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Local business people are calling on the local authorities to save town centres in Mayo from desertion by allowing for leniency when it comes to car parking. Recommendations for such changes to restrictive parking regimes were outlined this week in the Retail Grocery Dairy and Allied Trades Association (RGDATA) report entitled A Nightmare on Every Street. The RGDATA is seeking new guidelines to end the parking policy inconsistencies of local authorities and help combat the pull of shoppers to out of town retail centres with free parking.

Don’t worry about putting on extra pounds over the Christmas as The Land of The Giants Duathlon will help to burn them up. On December 29 at 10.30am the town of Claremorris will be a colour fest of runners and cyclist all aiming to complete the first ever Claremorris Duathlon.

Mayo County Council has spent at least €200,000 more than it has earned from car parking charges since 2008, shock new figures reveal. The figures, released by Claremorris Chamber of Commerce ahead of crunch talks with the council on paid parking in Claremorris and Ballinrobe, show the local authority is on target to lose at least €40,000 this year alone.

Claremorris Chamber of Commerce members have expressed their delight at the decision by Government, in its stimulus package, to give the go-ahead for the M17-M18 Tuam-Gort motorway.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has appointed Deputy Michelle Mulherin as chair of the newly formed Fine Gael Policy Committee for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, switched on a world-class telecoms and high-speed broadband network in his hometown of Claremorris.

The Mayo Stages Rally, which will be based in Claremorris this coming weekend, will be worth €500,000 to the local economy according to the Claremorris Chamber of Commerce.

Lack of information and disinformation is clouding the case for the Western Rail Corridor which must proceed to cope with huge demand for rail travel in the region, according to Claremorris Chamber of Commerce.

At the 49th Annual General Meeting of the Claremorris Chamber of Commerce, local based architect Eugene Waldron stepped up to the position of president, having served two years as vice-president. He succeeds James Kean whose term of office at the helm has come to an end.

The smiles at the rally finish said it all. After months of preparation, sheer hard graft, and endless enthusiasm, the 2010 McWilliam Park Hotel Mayo Stages Rally had proven to be a resounding success. The sense of satisfaction, tinged no doubt with a hint of relief, was palpable.