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Thomas O'Malley is seeking permission to keep an existing domestic shed that's already on his property at Thornhill, Lecanvey, Westport. The shed is 4.81 metres high. This is a retention application, meaning the structure is already there and he's asking the council to formally approve it.
Aileen O'Toole is seeking permission to keep changes she's already made to her house in Carrowkeel, Murrisk near Westport. These include a new dining room window on the front of the house and a home office/gym she's built at the rear, along with associated site services. This is a retention application, meaning the work has already been done and she's now regularising it with the council.
Padraig and Fiona Maguire want to renovate and extend their home at Attireesh in Westport. The work includes all the necessary site works to go with the renovation and extension project.
Mayo Sailing Club wants to upgrade its Westport waterfront facility with a hardstand area for storing boats, a floating pontoon connected to shore, and changes to the existing slipway to make it wider with a vertical wall. The club will also rehabilitate the site when they're done with the work.
Shane Corcoran and Emma Staunton wanted to build a new house with a garage at Slinaunroe, Clogher near Westport, along with a treatment unit and percolation area for waste. Mayo County Council refused the application on 29 April 2026.
Brid Doyle is planning to upgrade her home at Killadangan in Westport. The work includes replacing the windows and roof, making some internal changes, and installing a new septic tank system to handle wastewater more effectively.
Westport Rugby Club has been given the go-ahead to build a new changing room block with a gym and physio room at their Carraholly grounds. They'll also be demolishing some old outbuildings and upgrading the septic tank system to handle the increased use.
Jerome Kiely is proposing to convert an existing music recording studio in Cloonmonad, Westport into a seaweed bath facility. The plan includes internal alterations, renovations, and new external windows, along with associated site services to support the new use.
Patrick Rose Keane has got the go-ahead to replace an old septic tank at Castlehill in Ballycroy with a new effluent treatment unit and percolation area. This is a upgrade to the wastewater system serving the property. The council granted conditional permission on 24 April 2026.
Cormac Laura Langan wants to add an extension to their house at No. 14 Knockranny Village in Westport, along with some associated site works. The application has just been submitted and is now being processed by Mayo County Council.
Kathleen Kelly has been granted permission to keep a first floor that was added to her home at No. 14 Pairc na Coille in Westport. This is a retention application, meaning the work was already done and she's now getting official approval for it. The council has given the green light, though there are conditions attached to the decision.
John Nevin is seeking permission to add residential accommodation to the Newfield Inn in Mulranny, near Westport, along with all necessary associated works. The application is currently being processed by Mayo County Council and no decision has been made yet.
Angela Grealis and Cathal Hanley have been given the go-ahead to build two stepped terraced buildings in Mulranny with 20 tourist apartments in total—10 one-bedroom ground-floor units and 10 two-bedroom duplex units above. The development also includes a car park with 27 spaces, cycle parking, and landscaped areas.
Emma Sweeney has been allowed to keep changes she's already made to her home in Killavally, Westport. The work involved converting her garage into a living space, making some updates to the house itself, and rebuilding the front boundary wall to close off access from the Westport side. She also upgraded the septic tank and drainage system on the property.
Paul Carmel Fitzgerald wants to knock down some storage sheds at Buckfield Inn in Kilmeena and build an extension to create a separate living unit – sometimes called a granny flat – for the main house. All the necessary site works to make it happen are included in the plan.
Cases and rulings mentioning Westport from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
The daughter of a woman killed tragically by a delivery truck outside a supermarket in Co Mayo has said she holds no ill will' towards the driver. Mrs Maureen Hopkins (76) of Rosmoney, Carrowholly, Westport, died after she was hit by a lorry in the car park of SuperValu, Westport
An attacker who travelled to Dublin City Centre with "a plan to hunt someone" before randomly plunging a knife through the neck of a grandmother who had come to see the Christmas lights has been jailed for 12 years. Gretta McCullough (64) was walking with her husband when without
A grandmother was walking through Dublin City Centre having just seen the switching on of the Christmas lights when randomly and "without warning" she was "struck violently from behind" with a seven-inch knife, which "passed through" the back of her head, the Central Criminal Cou
A man who stole over €34,000 in multiple thefts within a single week from a supermarket in County Mayo has an ‘egregious addiction’ to gambling, a court has heard. The thefts took place at Lidl, New Road, Westport before and after Christmas 2023. Mantas Kerusauska (39) of Lakevie
A man has pleaded guilty to careless driving causing the death of a pedestrian in her 70s outside a supermarket in Co Mayo last year. Maureen Hopkins, of Rosmoney, Carrowholly, Westport, died after she was struck by a lorry in the car park of Supervalu, Westport, on June 6, 2024.
