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Gardaí are appealing to the public to assist in an incident which took place on Wednesday evening, December 16, around 7.20pm, when a man entered a shop in the Westport Quay area where he demanded cash and got away with a small amount of money.

Local groups benefit from grants

Deputy Michael Ring, Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, has been in touch again with the Court Services in relation to the proposed closure of the Westport and Kiltimagh courthouses.

Two people in the Westport area and two in the Castlebar area have been arrested for drink driving since Monday.

Westport Chamber of Commerce has launched its new Shop ‘n Spraoi na Nollag website www.westportmarket.ie in an all out effort to attract visitors to the town for the authentic Irish Christmas market from December 11 to 13.

Custom House Studios, Westport, presents an exhibition of works made by artists who have worked and exhibited at Custom House Studios during 2009.

Gerard Needham, a 31-year-old beef farmer from Westport who runs a successful engineering business, will be a contestant on TG4’s new 10 part series Feirm Factor.

The ever popular Westport 5K which fell foul to the weather has been refixed for Sunday, February 7. The event which takes in the final round of the 2009 Mayo Athletic Club, Vodafone, C and C Cellular road race league will get under way at 2pm in the west Mayo town. The race will be held over a flat accurate course on the streets of the town. Entries for the race will be taken in the dressing rooms at the sports centre beside Westport Athletic Club’s track from 12.30pm on the day of the event. There will be refreshments served at Hotel Westport where the race finishes and the prize giving will take place there also from 3.30pm. There will be prizes in the men’s category for the first three finishers overall, first three over 40s, first three over 50s, and the first junior u19. In the women’s section of the road race league there will also be a prize for the first three overall finishers, first three over 35s, first three over 45s, and first junior. There will also be a prize for the best team from the four Mayo Fit4Life group on the race. Entry for the event costs €15, and there will also be a presentation of the Irish Runner most improved athlete award for 2009.