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The new Mayor of Ballina, Fianna Fáil councillor Johnny O’Malley, has set out his stall in what looks to be the last year of the town council.

The members of Ballina Town Council voted to donate the mayoral chain of the council to the Jackie Clarke Library when the council is disbanded as it is expected to be at the end of its current term next year.

The town of Ballina has benefited to the tune of €364,308,000 from capital investment in the town from both public and private investment over the past decade. The figures were given to the members of Ballina Town Council on Wednesday night by acting town manager Paul Benson in a presentation which had been requested at the previous month’s meeting by councillors.

The fourth payment totalling €267,785 has been issued to Mayo County Council by the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly towards the Castlebar town centre regeneration project. This project has revitalised Castlebar through a programme of town centre regeneration and streetscape refurbishment. Also this grant has facilitated the development of a riverside walk developing Castlebar’s amenity corridor.

The fourth payment totalling €267,785 has been issued to Mayo County Council by the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) Regional Assembly towards the Castlebar town centre regeneration project. This project has revitalised Castlebar through a programme of town centre regeneration and streetscape refurbishment. Also this grant has facilitated the development of a riverside walk developing Castlebar’s amenity corridor.

Christmas has arrived with a good news story for two towns in Mayo with the news this week that a third round of funding for the regeneration of Castlebar and Ballina has been processed, with Castlebar receiving €444,0000 and Ballina receiving €300,000 towards enhancing both towns.

Before the start of the December meeting of Ballina Town Council this week, Mayor Frances McAndrew welcomed the news that Fáilte Ireland has given the go ahead for €1.05 million in funding for the Jackie Clarke Library and collection in the town. The library which is homed in the old provincial bank in the town is tipped to become a major tourist attraction for the north Mayo town when it is opened at the end of next year.

The BMW Regional Assembly has been awarded the best Strategic Economic Development project at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards.

Almost €1 million has been sanctioned for the Jackie Clarke Library and archive project in Ballina by Fáilte Ireland.

A request by Ballina Chamber of Commerce for €20,000 worth of funding for a number of promotional projects for the town, from Ballina Town Council’s budget of €40,000 for tourism promotion, angered Ballina Méara, Cllr Mary Kelly this week. Town clerk Carmel Murphy outlined a request from the Chamber to the members of the town council for a number of projects the Chamber were looking to promote in the town over the coming year. The projects included the launch of the redeveloped Pearse Street, the promotion of the Jackie Clarke Library, the All-Ireland pipe band competition, a monthly e-zine with news and events from the town, and the continued promotion of Ballina as the salmon capital of Ireland.