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A large number of Turasóireacht Acla Teo members attended its annual general meeting on Friday September 16, in Ted Lavelle’s, Cashel. Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring, was the guest of honour and Councillor Austin Francis O’Malley, Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, addressed the meeting before agreeing to preside over the election of officers.

Members of the Westport Electoral Area Committee this week expressed their concerns that works that are due to start in Kilbride and Knockbregga on the N59 Westport to Mulranny improvement scheme will have a negative impact on the Great Western Greenway into the summer season next year. The committee were given a presentation by Pat Staunton of the Mayo National Roads Design Office on the overall scheme which went to Part 8 Planning on August 30 last. Staunton told the members that the Knockbregga and Kilbride stretch was ready to proceed in the very near future, and that tenders were being opened this week by the council for that stretch of road, and a nine month period of works was planned as the improvements were put in place. He told the members that it was hoped to have the approval for that stretch at the November meeting of the committee, and then at the full council meeting that month, with works starting after that.

Westport Town Council, Mayo Sports Partnership and Westport Leisure Park are to host the inaugural Great Western Greenway 10K on Saturday September 24 as part of the annual Get Out There Festival in Westport.

A walk from Castlebar to Achill Sound will take place on September 17 in aid of Mayo Cancer Support.

Mayo Fine Gael councillor Patsy O’Brien recently dismissed the idea of a greenway along the northern section of the Western Rail Corridor line, north of Claremorris, as “short term gain” and “ad-hockery”. I am not sure what he meant by this term, but the Sligo Mayo Greenway campaign says the idea should not be dismissed flippantly and needs to be examined as a realistic alternative to any proposed railway in the current climate.

There are two forthcoming charity events in Mayo. They both aim to raise money for the charity group Vita.

Ballina lady Deirdre Ruane is organising a number of trips to Ethiopia in conjunction with third world development agency VITA.

A challenge to walk the full 42K of the Greenway is to take place, starting in Achill at 7am on Bank Holiday August 1.

The Great Western Greenway has been awarded the 2011 European Destination of Excellence for Tourism and the Regeneration of Physical Sites by the EU.

A unique food trail — devised by Mulranny Park Hotel in collaboration with local food producers — which uses the route of the award winning Great Western Greenway, has been launched this week.