Cllr Michael Burke

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SUPER NEWS FOR Shrule/Glencorrib GAA & LGFA Club WITH THE GRANTING OF PLANNING FOR THEIR NEW FACILITIES. GREAT CREDIT GOES TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. EXCITING TIMES AHEAD.

A historic day for our club!

We are delighted to share, we as a club have been granted full planning permission for the construction of:

- An all weather GAA pitch, with walkway
- An all weather Astro
- Floodlights serving new pitch and astro
- A new spectator stand
- A car park with accessible spaces and bus parking and
- A new playground

A big word of gratitude to Donal McCormack for his time and effort in getting the planning permission granted for the next phase of our clubs development.

This next phase of development will be a great addition to our club and community!

Shrule/Glencorrib LGFA

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GIRLS AND THEIR COACHES ON WINNING THE CONNAUGHT FINAL TODAY.

I have reported the lights outage on The Neale road in Ballinrobe for the past couple of nights. Hopefully this will be sorted as soon as possible.

Ger, Tom, Paddy and Aimee are blown away by the response to the fundraising campaign. Thanks a million for all the support. Donations are also being accepted offline by contacting Jp, Bernie or Debbie. You can also contact the page or email [email protected].
Idonate link is https://www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/friendsofger

BREAKING NEWS

I HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OWNERS OF THE FORMER JJ GANNONS HOTEL.

THE OWNERS HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE LEASE IS WITHDRAWN FOR THE CURRENT PROPOSAL AS OF THIS MORNING.

I AM DELIGHTED WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ITS A GOOD RESULT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED OUT LAST NIGHT AND HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ME OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT

Below is the email information I received with questions and answers from the Department yesterday.

[email protected] is the email address to send your grievances and queries too.

Further to my earlier statement, I want to state that I released it as an information to the public. Given the unbelievable short notice from the department I wanted to give local people a chance to be heard regardless of their views. I felt people couldn’t do anything about it after the people had moved in. We we’re not consulted in any way as a town either by the department or the property owners.

You came out in great numbers to air your frustration with the decision. Thanks to everyone who came along and respected the speakers.

While this is a National government issue I will be calling on Mayo County Council and the department to listen to my feedback from the people I have spoken to today and am meeting tomorrow.

Ballinrobe has always been willing to help out those less fortunate but this is a step to far. I would like to say to the Department and to the owner of this property that this is not good enough.

I am available for meeting anyone tomorrow Saturday afternoon by appointment.

Thanks
Michael

Statement from Councillor Michael Burke

Re; Housing of international protection applicants in Ballinrobe

I and my fellow public representatives were informed yesterday afternoon by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and youth that they would be commencing use of the former JJ Gannon’s Hotel on Main Street Ballinrobe. From next Monday January 8th there will be up to 50 male international protection applicants accommodated on the property. This is the first contact I have had confirming this development. The three local councillors including myself met with some community groups last night to inform them of the information we had received.
As councillors we have no say in this decision and all we can do is put pressure on Mayo County Council and the HSE to enhance local services to cater for the extra numbers in town. We will also be asking local support groups to liaise and work with these men to make their integration to our area a good process for everyone.

This is a challenging situation for services in our town but we have had challenges in the past that we have overcome. I want to make it clear that the Gannon family have no involvement in this property.

ENDS

WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR.

MAY YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU WISH FOR AND CHEERS TO THE NEW YEAR.

WE THINK OF ALL THOSE MISSING SOMEONE AS WE TURN INTO THE NEW YEAR.

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Congratulations to the people involved on a massive news story for the end of 2023. I am glad to be associated with this initiative from the very beginning. Unbelievable results from such small beginnings.
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These parish yearbooks are always a nice gift at Christmas for people at home or abroad. Well done to the community of Roundfort, Robeen and Carras on the publication.

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Great to see footpath been completed to the hill in Glencorrib village I was delighted to have provided €10.000.00 to assist with having this completed. I also want to confirm I will be providing additional funding in 2024 to assist in completing the footpath at south end of village .The village will have seen major improvements in the last 4 years and I’m delighted to have played a part with the community.

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Well done to everyone involved

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WHAT A PERFORMANCE

WELL DONE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED WITH Ballinrobe Folk Choir ON OR OFF STAGE. YOU BROUGHT US AN AMAZING NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT. THE FULL HOUSE WENT HOME SO HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY HAD JUST WATCHED.

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT EVENING AND WE ARE BLESSED WITH THE TALENT IN OUR AREA.

I was delighted to attend Claire’s book launch recently. More success to her.

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Always a special night of the year. Please if you can support the charity on the night if you are attending.

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Lots of flooding on the roads this evening. Please drive with caution

Free parking from 2pm daily in council car parks only until 30th December. On street parking as normal.

Great to see sections of footpaths replaced at inner New Street recently. These footpaths were in poor condition and a hazard to pedestrians. Im also glad to confirm the resurfacing of the road in the same estate will take place next spring. All of the monies for these works were provided from my funding allocation only.

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Great to see the County Council lowering the wall at Dowagh, Cross.

This junction was extremely dangerous exiting on to the Cross to Neale road. This work will make it much safer for the residents and user’s of this road.

Great gift idea. Shop local.

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I had a really good discussion with the 3rd year CSPE class in Ballinrobe Community School this morning. We spoke about democracy and the County Council’s roll in it.

Thanks to Mr Sean Kelly and the students for inviting me. Those teenagers are a credit to their parents and teachers. 👏👏👏
The future is bright.

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Our 3rd Year CSPE class interviewed Counsellor Michael Burke today as part of our unit on democracy. Mr. Burke explained the political system in Ireland and answered student questions on various aspects of Irish politics. The students thoroughly enjoyed the visit and greatly appreciated the chats and discussion from Mr. Burke. He was very kind to invite us to the Mayo County Council offices in the future, something the class look forward to.