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Mayo County Council is to consider hiring an animal welfare officer for the county but first of all, parties campaigning for the creation of such a role must clearly outline the proposed funding model behind it.

With just weeks to go to the grand opening of the new N5 road between Castlebar and Westport, councillors in the county town have complained that service roads impacted by the construction works have been left in a terrible state, with one suggesting that more people than ever will end up using the old road.

With just weeks to go to the grand opening of the new N5 road between Castlebar and Westport, councillors in the county town have complained that service roads impacted by the construction works have been left in a terrible state, with one suggesting that more people than ever will end up using the old road.

A resolution to recommend that Mayo County Council dispose of the old Castlebar library by selling to a private buyer, was agreed by Castlebar councillors this week - with just one dissenting voice, Cllr Michael Kilcoyne. The matter will now go back before Mayo County Council for approval by members.

Members of Castlebar Municipal District have decried the state of roads in the MD with reference made to damaged road surfaces from ongoing motorway works and potholes turning into craters big enough to swim in.

A strong case to develop a state-of-the-art community centre in Islandeady was outlined to members of Castlebar Municipal District when they met at the existing centre for their May meeting on Wednesday last.

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.

North West SPCA in Mayo is to receive €12,000 in funding from Mayo County Council as a result of a long discussion on animal welfare that took up much of the December meeting of the council this week, with everything from dog-breeding, dog-abandoning, sheep worrying, goats eating up gardens and cruelty to horses being highlighted by councillors.

The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District have called on the council executive to arrange a meeting between themselves, the local community in Islandeady and other interested bodies, in relation to the potential cutting-off of a large part of the community for a long period of time, due to the construction of the new Westport to Turlough Road project.