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1 week ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Mayo councillors want the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to attend a meeting of Mayo County Council to hear their concerns about the replacement of Joint Policing Committees (JPC) with Local Community Safety Partnerships. The Mayo Garda Chief Supt is to attend the May meeting of the local authority but councillors want the Minister for Justice to join him.
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1 week ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
South Mayo councillors say the number of proposed routes for the Cong relief road is causing considerable anxiety in the community. Cllr Damien Ryan and Michael Burke told a meeting of Mayo County Council that streamlining the number of route options would aid community unease. Up to 11 ‘lines’ for the route were revealed during public consulation but local councillors say the majority of these routes are never likely to happen. One of the routes would cut straight through the local supermarket.
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2 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Mayo Mental Health Association (MMHA) has launched a new programme for primary schools. The association has welcomed Rosemary Duffy, Primary Schools’ Health Promotion Officer, to their staff. As part of her role, she conducted interviews with local principals and teaching staff in relation to the well-being needs in primary schools.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan has brought a memo to Cabinet seeking approval for the new 'Valerie’s Law' legislation to be introduced The law is named after Valerie French, a mother of three who was killed by her husband James Kilroy. The body of the mother of three was found at her home in Kilbree Lower, near Islandeady, on 14 June 2019. She was 41 when she died.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Saolta management has denied there is a stillbirth problem at Mayo University Hospital despite five deaths in the space of three months. Cllr Michael Kilcoyne raised concerns about the stillbirth numbers at the hospital at meeting of the Regional Health Forum West. Figures provided by the HSE show there were seven stillbirths in Mayo University Hospital in 2023, five of these occurred in the last three months of the year.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
There are no major capital projects due for completion at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) until the end of 2027 despite serious overcrowding issues at the hospital, members of the Regional Health Forum West were told last week. “We are really talking about 2028. That’s three years. It’s a long time for people to be lying on trolleys,” Cllr Michael Kilcoyne commented. “You are kind of planning that people will be lying on trolleys for at least the next three years, maybe more,” he added.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Castlebar councillors are pushing for traffic lights to be trialled at a problematic junction. The Gallows Hill area of the county town has been experiencing traffic backlogs for a number of years with the situation set to get worse with the construction of new housing estates.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Castlebar councillors have called for the Municipal District to immediately cease sending local families seeking emergency accommodation to Charlestown. Independent Cllr Michael Kilcoyne said the practice must stop and called for the withdrawal of the Castlebar Municipal District from the current arrangement. Families with children in school in Castlebar have been sent 25 miles away to a centre in Charlestown as there is no accommodation available in Castlebar.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Castlebar councillors are prepared to table a vote of no confidence in the chief executive of Mayo County Council if staffing disparities in the municipal district are not addressed. Independent Cllr Harry Barrett revealed to colleagues the vast difference between staff numbers in Castlebar Municipal District and other areas in Mayo.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Keith Bourke
Ballyhaunis’ burgeoning population means action needs to be taken on a series of issues in the town. Local councillor Alma Gallagher has highlighted dereliction and a lack of development of youth facilities as among the pressing areas of concern in the East Mayo town. Ballyhaunis’ unique and diverse demographics have meant the town’s population has soared compared to other parts of the county. However, amenities and facilities have not kept pace with the rocketing population figures.
