Old courthouse in Westport has now been acquired by Mayo Co Co Published: Wednesday, 21 April 2021 07:42
The old courthouse in Westport, which closed in 2013, has now been acquired by Mayo County Council.
The Courts Service closed the building 8 years ago on health and safety grounds, and all court sittings for the Westport district have since been heard in Castlebar.
The courthouse is located on Castlebar Street in Westport, opposite the Castlecourt Hotel, and Mayo County Council has now acquired the building from the Office of Public Works.
Westport Councillor Christy Hyland has welcomed this development,and told Paula Donnellan that the council will now seek interest from local groups and organisations in relation to its future use..
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Irish Rail set to submit application for a new bridge at a notorious Mayo crossing Published: Tuesday, 13 April 2021 09:44
Irish Rail has all its documents compiled to submit an application for a new bridge at the notorious manual railway crossing at Kilnageer, outside Castlebar, and it’s expected the company will make the application shortly.
That was confirmed by Mayo County Council Engineer Ann Sweeney at a recent meeting of Castlebar Municipal District.
Local councillor Cyril Burke says its welcome news that the company appears to be almost ready to proceed with the planning application that will be submitted to Mayo County Council.