Two-month shutdown of Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm due to cable fault
Repair works ongoing at site in Co Mayo, a joint ESB and Bord na Móna venture
Mayo County Council
Mayo County Council: Ballina, Belmullet, Castlebar, Claremorris, Swinford, Westport
Local Elections: Mayo County Council results
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael lose seats but still take 20 between them as Aontú makes a breakthrough in the county
Only 61 defective homes fully remediated under scheme launched in 2021, committee hears
Government yet to appoint senior counsel to investigate defective blocks controversy despite promise last year
Only one in 30 applicants for vacant and derelict property grant received payment by end of last year
More than 6,000 applications received through the Crói Cónaithe scheme by end of 2023
Ballinrobe residents go to battle against creeping sense of dereliction and abandonment
Rejuvenation of historic Co Mayo market town bolstered by a series of national and local Government funding supports
Pathway to top of Croagh Patrick almost complete after more than three years of work
Thousands of tonnes of rock and soil moved by hand to make mountain safe and faster to climb
Vacant property grant: ‘Despite lengthy application process, it’s a great scheme’
Doolough diaries: Funding comes through only after an inspection of completed works
‘I felt it didn’t make sense to pay more for a property in Ballina than in Rotterdam’
When architect Kevin Loftus returned to Mayo to work remotely, he was shocked by the high rents
On the frontline on immigration: the tensions between local and national politics
Ministers expect their local election candidates to put some water between themselves and the Government
Council’s ‘à-la-carte’ relationship with Government ‘not tenable’, says Varadkar
Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis
Refugee accommodation: Councils cannot have ‘a la carte’ relationship with Government, says Taoiseach
Councillors in Mayo passed motion for co-operation on refugee accommodation to end
Mayo councillors pass motion calling on local authority to cease co-operation on housing refugees
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil representatives among those to support the motion
Ballinrobe protests: ‘We don’t have any facts,’ says demonstrator at Mayo hotel due to house asylum seekers
Protest to block access to former Gannon’s Hotel in Ballinrobe continues, with those taking part expressing doubts that plan shelved
Waiting for help to move home: ‘The stress has taken a toll on my health. I am 36 but I feel like 66’
Disability rights campaigner Geraldine Lavelle got the keys to her new home in May but a lack of care staff means she does not know when she can move in
Achill railway shed to be turned into new homes
‘It’s great to get the opportunity to transform what was a unique building. With its history and legacy we can now create a narrative that will breathe new life into our community in Achill’
President should welcome refugees into the Áras, FG councillor says
Tom Connolly claims refugees are being ‘bulldozed’ into small communities without consultation
Mayo County Council vigorously opposes ‘shanty town’ development for Ukrainian refugees
All of the speakers stressed they were supportive of the Ukrainian people but advised there was alternative accommodation for those who were displaced by the ongoing war
Restaurants with no outdoor dining space ‘discriminated against’
Some restaurateurs ‘despondent and annoyed’ over hospitality reopening plans
Another Life: Ireland’s saltmarshes could vanish as sea level rises
Michael Viney: Government and its agencies finally taking threats of storms seriously
Investigation into discovery of garda’s body on Co Mayo road
Body of John McCallion found beside bicycle; his brother died in a road collision in 2009
‘Rampaging ram’ removed from Mayo beauty spot after woman hurt
Woman claims she was headbutted multiple times by the animal on Downpatrick Head
Landowners threaten to block access to Croagh Patrick
Locals protest over water quality as young child diagnosed with e-coli, cryptosporidium
Shell campaigner challenges Corrib gas pipeline permission
Process was ‘flawed’ Maura Harrington tells court
Moorehall to become a major tourist attraction
Mayo County Council is to develop the historical estate after acquiring it from Coillte
Council buys Mary Robinson’s Ballina home under €5.1m plan
Mayo council pays €510,000 for property, hailing ex-president’s work on climate change, women’s rights
Hundreds of medical card applications and renewals delayed
Staff shortages at medical card unit causing targets of 15 working days to be missed
Family of crash victim takes case against council over road surface
Ashling Gallagher was killed in the collision at Mulranny, Co Mayo in 2004
Travellers picket Mayo council over efforts to relocate Syrian family
Protesters say they should be given priority over ‘foreigners’ to housing in Castlebar
The Mary Robinson Centre is no vanity project
Presidential archives don’t have to be in the Pale to be a resource for everyone
Boil water notice lifted for 46,500 Mayo people after 11 days
Council sorry for inconvenience caused by discovery of parasite in supply from Lough Mask
Boil notice as contaminated drinking water found in Co Mayo
Almost 47,000 people affected by boil water notice following discovery of parasite
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