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Some 300 people attended the septic tank public meeting organised by Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh, in the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, Belmullet, on Monday evening last. The resounding message from the meeting was that people are not going to register their septic tanks or pay any fees at least until the long awaited Belmullet Sewerage Scheme is completed.

The new levy to be introduced on septic tanks for rural homes will cost people much more than the €200 originally stated and add up to thousands of euro per household instead, according to Mayo politicians this week.

There was unanimous support for the retention of Mayo VEC as a standalone organisation rather than it being merged with Sligo, as was proposed by the Government earlier this year, at the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council this week.

Éamon Ó Cuív TD Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has announced a new Gaeltacht scheme called Scéim Bóithre Pobail (Community Roads Scheme) which is set to benefit Achill.

The tricolour was held high in the Ruby Room of the TF Royal Theatre on Sunday after the last Belmullet electoral area seat was taken by Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway Walsh. This resulted in the loss of outgoing Fianna Fáil councillor Tim Quinn’s seat. He topped the polls in 2004 with first preference votes, while against the county trend Fine Gael failed to secure the three seats which it was contending.