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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.

Fianna Fáil councillor Brenda Mulroy has received confirmation from Irish Water that it will be submitting an application to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage this month for a foreshore licence to carry out survey work on Clew Bay in relation to a new sewerage treatment plant for Newport.

The Winter League final play-off will take place on Saturday (February 12), the top 16 teams having qualified for this stage of the competition.

Mayo County Council will issue an apology to a family who received a letter in relation to a burial plot fee two days after their 28-year-old son had been buried.

Funding of €5 million has been allocated to Lough Carra by the EU to aid in the restoration of the lake and the future conservation of the water quality of the lake. Issues had arisen with the quality of the water in the lake due to nutrient run-off into the water.

One councillor declared the declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency last month by Mayo County Council as “tantamount to terrorism.”

A top official at Mayo County Council said this week that he believed those responsible for illegal dumping should not be able to live freely in a civilised society.

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 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.