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A war of words erupted at the November meeting of Mayo County Council over the decision by the Government to close the Vatican embassy. Independent councillor Frank Durcan said: “I’m ashamed to be from Castlebar and that a Castlebar man had the final say in closing it. It’s a shame.”

The monthly meeting of Ballina Town Council was adjourned early on Wednesday night when Mayor Councillor Frances McAndrew called a halt to proceedings after Cllr Michelle Mulherin failed to heed her warnings to stick to what was on the agenda.

Yesterday (Thursday) a delegation from St Anthony’s Special School in Castlebar, along with a number of other special schools, met with the joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science in Leinster House to discuss the ongoing row over the axing of a number of special needs assistants jobs.

In 2004 Fine Gael won four out the six county council seats on offer in the Ballina electoral area.