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The inaugural Westport Sea2Summit adventure race is designed to suit all levels of fitness and interests with a mix of road running, cycling, and a mountain hike including the challenging terrain of Croagh Patrick with the backdrop of Clew Bay. It will finish with a short sea run and small obstacle challenge before finishing at the Fairgreen. This challenge offers participants a choice of two routes; the supreme event which offers all of the intensity of the ultimate adventure race, or the spirit event which will certainly appeal to those of relative fitness yet wanting to challenge themselves and push their personal fitness levels. The supreme relay event will take place over the same route and at the same time as the solo supreme race. Teams will be of three people and they will share the disciplines in whatever way they wish.

Three and a half million euro has been pledged to complete the Great Western Greenway from Westport to Achill.

An estimated six million plus British TV viewers tuned in to see Mayo on their screens this week when top attractions in the county from Croagh Patrick to the Céide Fields were featured in the BBC’s popular Coast programme.

Eighteenth century Westport House, which is now considered to be one of Ireland’s national treasures, is situated in a superbly romantic parkland setting with lake, waterfalls, terraces, and beautiful gardens all overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Clew Bay, and Clare Island. It provides a backdrop like nowhere else in the world for a couple to celebrate the most memorable and special day of their lives.

Castlebar now has a unique event of its own, its called the Days Adventure Duathlon and it will be held on Saturday March 27 with a start time of 9am. This race is a mix of running, cycling and mountain running, very much like the famous Gael force event which has proven to be a big hit in the Leenane / Westport area, Now Castlebar can boast about an event of its own with equally as stunning and challenging a terrain.

Brookhaven is an innovative housing development which fuses beautiful contemporary architecture with panoramic views of Clew Bay.

Heritage Week runs from August 22 to 30 with some 1,000 events nationally.

Westport town is just one of Mayo's beautiful locations which will feature in Heart's Desire which is currently being filmed in Mayo by the German television company FFP New Media GmbH, according to Cllr Keith Martin, the Irish Film Board's Mayo liaison officer.

Whale watchers and would-be whale watchers all over the country will have been inspired and excited by the news of the sighting of a blue whale in Irish waters a couple of weeks ago. The initial observation—the first recorded and confirmed sighting of a blue whale in Irish waters for at least 20 years—was made during a tuna fishing trip off the coast of Kerry, and there were two further sightings in the following few days.

For the discerning company that wishes to stand out from the competition and reward and motivate their most important resource – their staff - this Christmas, and infuse them with the kind of inspiration that will be needed to successfully navigate the turbulent economic waters faced by business in the coming year, Westport House, County Mayo and its remarkable history may provide the perfect solution.