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The Carrowbeg River has not been damaged following a large oil spill in the town last week, after an oil container located at the old site of Northern Feather, and where the new Lidl store will be located, was ruptured.

Councillor Ollie Gannon, a member of Westport Town Council, condemned what he described as a “cosy cartel” among local petrol retailers in the town, where prices for fuel are a lot higher than petrol stations in Castlebar.

Westport town councillors have struck a two per cent rate decrease; even though a counter-proposal was made by Councillor Brendan Mulroy to delay striking a rate until a discussion about pay and display in the town is held at a traffic meeting.

Superintendent Mick Murray of Westport has stated that a huge priority for policing in the town in 2011 will be increasing drug detection, which gardaí have already been successful in achieving during recent times.

Fine Gael Deputy Michael Ring has hit out at the local authority for not salting the footpaths of Westport in recent days, which he described as “just a joke” and a “disgrace” as many people were seriously injured from slips.”

Westport town councillors voiced their discontent with the recommendation to scrap town councils as they discussed the local government efficiency review report at their meeting last week.

Newly appointed county manager Peter Hynes was given a standing ovation at Westport Town Council last Thursday after councillors paid tribute to the man who led Westport to a number of “significant achievements” over the past nine years.

At a Westport Town Council meeting held last Thursday, to consider the manager’s report on submissions on the amendments to the Westport Town and Environs Development Plan, a proposal was carried that Colonel’s Woods would be zoned as woodland and that any development carried out in the area would be subject to a design brief agreed by elected members following a period of public consultation.

The Fine Gael party in Westport has set out its stall ahead of June’s Local Elections. At a packed meeting in the Castlecourt Hotel in Westport last Monday night five Fine Gael candidates were selected for the upcoming Town Council elections on June 5.

Westport Town Council