New Covid-19 case numbers fall - but hospitals still under pressure

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

The number of new cases of Covid-19 has started to fall in Mayo in the past week.

Castlebar retains ‘clean’ status as survey shows no let-up in litter nationwide

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

The final litter survey of 2020 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows Castlebar retaining its “clean” status in 12th place in the ranking of 37 towns and cities.

Plan can take Newport to next level

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

A new development plan for the village of Newport will go on public display from next week and members of the local community have been urged to have their say on the plans.

Face-to-face outpatient clinics remain curtailed at Mayo University Hospital

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

In early January, all but very urgent and time critical inpatient and day surgery was curtailed in Mayo University Hospital (MUH).

Plan aims to make north Mayo the Salmon Tech Valley

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

The branding of Ballina and its environs as the Salmon Tech Valley and the development of Ballina as Ireland's market town of the future - are two of the key recommendations of a new strategy for the town and its surrounding areas' spatial and economic development.

Progress on IDA site in Ballina - Calleary

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary this week said that he anticipated a planning application for the IDA site in Ballina to be ready for submission by the third quarter of this year.

Municipal District Briefs

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

Mulranny playground plans moving along
Plans for the new playground in Mulranny is moving along the elected members of the West Mayo Municipal District were told at their January meeting which took place this week. The councillors were informed that a site for the playground had been donated by a local family and that the design works had been completed on the project, which has gone to tender. The site will now be leased to Mulranny Community Futures who will then be able to for funding for the project and that will come before the members for approval at their next meeting.

SEAI podcast explores how a Mayo community is taking action on climate change

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

The new series of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) 180 Degrees podcast series, continues to explore the choices we’re making every day in our homes, our work and our travel, in order to reduce our energy use and tackle climate change.

Political news in brief

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

Dillon welcomes confirmation of National Broadband Plan roll-out for Ballina and Castlebar

Report reveals average residential property price, construction activity and new address points in Mayo

Fri, Jan 29, 2021

The latest GeoView Residential Buildings report for quarter four of 2020 for Mayo has found that there were 915 residential property transactions in Mayo in the twelve months to November 2020, 9.9 per cent of which were new dwellings.

Council to hold special meeting to discuss Mother and Baby Homes report

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

Mayo County Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.

Hospitals remain under "severe pressure" - Saolta chief

Fri, Jan 22, 2021

The local acute hospital system remains under "severe pressure", the like of which it has never experienced before, Tony Canavan, the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the seven public hospitals in the west and north-west of the country, said this week. There are more people hospitalised now with Covid-19 than at any other time during the pandemic.

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