighted at last week’s meeting of Mayo County Council Housing Strategic Policy Committee (SPC), writes Tom Byrne.

Public representatives in Westport are appealing to Mayo County Council to ensure regulations are in place to prevent "tacky shops" from opening up in the famed tourist town.

The flooding, electricity outages, blocked roads and destruction caused by the sudden snowstorm that hit much of Mayo on November 20th is "a big wake-up call" for rural communities.

Mayo County Council is to implement a 5% rates increase. The annual budget meeting of the local authority was told that the increase will not have an impact on 90% of ratepayers.

Achill councillor Paul McNamara has pledged to allocate some of his own General Municipal Allocation (GMA) to keep the public toilets in Keel open over the festive period.

Westport councillors have failed to decide whether parking in public car parks in the town should be free all day in the run-up to Christmas or just for the afternoon.

A local councillor has expressed concern over what he described as a "heavy-handed" approach to parking administration in Ballina of late.

The recent TG4/Ipsos opinion poll on the upcoming general election in the Mayo constituency put Aontú candidate Cllr Paul Lawless in contention for one of the five seats.

Members of Westport-Belmullet Municipal District (MD) have rejected a General Municipal Allocation (GMA) draft budget for 2025 after claiming that insufficient funds are being allocated to the area year after year.

A councillor has warned he will ‘go to war’ with Mayo County Council if staffing levels don’t improve in certain departments in Castlebar Municipal District.

A Mayo councillor has expressed his anger and dismay that Mayo County Council does not have enough money to grit a busy stretch of road this winter. Fianna Fail’s Michael Loftus vented his frustrations at the monthly meeting of the local authority.

There remains a shortfall of €4. 5m to deliver a recently announced sports campus project in Castlebar. The site at Knockaphunta in Castlebar is to receive €7. 5m in Government funding under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSF).

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 Fine Gael candidate Keira Keogh has voiced deep concern for homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks.

Christmas in Castlebar promises fun-filled festivities following the recent announcement of an action-packed programme of events in the town.

The monthly meeting of Mayo County Council was adjourned early as a mark of respect following two recent bereavements.

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.

Mayo County Council has agreed to include trade union representatives on its Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs). The SPCs advise and assist in the formulation, development and review of policy.

Three candidates from the Claremorris area have already declared for the upcoming general election.  Robeen-based Independent Cllr Patsy O’Brien was the first to announce his intentions followed by another councillor, Paul Lawless, of Aontú.

The Mayo Green Party has selected retired businessman Micheál Boxty O’Conaill to run for the forthcoming General Election.

Councillors in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District have documented a list of projects in the area that need to be added to Mayo County Council's roads programme.

The retirement of long-standing Fine Gael TD Michael Ring will be a loss to people around the county, a local councillor has stated.

Ballina Municipal District Independent Councillor Mark Duffy confirms he intends to run in the General Election and will seek a nomination for the Fine Gael ticket for Mayo following approaches from the party locally.

It could have been the hot weather or perhaps blame the technology.

TV architect Hugh Wallace is to be invited to Castlebar to follow up on radio comments he made about the town being "depressing".

There are calls for Mayo County Council to do more to tackle dereliction and homelessness. At the monthly meeting of the local authority, Cllr Harry Barrett called for the appointment of a derelict sites officer in each Municipal District.

Support for new rural housing must form part of Mayo’s submission to the National Planning Framework Project it has been argued.

Mayo councillors have called on the local authority to provide top up mortgages for pyrite victims. “Many homeowners are at their wits end,” said Cllr Mark Duffy.

Aontu’s Paul Lawless was blasted by his fellow councillors in the wake of a statement he issued following a local authority workshop.

Ireland’s minority parties are hoping for a breakthrough in the upcoming general election in Mayo.

A Ballina-based Independent councillor has demanded that decisive action be taken by Government to address what he calls "systemic failures" that are "plaguing" local communities.

It has been reported that TV personality Grainne Seoige will next week file nomination papers towards running for Fianna Fáil in Galway West at the next general election.

Aontú Cllr Paul Lawless has branded as “bizarre” conflicting information he has received on accommodation for refugees in the couny.

Mayo county councillor Patsy O'Brien has officially announced he will stand in the upcoming General Election as an Independent candidate.

Castlebar councillors are to seek a Government department meeting about their over-ruled Local Area Plan.

A Westport councillor has claimed that prime sites on the N59 between Westport and Newport are "useless" as the land is all sterilised due to planning restrictions along main roads.

A councillor has requested a workshop be held between Mayo County Council and stakeholders involved in the proposed Marina Development at Westport Quay.

Minister Alan Dillon will deliver on affordable housing for Castlebar, a council meeting was told.

A councillor has called on bin collectors to provide a full service after stating that bin collections were being refused in parts of West Mayo.

