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A number of elected members expressed their dismay at a presentation provided to them by a representative from telecommunications company Eir - at their February meeting which took place this week.

Mayo County Council has apologised this week for its role in the operation of mother and baby homes and the suffering endured by those who were placed in the homes.

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

The Mayo Draft County Development Plan 2021-2027 is to go on public display in the next few weeks until early March and the public is being encouraged to get involved and have their say on how they wish the county to develop.

Councillors in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District on Monday claimed that the recent announcement of funding for extensions to the Great Western Greenway from Achill Sound to Bunnacurry, as well as from Westport to Murrisk - was funding that was announced already in different guises.

The elected members of Mayo County Council have agreed that the council will spend €120,000 required for match funding of €480,000 from the government, in order to carry out improvement works on the trail to the summit of Croagh Patrick.

Independent Cllr Christy Hyland this week called for a plan to be put in place to make sure that Westport town centre does not end up with a big traffic backlog once the new N5 Westport to Turlough road project is completed.

Mayo County Council's rolling locations for the monthly meeting of the authority since the onset of Covid-19 will include another stop in the coming months.

A second car park is needed in Murrisk to deal with the amount of people climbing Croagh Patrick, it was claimed this week.

Independent Claremorris based councillor Richard Finn was elected as the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council for the second time at the council’s AGM, which took place on Monday in St Mary’s Hall in GMIT.