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Westport town councillor Christy Hyland has hit out at how the council is dealing with antisocial behaviour in local authority houses in the town. At the town council meeting last Thursday, Cllr Hyland said: ‘This is my fifth time bringing up anti-social behaviour.”

Councillor Margaret Adams said that she was disappointed that the refurbishment project of the former Convent of Mercy in Westport — where the town’s civic offices are planned to relocate to — will be not be completed sooner then mid-2014.

Westport Town Council is to provide €100,000 in funding towards the Westport United Community Development Ltd.

The Mall in Castlebar is to have Christmas lights permanently installed on its trees over the next few years on a phased basis. Town manager Seamus Granahan presented a proposal to the members of Castlebar Town Council this week to have lights installed on the trees stretching from the corner where the Garda Station is located past the Court House towards the Motor Tax office. The cost of installing these lights, which will be kept on a permanent basis, will be a once off cost of €35,000, with maintenance costs going into the future.

Castlebar Town Park, situated behind Scoil Raifteiri, will benefit from paving works and planting in the near future according to a local councillor.

Hot off the back of The Irish Times announcement that Westport has been named as The Best Place to Live in Ireland, 24-hours later the town was awarded with an all-Ireland title as the Best Kept Large Town at the Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition ; the awards of which were held in Belfast.

Two innovative schemes to encourage new business in Westport are to commence in Westport after receiving full support from the town council.

Businesses in Castlebar must be confident about their own offering and not worry about competition from neighbouring towns. This was the message of Wilson Bird, PRO of Castlebar Chamber of Commerce, speaking at an open forum discussion last week during which Castlebar town manager Seamus Granahan provided a progress report on developments in the county town.

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce is actively seeking to engage with more businesses in the town through the staging of a number of seminars, conventions and promotions all designed to pull the commercial sector in the town together.

Of the many interesting facts disclosed regarding continuing progress in the development of Castlebar town this week, possibly the main highlight was the revelation that real-life action plans and a firm vision for the future can hugely determine funding streams.