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Daniel O'Hara and Shauna Smith want to extend and alter their house at Quignalecka in Ballina, and install a new waste water treatment system to handle sewage. The work includes various site works to complete the project.
Charles River Laboratories is converting an existing laboratory building into warehouse storage at Carrowntreila in Ballina. They're adding a new extension to the front, installing fresh cladding and signage, and making other minor changes to the building's appearance.
Leona Crean and John Brennan want to build a new house and garage at Ardrass, Attymass, near Ballina. The development will include a septic treatment system and associated site works to service the new home.
Paul Conmy is planning to build a new slatted shed on his farmland near Ballina, and he'll also be putting a new roof on an existing shed as part of the same project. The work includes various site preparation and ancillary works to tie everything together.
Michael Orla Hallinan is seeking permission to keep changes already made to their home at 51 Rockwell, Killala Road in Ballina. The work involves adding a new window to the side of the house and changing the window layout on both the side and front of the building.
Patrick Rose Naughton is planning to convert an existing two-storey farm building into a home, adding single-storey extensions on both the east and west sides. The work will include installing a new wastewater treatment system to meet EPA standards. This is a residential conversion project at Ballinloughaun near Ballina.
Michael Orla Cafferkey is looking to build a new house at Doohoma near Ballina. The development includes a wastewater treatment system and percolation area to handle drainage, along with all the necessary site works.
Thomas Emer Nugent has been given the go-ahead to build a domestic garage at Gortnaraby, Crossmolina, near Ballina. This is a modification to a house type that was previously approved under a different planning permission. The decision includes permission for all related site works and services.
Sean McGowan has been given the go-ahead to demolish a derelict building and outbuilding at Cloonislaun, then build a new two-storey extension onto the existing house and do a major renovation with changes to how it looks from outside. He'll also be upgrading the septic tank to a modern wastewater treatment system.
Aaron Timlin and Marian Daire want to build a new house and garage at Corraveggaun West, Knockmore, near Ballina. The development will also include a septic treatment system and percolation area to handle wastewater.
Mary Gill had applied to build a house, garage, and wastewater treatment system at Kildavaroge near Ballina. She then sought to extend the time limit on that original planning permission, but Mayo County Council has refused to grant the extension.
Dianne Slowey has been given the green light to extend her home at Knockmore in Ballina. The project involves adding extensions to the existing dwelling house along with associated site works. The decision came through in May 2026, though there are conditions attached that need to be met.
Patrick Gallagher and Sandra Connolly have been given the go-ahead to extend and alter their house in Carrownlabaun, near Bonniconlon. They're also installing a new effluent treatment system as part of the works.
Stephanie McAndrew is planning to knock down a single-storey conservatory on the back of her house in Gorteen, Ballina, and replace it with a new two-storey extension. The application is now with Mayo County Council for consideration.
A house at Riverside Grange in Ballina is being demolished and replaced with a new two-storey semi-detached home. Ewelina Kita has received permission for the project, which also includes necessary site works.
Bridie Coleman has been given the go-ahead to alter and extend her home in Ballymacredmond, Ballina, and will partially demolish an existing rear extension. The project also includes upgrading the wastewater treatment system on the property.
Martine Jones wants to knock down the existing house at 72 Abbey Court in Ballina and build a new two-storey detached house in its place. The application includes all the site works needed to make this happen.