Mayo County Council has been urged to put in place new CCTV under a bridge in Castlebar that has become an “unnerving” location for walkers.

Castlebar councillors have voted to give the green light to a skate park development despite some objections from local residents. Residents from St Patrick’s Avenue addressed a meeting of Castlebar Municipal District on the issue.

A Mayo councillor has appealed to Mayo County Council progress proposed plans for the extension of a footpath from a local housing development towards Castlebar Golf Club.

Mayo County Council is to see a reshuffle of Director of Services across a number of municipal districts, writes Keith Bourke. The council's chief executive Kevin Kelly has written to county councillors to inform them of the moves.

A Mayo councillor has described as “unforgivable” the fact that Mayo County Council currently owns 50 vacant houses. Aontú Cllr Paul Lawless has hit out at the local authority, branding it the “biggest hoarder” of vacant houses in the county.

The chief executive of Mayo County Council is seeking to no longer invite journalists to the local authority’s Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs).

Warm tributes were paid to the late John O’Mahony by members of Mayo County Council at their monthly meeting last Monday.

A newly-elected Mayo county councillor has questioned the attendance of councillors at an Irish festival in the United States.

The new Cathaoirleach of the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District has identified the development of the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) at Ireland West Airport as one of the main priorities for the next five years.

Councillors in the Ballina Municipal District have paid tribute to Cllr Seamus Weir following his retirement from local politics.

Fine Gael Cllr Donna Sheridan has been elected uncontested as the new Cathaoirleach of Castlebar Municipal District for the 2024-2025 term, making her the first woman to hold the position.

There are calls for a Town Regeneration Officer to be appointed in Castlebar. Independent councillor Harry Barrett issued the plea in a bid to kickstart Castlebar’s town centre and ensure proper planning and town renewal.

Bonniconlon councillor John O’Hara is the new Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council. He took over the chain from outgoing Cathaoirleach Cllr Michael Loftus at the annual general meeting of the local authority yesterday (Friday).

It was a hugely disappointing Local Elections in Mayo for Sinn Féin.

My 17 hours at the local election count centre in the TF Royal Theatre last Monday and into Tuesday morning were some of the most enjoyable spent in this job since starting five years ago.

Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have agreed to join forces and will hold the balance of power during the next term of Mayo County Council. The move was always on the cards after each of the parties secured 10 seats each.

Unseated Mayo election candidate Christy Hyland said he has made peace with his heartbreaking defeat and is not ruling out a return to politics.

Behind-the-scenes meetings will dictate who holds the balance of power on Mayo County Council for the next five years. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael each saw 10 of their candidates elected in the recent Local Elections.

This year’s Mayo County election’s wasn’t the major shake-up some might have expected but there is still going to be five news faces in the council chamber.

Mayo Independent candidate Saoirse McHugh has been eliminated from the Midlands North-West constituency after the 15th count.

Social Democrats candidate Rory Hearne and Independent John Waters have been eliminated on the 12th and 11th counts in the Midlands North-West constituency.

After an epic count that began at 9am on Saturday morning and finished at 2am this morning, 30 councillors have been elected to Mayo County Council.

Much of yesterday’s speculation about the fate of the four council seats in the Swinford Electoral Area was based on an incomplete tally, so it is worth having a look at the area again ahead of the counting of votes, which is due to commence at 2pm ...

A marathon count in Castlebar was only completed at 8am this morning with Independent candidate Harry Barrett taking the seat of outgoing councillor Martin McLoughlin (Fianna Fáil).

Thirteen of the 30 seats on Mayo County Council have now been filled with counting of votes in the remaining four electoral areas set to resume at 10am this morning.

The first two candidates in this year’s Mayo County Council elections have been elected this evening. Independent councillor Michael Kilcoyne topped the poll once again in the Castlebar constituency.

One of the great anomalies of the last local elections in Mayo was the failure of Louisburgh to return a councillor.

The returning officer for the local elections in Mayo has been preparing staff for what could be a mammoth count. There are 73 candidates contesting the local elections in the county.

No of Seats: 6 Candidates (13): Michael Burke (Fine Gael); Árón Ceallaigh (The Irish People); Tom Connolly (Fine Gael); Mark Devane (Independent Ireland); Richard Finn (Non-Party); Alma Gallagher (Fine Gael); Geraldine Kelly (Non-Party); Paul ...

No of Seats: 7Candidates (15): Liam Brennan (Fianna Fáil); Michael Clarke (Independent); Peter Cleary (Fine Gael); Martin Connolly (Fine Gael); James Conway (Irish Freedom Party); Barry Gallagher (Fianna Fáil); Jason Gorman (Sinn Féin); Emma ...

Parking problems and wrongful clamping of vehicles were raised at the final meeting of the current Castlebar Municipal District CouncilCllr Cyril Burke said taxi drivers in the town are continuing to experience issues with motorists parking in ...