A Castlebar councillor has called on management in Mayo County Council to evict residents who are engaging in anti-social behaviour in a local housing estate.

A total of 4,551 patients referred by their GPs for treatment by a consultant at Mayo University Hospital are on waiting lists that vary between zero and 24 months.

The failure of some councillors to turn up for meetings of the Regional Health Forum for the West and North-West was highlighted at last week's annual general meeting at Merlin Park in Galway.

Safety surveys are to be carried out in a Ballina estate on foot of concerns raised by residents regarding the speed of vehicles in the area.

South Mayo councillors believe the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District (MD) requires a central development hub town which can act as a feeder location for other towns in the area.

Cllr Jarlath Munnelly said it was unfair that no electronic advance warning signs were allowed to raise awareness.

Members of Castlebar Municipal District have approved the development of a new burial ground at Mayo Abbey, to include a new entrance, access roadway, parking spaces, boundary treatment, internal footpaths and landscaping.

It is believed that Lily may have travelled to the Limerick/Clare area.

Nine new homeless cases were reported in the Ballina Municipal District during May. Head of the district Declan Turnbull told last week's monthly meeting of councillors that this was an area of growing concern.

The HSE has furnished specific data in relation to the roll-out of its home help services in Mayo in response to a series of questions from a local councillor.