Old Mayo grain store to become a home

PLANS to give a new lease of life to an old Mayo grain store have been given the green light.

Most recently the historical building, on the Downhill Road in Ballina, has been used as a boxing gym.

Now, an application for a change of use of the four-storey property, overlooking the Moy estuary, to create one residential unit have been approved by Mayo County Council.

The old grain store was originally part of an important group of historical buildings clustered along the fast-running mill race associated with the Brusna river.

The proposal put forward was respectful of its historical significance, and the developers said it was a positive means of achieving a housing requirement and removing a derelict building.