Mayo housing official apologises for ‘distress’ caused by holiday home boycott proposal
Local authority sincerely regrets ‘upset’ to public and second home owners
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Holiday homeowners underestimate at their peril the anger among those locked out of the housing market
A Mayo County Council manager has called for a boycott of holiday homeowners
‘Nothing is off the table’: Mayo housing official defends call to boycott holiday homeowners
Proposal is about ‘demanding accountability’ from holiday homeowners, says Tom Gilligan of Mayo County Counc
Renewable energy cabinets house emergency safety and medical equipment in remote locations
New Innovator: EPC can be tailored to specific environments and has already saved lives
Ryanair grows profits tenfold, while Aer Lingus cabin and ground crew seek talks on pay deal
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Mayo council faces fine following appeal court ruling over lighting contract row
Local authority failed to allow contract bidder time to raise its concerns, judge has ruled
Sally Rooney takes climate fight to Mayo County Council by objecting to ‘toxic’ data centre plan
Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in Cork and Independent TDs take us back to the past
‘It was the nail in the coffin’: The business that’s closing due to rising council rates
Just under half of 31 local authorities will raise rates this year. Increases range from 1.8% to 15%
Storm Ashley live updates: More than 29,000 without power as flights cancelled at Dublin, Cork and Belfast airports
ESB working to repair damage amid orange and yellow wind warnings affected country with ongoing travel disruption
The businessman restoring a blanket bog in one of the most remote parts of Ireland
‘You could over-complicate it,’ Joe Devine says. ‘This is about reversing the drainage of a bog, and seeing what benefits are going to emerge’
Lough Carra: Multi-million euro project aims to improve lake’s water quality and raise conservation status
A €5m project would improve the conservation status of the orchid-rich grasslands, limestone pavements and cladium fens
Inquest returns verdict of accidental death of man who drowned after leaving Mayo hospital
Staff have limited powers available if a person not detained under Mental Health Act wishes to leave, coroner says
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
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
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
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
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
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