A man whose four teeth were knocked out after he was hit with a pint glass outside a Mayo nightclub has been left with a dental bill of €11,000, a court has heard. Brazilian man Joao Hermino Sousa Correia (23) of Middletown, Manulla, Castlebar, Co Mayo, was handed a three-year su
James Kilroy, who was jailed for life last summer after a jury rejected his claim that he was insane when he beat, stabbed and strangled his wife to death, has been granted legal aid to appeal his conviction. Kilroy was unanimously convicted of murdering Valerie French Kilroy at
(Pictured: Valerie French's family Veronica French, David French, Hilary French and Kevin Hosford. Photo: Collins) Mother-of-three Valerie French was "savagely slaughtered" and died in terror at the hands of her husband James Kilroy, who has shown no remorse and tried to avoid ac
A jury has unanimously convicted Valerie French Kilroy's husband of her murder, rejecting his claim that he was insane when he beat, stabbed and strangled her to death, in what his third trial since 2021. During James Kilroy's latest trial, psychiatrists had disagreed as to wheth
A jury may consider whether cannabis-induced psychosis qualifies as a mental disorder that could result in a man who killed his wife being found not guilty of her murder by reason of insanity. Mr Justice Tony Hunt delivered his charge this afternoon to the jury in the trial of Ja
A former Seminarian who repeatedly raped his cousin when she was a child and fought the charges over two trials will now serve an additional two years in prison, after the Court of Appeal ruled that his original five-year sentence was too lenient. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy toda
Two toxicologists have told the Central Criminal Court it is "highly unlikely" that a man accused of murdering his wife was intoxicated from cannabis at the time of the killing. James Kilroy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his wife Valerie French Kil
A park ranger was likely suffering from an acute and transient psychotic disorder when he strangled, beat and stabbed his wife to death, a murder trial has heard. Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Lisa Wootton was called by the defence in the trial of James Kilroy, who has pleaded not g
A leading psychiatrist does not agree that drug-induced psychosis can be considered a mental disorder resulting in persons being found not guilty of serious crimes by reason of insanity, a Central Criminal Court murder trial heard today. Professor Harry Kennedy, the former clinic
A park ranger who said he was "on a mission from God" after being found wandering naked through a field having killed his wife was not suffering from a mental disorder and did not meet the criteria for detention under the Mental Health Act, a psychiatrist has told his murder tria
A murder trial jury has been shown the bloodied, bent knife that a man used in killing his wife at their rural Co Mayo home. The Central Criminal Court also heard today that accused James Kilroy demonstrated to gardaí in interview how he killed his wife Valerie French Kilroy and
A Central Criminal Court jury has been told that two psychiatrists disagree on whether a man who is accused of murdering his wife at their rural home in Mayo five years ago satisfies the criteria for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Anne-Marie Lawlor SC, for the Dir
James Kilroy, whose second trial for the alleged murder of his wife Valerie collapsed last week, will go on trial for a third time in May next year. At the Central Criminal Court this morning, Mr Justice Paul McDermott was told that the defence is looking for a "replacement" for
The murder trial of James Kilroy, who admits killing his wife Valerie at their rural Co Mayo home, has collapsed for a second time at the Central Criminal Court as a key defence witness, who was in the process of giving his testimony, is now unavailable to give evidence. Evidence
It is likely a murder accused husband was not under the influence of cannabis when he killed his wife and that he suffered a psychotic episode due to "the long term effect of chronic cannabis exposure", a toxicologist has told his trial. James Kilroy (50), has pleaded not guilty