New CE of Mayo County Council takes up the reins today Published: Monday, 24 May 2021 14:29
Mr Kevin Kelly has commenced his new role as Chief Executive at Mayo County Council today.
Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council Richard Finn formally welcomed Mr Kelly to his new position, extending a “warm Mayo” welcome to him and wishing him every success in his new role.
In response the new CE said it s is a great honour to take up duty today, in Mayo County Council as Chief Executive and he is looking forward to bringing his experience in Local Authorities over many years to his new role
94 year old Mayo woman has had two Covid vaccine appointments cancelled and remains without the first jab Published: Monday, 12 April 2021 14:27
The HSE and government should not present misleading information on the success of the rollout of the national Covid 19 vaccination programme. That was the view expressed by Castlebar Independent councillor Michael Kilcoyne at the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council this afternoon.
He said it’s wrong that both the HSE and government are running advertisements across the media claiming that all over 85 year olds have been vaccinated against Covid 19, yet he says he knows of a 94 year old woman in county Mayo that has not received any vaccine.
Tuam Mother and Baby Home Survival Group plead with Mayo County Council to employ an Archivist to assist in survivors accessing records Published: Monday, 01 February 2021 16:04
Breeda Murphy of the Tuam Mother and Baby Alliance addressed a Special Meeting of Mayo County Council this afternoon and she called on the local authority to open its archives/ files related to the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.
Councillors called on Council Management to do so.
The meeting was convened to look at the local authority’s responsibility for what happened to residents of Tuam’s Mother and Baby Home, in response to the 3,000 page Commission of Investigation Report into Mother and Baby Homes, published last month.