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Cllr Michelle Mulherin, Mayo Fine Gael General Election candidate, has said that it was premature to forbid the cutting of turf for domestic purposes in 2011, pending the establishment of the management structures and the appointment of an independent chairperson.

The members of the Ballina electoral area committee this week gave their unanimous approval to the council to bring a motion before the next full meeting of Mayo County Council to approve a lease between the local authority and Ballina Arts Centre Ltd for the new arts centre in the town.

The elected members of Mayo County Council welcomed the new Draft Renewable Energy Strategy this week, but they acknowledged that a lot of work still has to be done to ensure that Mayo is at the forefront of industry.

Cllr Michelle Mulherin, chairperson of the Theatre Fundraising Committee, congratulated Ruth Hogan for organising the inaugural event and Fionn McCumhaill and his team at the new hotel for hosting it at the new Ballina Manor Hotel on Barrett Street this Saturday and Sunday. Partial proceeds from the event will go towards the fundraising for the new theatre and arts centre in the town.

The Fine Gael General Election selection convention will take place on Sunday December 5 in the TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar.

There have been only three different applications from private individuals to take part in the new social housing leasing initiative in the Ballina Electoral Area. Paul Benson, senior executive officer of Mayo County Council, told an electoral area meeting this week that “there have been three applications in Ballina to be part of the scheme, one for three houses, and two other applications consisting of two apartments each.”

“All lands will be frozen until a route is chosen and accepted by the council,” was the stark reality that senior engineer for Mayo County Council, Noel Burke, told members of the Ballina Electoral Area this week. The members of the committee had been debating the issue of the new Crossmolina bypass which has caused plenty of debate in the area over the past number of months. When the route chosen by the council executive for the proposed new bypass was rejected by the council, all potential routes and lands around them were frozen for development.

The elected members of Mayo County Council agreed to indefinitely defer the adoption of a preferred route for the N59 Ballina to Crossmolina this week.

The members of Mayo County Council adopted the road works scheme for 2009 for the second time this year, when they approved the newly revised scheme for the year after over €8 million was cut from the Government funding for projects following the supplementary budget this year.

Fine Gael’s outstanding performance at the polls did little to keep them in line for honours around the table at Ballina Town Council on Monday night, after a Fianna Fáil pact with two Independents elevated Independent Cllr Mary Kelly to the Mayoral office.