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Westport's Petals Hair and Beauty welcomes Gazoriek Przemyslaw, "John", to their colour and style team. John trained for three years with the Krakow Hair Academy and completed advanced training there. He also worked in Professional Fashion Hair in Krakow. He specialises in L’Oreal colour and highlighting, as well as extreme fashion cutting.

The acquisition by the council of the Westport Convent has moved closer to fruition, following the placing of a deposit from the Council on the former residence of the Sisters of Mercy.

This residence is nestled into a mature elevated site at Brackloon circa five kilometres from Westport town centre.

Lost Country is an exhibition exploring place, memory and the links between past and present by artist Feargal O’Malley. It focuses on construction of landscapes from childhood memories of time spent in Westport, and the day-to-day life of the artist growing up and as an adult in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. Certain memories come to mind even though we are located in completely differnt environments. Each piece reflects how stimulus from the artist's life in Craigavon can prompt memories of his childhood holidays in the west of Ireland and inform a visual portrayal of these memories. The resulting imagery can be somewhat idealistic, - given the dramatic changing landscape in both areas - a result of the recent housing boom. Feargal O’Malley is an artist based in Co Armagh. His exhibition runs until August 24 in the Custom House Studios Gallery which is located at the Quay in Westport and is open every day. You can call 098 28735 for more information.

The next Westport Civic Trust talk will examine place-name history in the county, ranging from rare pre-Gaelic survivals to parish and townland names and to the more recent so-called minor names which survive especially in coastal Gaeltacht and island communities.

Twenty-five-year-old Yvonne Moran from Mulranny who tragically lost her life this week following a two car road traffic collision was laid to rest on Thursday in Kileen Cemetery.

See well-known Westport people cooking their own special recipes and demonstrating how to get the best results in the kitchen!

Looking out at the deluge of rain that is hammering our office window at the moment, it’s hard to imagine how the thousands of Tidy Towns volunteers across the county kept the enthusiasm for the task in hand this year given the depressing and atrocious weather we’ve been experiencing.

A jubilant crowd welcomed home the Tidy Towns committee at the Wyatt Hotel, Westport on Tuesday evening after the town notched up an impressive victory at the annual Tidy Towns Awards which were held at a gala dinner on Monday night in Dublin. Not alone did the town scoop a hat-trick this decade (2001, 2006 and 2008) in being credited with being the tidiest town in Ireland, but they also received six other awards—Ireland's Tidiest Large Town, gold medal, regional award for the recycle initiative, the Le Gaeilge award, and a regional and county medal—with the win being even sweeter this year as it is the 50th anniversary of the Tidy Towns competition.

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen TD made an official visit to the National Museum of Ireland-Country Life in Turlough last Friday where he officially announced tourism development grants of €2.2 million for 35 historic towns— with two recipients being Ballina and Westport.