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Mr Hynes outlined that since the end of March the harbour at Westport was handed over from Westport Harbour Commissioners to the Mayo County Council with the intention that the Westport Electoral Area would be an advisory committee. The town manager said that a formal thank you would take place for the Westport Harbour Commissioners in the near future.

Members of the Westport electoral area committee were this week informed that there was not enough funding to meet this year’s Housing Aid for Older People Scheme due to inadequate funding received from the Government.

Westport Town Council

The acquisition by the council of the Westport Convent has moved closer to fruition, following the placing of a deposit from the Council on the former residence of the Sisters of Mercy.

The announcement that John’s Row would become a one-way street on October 1 was criticised by Westport town councillors at their monthly meeting this week, saying that dialogue with residents needed to be sought before a final decision was made.

Five train services departing from Westport, with one of these arriving in Dublin before 9am, will come into effect according to Mr Myles McHugh, Service Planning Manager Southern and Western with Iarnród Éireann, who addressed members of Westport Town Council on Monday evening.

A large development located on the Lodge Road in Westport may fail to get planning permission following the non-inclusion of submissions which were received by the town council in September in relation to their considering a material contravention to the Westport Development Plan.

Mayo County Council have announced details of rationalisation plans which aim to bring down the cost of operating their two landfill sites.

A capital grant of €500,000 has been confirmed for the creation and development of new enterprise in Westport.

The recent announcement of over €12 million in funding under the Leader programme for the South West Development Company in Mayo was welcomed by members of the Westport Electoral Area Committe last Monday. However, committee members were informed that applications for future Leader programmes would be considered under a change in headings and that islands can’t apply any more—instead they will receive funding under a national islands programme.