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The issue surrounding the number of charitable collections in Westport was raised at a Joint Policing Committee Meeting on Monday as committee members were concerned that the elderly were intimidated into giving money to such collections.

A proposal for Westport to stage the Fleadh Cheoil within the next three years to add to the busy festival and events calendar that is turning the town into an even bigger tourist haven worldwide was raised at Westport Town Council’s monthly meeting last week.

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.

The creation of 100 jobs, the provision of 290 residential developments, and a road to link the Golf Course Road with The Quay, are all part of the Westport House and Demesne masterplan.

Minster to be contacted over special needs cuts

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.

Westport’s finest will be cooking their favorite recipes on Wednesday December 3 at the Mill Times Hotel, Westport in aid of Mayo Rape Crisis Centre, Castlebar.

With the new year creeping around the corner it was budget time for the local authorities in Mayo over the past week. Mayo County Council will meet this afternoon (Friday) at 2pm to finalise its budget for the next year, while the three town councils in the county have wrapped up their budget proceedings, with Ballina leading the way by cutting their rateable valuation by one per cent for 2009, and Castlebar and Westport were able to hold off any rate increase for the new year.

Westport Town Council