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An illegal encampment of caravans at one of Castlebar’s most popular tourist amenities caused outrage among nearby residents and local elected representatives this week.

The people of Tuam will not stand by and allow their town to be continually targeted by developers of anaerobic waste digestion plants, according to county councillor Shaun Cunniffe who welcomed the refusal by the local authority to grant planning permission to the latest application.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) is due to commence works at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar, at the end of this week to tackle the problem of weed growth in the lake. The news has been welcomed locally by Labour councillor Harry Barrett who had made representations to the authority to have the works expedited.

The new Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council, Councillor Michael McLaughlin, has three main priorities for his year in the chair; the first being the prospect of a legal challenge against the abolition of the town council.

There is the traditional ‘spring clean’ clearout but Galway will be having ‘summer clearout’ this weekend.

The lack of proper tour bus parking facilities and the distance buses must drop tourists from the city centre “needs to be addressed as soon as possible”.

The lack of proper tour bus parking facilities and the distance buses must drop tourists from the city centre “needs to be addressed as soon as possible”.

City Hall is not refusing to collect unused bins from customers who have moved to other refuse providers, despite claims to the contrary.

Labour Councillor Harry Barrett has welcomed the actions of Castlebar Town Council, which has served a dangerous area notice, relating to an unfenced stream located at Lakeview in Castlebar. Barrett had shown pictures of the stream at the April meeting of the local authority and had informed members that a four-year-old child had had a lucky escape after falling in, a number of months ago.

Delays in the preparation and implementation of a master plan for South Park has been slammed by Independent city councillor Catherine Connolly.