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Interest in the 2009 Town of Tomorrow competition – which has been extended this year to include a category for students of the GMIT in Castlebar – has been phenomenal, with 49 entries received from budding architects, designers, and planners, and those who simply have wild imaginations.

The delisting of a historical house as part of the Ballina Town Development plan caused some debate in the council chamber this week. Cllr Tommy Cooke called on Paddy Mahon, town manager, to meet with the family in question and sort out the situation, an idea that was supported by a number of the councillors in the chamber.

The elected members of Ballina Town Council narrowly passed a revised supplementary development contribution scheme at their monthly meeting. The revised plan which saw the cost of the contribution cut from €4,500 per residential unit to €3,500 was passed by a vote of five to four in the chamber after a lengthy debate. The proposal to put the item through but with a reduced charge was made by Fianna Fáil councillor Padraig Moore, which was a counter motion to Independent councillor Mary Kelly’s proposal to shelve the item for 12 months and bring it back to the council then.

Castlebar Chamber welcomes the decision by the Castlebar Town Council to redevelop the Main Street/Ellison Street area of the town. “This is a very welcome development. The chamber have been calling for this redevelopment for a number of years and we believe that this project is a welcome boost to the traders in the traditional town centre, especially in these difficult economic times,” said chamber president Peter Glynn.

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When it comes to looking out for your business and your town there is no better organisation to be a member of than Castlebar Chamber of Commerce.

As it was the last meeting of the Westport Area Committee before election time, town manager Peter Hynes said that it was important to look back at the proactive work achieved by the area committee during the last five years, and highlighted some momentous achievements such as the: Westport Environs Plan; the Aughagower sewerage scheme; the car park at Silverstrand; the Louisburgh Playshcool; beach management and beach bye-laws; navigational aids at Clew Bay; the improvement of piers in the county; tourism projects—walks, cycleways; housing projects in Aughagower and Cushlough; the redevelopment of the old station in Newport; the scheme in Kilmeena; the development and the improvement of housing and roads in the area.

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€27 million ESB project under way

“Following the appointment of the successful tenderer, the IDA is confident that these works will commence and be completed before the end of the year.”