Cases and rulings mentioning Ballina from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A yoga student banned for life from his teacher’s studio after an “outburst” about his opposition to celebrating Christmas last year has lost his claim for religious discrimination. Enniscrone, Co Sligo man Peter McKeon had pursued a complaint under the Equal Status Act 2000 agai
An "unfortunate situation" has led to the discharge of a jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering his friend in circumstances of "almost indescribable savagery". Liam O'Leary (33) had pleaded not guilty to the murder of 58-year-old John Casserly at a Peter McVerry Trust ho
A then-teenager who attacked another youth with a broken claw hammer during a violent brawl outside a school has had his sentencing hearing adjourned at Castlebar Circuit Court. Taylor Moran (23) of McDermott Street, Ballina, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm outside St Mary
A murder accused told gardai that he was acting in self-defence when he "smashed" his flat mate's face with a glass and "gouged his eye out" after the deceased told him "you are dying tonight" and came at him with a knife. The defendant Liam O'Leary added: "I killed a man tonight
A witness has denied seeing a neighbour who was killed in an "almost indescribably savage" way moments earlier "beating the s**t out" of the man accused of his murder using a metal pole. Declan Forde today gave evidence in the trial of Liam O'Leary (33), who has pleaded not guilt
The occupant of an apartment where a man died in "almost indescribably savage" circumstances has told a murder trial of how she and her son "fled" for their lives after the accused barged into her home and told her he needed sex. Joanna Forde said she got a feeling of "absolute d
An "incredibly kind" man died in circumstances of "almost indescribable savagery" involving serious violence, having had one eye removed from its socket and a knife inserted in his anus, a barrister has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court. Dean Kelly SC today opened the tri
A 33-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a murder alleged to have occurred at a Fr Peter McVerry Trust housing unit two years ago. Mr Justice Paul McDermott swore a jury of nine men and three women to hear the trial of Liam O'Leary, which will begin tomorrow and is expected to
A Co Mayo man has been jailed for 11 and a half years for abusing five children over a period spanning almost two decades. David Langdon (61) of St Patrick’s Estate, Ballina, pleaded guilty days before his scheduled trial at Castlebar Circuit Court last year to seven sample count
A Mayo woman found with €62,000 of cannabis herb told gardaí she was holding the drugs under duress because of a drug debt. Bernadette Muldoon (40), of St Patrick’s estate, Ballina, pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs for sale or supply at a different address in the same estat
A driver who hit and killed a young man at a pedestrian crossing in Co Mayo – with the victim using his final moments to save his niece's life – has received a fully suspended sentence. James Moyles (33) of Mount Assumpta Terrace, Ballina, suffered fatal injuries when he was stru
A yoga student who found himself banned for life from his teacher’s studio after an alleged “outburst” about his opposition to Christmas last year has accused her of discriminating against him on religious grounds. In her evidence however, the yoga teacher told a tribunal that th
Three men who targeted and "brutally" assaulted Tom Niland, a vulnerable pensioner who they beat to death in his own home, have been sentenced to a combined 43 years in prison. Sentencing the men today, Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the victim was a kind man who was entitled to
A man who viciously” assaulted his friend in front of his young daughter and threatened him with a hammer has been given a suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court. Alex Masuku (34) pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and possession of a weapon at Cloonishlawn, B
Three remorseless' criminals who beat pensioner Tom Niland to death in his home to steal his money had a combined total of 106 previous convictions, a court has heard. One of the three, John Irving (31), had 57 convictions including those for burglary, theft, arson, criminal dama
A Mayo woman who was seriously injured when she was knocked down by a Bus Éireann van in Ballina last year has said she bears no grudge' to the driver. Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court heard that Ann Bourke (60) was briefly trapped under the van after the collision on Kevin Barry
Five days into his trial for the unlawful killing of 73-year-old Tom Niland, who was beaten by three men and left to die in the rural home where he lived alone, John Irving this morning changed his plea to guilty. Irving (31) became the third person to plead guilty to manslaughte
A jury has viewed CCTV footage showing 73-year-old Tom Niland walking into a shop near his house in Sligo about two hours before it is alleged three men broke into his home and assaulted him, leaving him with injuries that caused his death 20 months later. Garda Niall McDonald to
Pensioner Tom Niland was so badly beaten during an alleged home invasion that his neighbours did not recognise him walking along the middle of the road covered in blood, wearing odd shoes and with his eyes swollen shut, a Central Criminal Court trial has heard. Mr Niland's neighb
A man has admitted dangerous driving causing the death of another man on Lord Edward Street, Ballina, Co Mayo last year. Keith O’Brien (49) of Lowvalley, Crossmolina, Co Mayo, was arraigned at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court today before Judge Eoin Garavan. Mr O’Brien pleaded gu