Council Partners Environment News

Everyone’s Invited To Mayo’s First Ever Climate Action Gathering

By Ryan Harmon 9 November 2021

To coincide with the end of COP26 and to bring Global Climate Action to a local level Mayo County Council together with Ballina Green Town and a number of other organisations are holding Mayo’s first ever Climate Action Gathering in Ballina on November 12th and 13th. The Gathering brings together events for youths, community groups, individuals […]

Health News

Launch of We’re Breastfeeding Friendly Mayo

By Ryan Harmon 5 October 2021

Mayo CYPSC, in partnership with Healthy Mayo, Mayo County Council and Mayo Chambers are launching “We’re Breastfeeding Friendly Mayo”, a breastfeeding initiative set up to improve the health and wellbeing of breastfeeding mothers, babies and their families through the development and promotion of breastfeeding friendly businesses, organisations and communities. The

Business News Technology

Mayo County Council: Holding a Community Together with Technology

By Jack Mullen 2 February 2021

Image Courtesy of @Wayfinders.ie “The ongoing health emergency has led to new ways of working for organisations all over the world,” says Frank O’Donnell, Public Sector Lead at Microsoft Ireland. In responding to COVID-19, workers across all industries have been forced to adapt their daily routines. But when the services your organisation offers are vital […]

Council Partners Feature News

Mayo County Council named Local Authority of the Year 2020

By Jack Mullen 30 November 2020

Mayo County Council has won the prestigious Local Authority of the Year award at the 2020 Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, along with three wins out of five nominations. The three winning projects are the Making Positive Choices project in the Health & Wellbeing category; Weather Impact Register App – WIRE in the […]

Housing News

Anybody Home? New Site Logs Rising Vacancies

By Nick Fitzgerald 3 January 2018

VacantHomes.ie is a website that was launched in August 2017 by Mayo County Council on behalf of the local government sector, as an online resource for anyone to anonymously log possible vacant properties and alert local authorities who can then follow up with the owners to see whether the house can be re-used quickly. According to […]