Female representation falls from five to two for this term

Fri, May 31, 2019

There will only be two female councillors on Mayo County Council for its new term starting June 2019, which is down from five female councillors who were elected in the 2014 local elections.

News faces in the chamber

Fri, May 31, 2019

When the newly elected Mayo County Council holds its inaugural meeting early next month, there will be four new faces taking their seats after last weekend's elections. We take a look at the new fresher councillors.

Duffy takes Ballina by storm and O'Malley strikes back in Westport

Sun, May 26, 2019

After the drawn out process of the previous day - where most of the time was spent sorting ballots before the counting began things moved much smooter on Sunday, with the Westport count being completed in the early evening and the Ballina count not long after 10pm and just the Claremorris count which going by the tally figures looked a forgone conclusion wating to be finished in the early hours of the morning. 

Saturday winners and losers

Sat, May 25, 2019

At the end of the first full day of counting in the local elections in Mayo one third of the seats were filled, with the final seats of the day coming in the early hours of Sunday morning when the results were declared in the Castlebar Local Electoral Area.

Battle to win the Barony comes to a crunch

Fri, May 24, 2019

The maths on this one is simple enough, there are six candidates and only three seats up for grabs in the Belmullet Local Electoral Area. The area has been put back out on its own this year after a brief entanglement with Westport and its surrounds in the West Mayo area.

Swinford back on its own

Fri, May 24, 2019

After being lumped in with both the Ballina and Claremorris area last time out, Swinford is standing on its own two feet again this time around.

Westport breaks back by itself

Fri, May 24, 2019

After being part of an electoral area that was almost as big as some counties for the past half-a-decade, Westport has returned to a more traditional electoral area shape after the jettisoning of the Belmullet area, to go it alone for the elections.

South Mayo battle for half a dozen seats

Fri, May 24, 2019

Claremorris has seen a boundary change like the rest of the local areas for today's election with the north eastern part of of the constituency moving into the Swinford area, and long with it, Sinn Fein councillor Gerry Murray, who took 1,971 first preferences and was elected on the first count five years ago, as were Cllr Patsy O'Brien and Cllr Richard Finn.

Castlebar battle likely to be intriguing contest

Fri, May 24, 2019

The Castlebar Local Electoral Area is the most crowded of all the areas for today's election with 17 candidates looking for the seven seats up for grabs.

Ballina promises to be a battle to the end

Fri, May 24, 2019

Ballina has seen a large chunk of its current area hived off and it is probably for the best, with the towns of Foxford and Swinford now in the Swinford Electoral Area following the latest boundary commission report.

Community Diary

Fri, May 24, 2019

Whether you live in north, south, east or west Mayo - we've got you covered for what is going in our Community Diary

Mayo goes to the ballot box today

Fri, May 24, 2019

The majority of voters in Mayo will go to the ballot box today, voting on the islands took place yesterday for possibly the last time, with moves afoot to have islanders vote on the same day as the rest of the country in the future.

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