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If you are heading to the Get out There adventure festival this weekend, then why not make it more fun and less stressful by getting there using public transport services provided from Castlebar, Newport, and Louisburgh. Or if you do come by car, why not park and stride?

A development site which contains a large detached residence would provide for a rare opportunity for a purchaser to acquire a property with commercial/residential development potential strategically located on one of the most high profile sites on the corner of Distillery Road. The property which is being offered for sale by tender through agents O’Donnellan & Joyce has dual frontage onto Distillery Road and onto the car park of NUIG.

No 9 Distillery Road is one of the finest sites adjoining NUIG and is for sale this Friday October 31. The property contains an imposing detached residence which stands on 0.2 acre and is possibly one of the most strategically located sites in the Newcastle area. The property adjoins the car park of NUIG, comprising of a large corner site and has potential with the current zoning for ground floor commercial units with overhead student accommodation.

Cox Wooden Products manufacturs individual hand crafted furniture with emphasis on quality, longevity, and style.

Mayo Sailing Club and the Westport Rugby Club are looking for your old phones in order to get a free defibrillator to share between their clubs. There is a collection box in the clubhouse outside the cadet room on the ground floor and also one in the offices of Atlantic Coast Holiday Homes, Distillery Road, Westport. So look for your old phones now!

In the eighteenth century there were quite a number of small distilleries operating in Galway, which was remarkable when one considers how many poitín makers there probably were in the hinterland. A new Government act on distilling in 1779 brought in controls and reduced the number, so that there were only two distilleries here in 1802. Thirty years later, there were four operating in the city... Burke’s Quarter Barrel Distillery was at the end of Quay Street, where Jury’s Hotel is today; Burton Persse had two, one in Newtownsmith and one in Newcastle (Distillery Road); and the Nun’s Island Distillery was owned by a John Lynch and produced 100,000 gallons per annum. Unfortunately Mr Lynch got into financial difficulties and closed down the business.

Westport town manager Peter Hynes has said that the issue surrounding traffic in the town — which was discussed during a special meeting of Westport Town Council — is being examined, but as the town “was not designed for the car in mind” it will always mean that it will take some time in order to pass through the town. However if Westport is shortlisted for the Smarter Town Travel scheme and is in receipt of funding Mr Hynes said that cars will eventually be replaced by a larger uptake of people cycling and walking in the town, which will help alleviate traffic problems.