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The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD, has announced that funding of up to €4,329,125 has been allocated under Fáilte Ireland's Tourism Infrastructure Fund to 27 tourism projects around the country. This allocation of funding is in addition to over €18 million in Tourism Infrastructure Fund grants already announced. The details of funding for Mayo projects have been outlined and include cycle routes, walking routes and facility improvements at Croagh Patrick and the National Famine Monument.

With the recent announcement by Mayo Community TV Ltd that the plug will be pulled on its transmitter in Drummin on September 30, chairperson Joe Gibbons warned that the areas of Claremorris, Newport and Louisburgh may also have their transmitters shut down, which would affect all householders in the area who rely on these transmitters to receive their television stations.

This September (Sunday 28) will see the first National Trails Day which is taking place across the country with everyone being encouraged to get out and hit a trail near you!

Claremorris is in line for a civic amenity centre where the public can bring recyclable goods but not domestic waste.

When Westport first won the Tidy Towns competition just after the turn of the century the win was greeted with huge celebration. Last Monday evening the news that the town had won the overall competition for the third time this decade, and for the second time in three years, was celebrated with as much gusto by all involved.

Like marathons, election campaigns are long journeys more often suited to the long distance runner then to the sprinter. As on all long journeys events can happen and change predictions that seemed definite at the outset, this is especially true when it’s a political journey. Bear that in mind as we begin the coverage of the local election campaign scheduled for next June. If Madame Editor allows, this scribe will return to my predictions when the ballots are cast and counted to see how wrong (or right!) I was!

The widening of the bridge at Burrishoole Abbey was recommended by Councillor Frank Chambers in a notice of motion which he discussed at Monday’s Westport area electoral meeting.

Mayo North Garden and Flower Club are holding a traditional Christmas flower arranging demonstration by Deirdre McCarthy (School of Floristry, Newport) on Wednesday December 3 at 8pm at the Merry Monk, Killala Road, Ballina.

BreastCheck continues to screen women in County Mayo from a fully accessible mobile unit located at Mayo County General Hospital in Castlebar. Screening of eligible women in the 50 to 64 age bracket in Achill, Clare Island, Newport, Westport and Louisburgh is currently under way. Women who are registered are sent appointments with BreastCheck by post.

Independent Councillor Michael Holmes has spoken out against the National Roads Authority for what he describes as “inefficient allocation of funding” in the upgrade of a section of the N59 road between Mulranny and Newport.