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

A smaller CCTV system than first proposed will be installed in Westport due to a lack of available funding.

A smaller CCTV system than first proposed will be installed in Westport due to a lack of available funding.

The new Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council, Councillor Ollie Gannon, said that he looks forward to his new role with “enthusiasm and optimism”.

A war of words broke out at Westport Town Council’s AGM this week over the nomination of the Leas Cathaoirleach, with Fine Gael refusing to share the chair with the council’s other political parties, after being asked whether this could be done by Fianna Fáil councillor Margaret Adams.

Councillor Christy Hyland asked whether there has been any progress on trying to allocate a drop-off point for school buses in the town.

Civic receptions for new President and Westport judges

Westport area and town councillors have rejected a new core strategy as part of Westport’s development plan, even though the town manager Joe Beirne advised that they take on board variations to the town’s development and environs plan.

At Thursday’s monthly Westport Town Council meeting, councillors were informed that it is hoped that a draft part eight will be ready for September in relation to the convent building.

Westport town councillors have voted against the introduction of on-street car parking charges, from April to October, which means that the €150,000 revenue needed to “balance the books” for the 2011 budget needs to be culled from expenditure.