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Permission sought for 65 homes and a nursing home at former Ballina school site - news - Western People (opens the original)
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Planning applications have been lodged with Mayo County Council at the site of the former St Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina for a nursing home and a total of 65 housing units. CH Care Services Ltd had previously acquired permission to use the site of the former all-girls school on McDermott Street, which moved to a new premises in 2022, as an IPAS Centre, however, these plans never materialised. A planning application to convert the premises to apartments was withdrawn in August and had attrac
Planning permission for Mayo data centre overturned after appeal - news - Western People (opens the original)
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An Coimisiún Pleanála has overturned Mayo County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a proposed data centre in Killala. The local authority had given the green light to Mayo Data Hub Ltd, part of US firm AVAIO Digital, for the proposal in April 2025 despite a number of objections, including a submission made by international best-selling author and Mayo resident Sally Rooney. The decision to grant planning was appealed by another objector, Colin Doyle from Ennis, Co Clare, and An
School bus service restored after community campaign - news - Western People (opens the original)
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Parents in a Mayo community are rejoicing following the restoration of a school bus service ahead of the 2026/27 academic year. Pupils from the townlands of Derryfadda and Boleyglass in Bofeenaun had found themselves without a post-primary bus service since 2021, when the service active since 1979 was withdrawn due to a decline in student numbers, despite fully meeting the criteria since 2023-'24.. A local action group has been actively campaigning to get this route reinstated after the number o
Objection lodged to new housing scheme in Mayo - news - Western People (opens the original)
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An appeal has been made to An Comisiún Pleanála over Mayo County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a 47-unit housing development in Ballina. Thawside Ltd was given the green light to construct 32 three-bed semi-detached, six two-bed semi-detached and nine four-bed detached houses at Friarscourt, Laghtadawannagh, Killala Road, Ballina despite concerns raised by members of the Friarscourt Residents' Association. The group of local residents had made a collective submission to the
Community hub gets go-ahead on historic site in Mayo town - news - Western People (opens the original)
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Mayo Co Council has granted planning permission for the former Convent of Mercy in Ballina to be transformed into a community hub. Ballina Convent Regeneration CLG have restored the building, which had fallen into near ruin, after being gifted it by the Sisters of Mercy in 2024. The group can now progress with plans for a major refurbishment that will see the former convent become a community hub. The proposed plan for the McDermott Street site will see the change of use of the convent’s ground
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