COMMUNITY NOTES: BALLINA - WESTERN PEOPLE (OCTOBER 14 EDITION)
A planning application has been submitted to develop a new, 23-bedroom boutique hotel in the centre of Ballina.
Peadar and Molly McMahon have applied to Mayo County Council for the development of the three-storey hotel at Emmet Street, Ballina.
The riverside hotel, to be located just north of the Mary Robinson Centre, will be a three-storey building.
Peadar and Molly are both well-known local business people. Molly previously developed and ran the very successful pub The Broken Jug, as well as Deanwood Hotel, both in the town centre. But she is probably best-known for bringing the first-ever nightclub to Mayo when Pearls opened in Ballina in 1979.
The planning application, lodged last month, seeks the demolition of an existing derelict house and related outbuildings, with a decision due on November 5.
