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A Mass will be held in St Mary’s Church, Westport on Friday December 12 at 7.30pm in remembrance of family and friends who have been killed or injured on our nation’s roads, or in any tragic circumstances throughout the years, from Westport and surrounding areas.

With the deadline for submissions of the Westport Town and Envrions Draft Development Plan drawing to a close (May 12 at 5pm) Fine Gael town councillor Peter Flynn is urging locals to examine the significant changes which are proposed for the town and to submit their observations to the town council offices before Tuesday.

The recent very sad and tragic death of a brave young Royal Marine Robert McKibben really brought home to everyone in the Westport area the stark reality of war. Robert’s parents, sisters, brother, his girlfriend, relations and friends were truly devastated, as were his comrades in arms from the Royal Marines and indeed his former comrades from the Irish Defence Force. All who knew him were deeply shocked and numbed by his death. It is fair to say that the whole region was saddened by the news of his tragic death and it was no surprise that St Mary’s Church in Westport was packed for the funeral, or that it brought the town of Westport to a standstill as the cortege moved through the town in what was one of the saddest funerals on record.

Why don’t you and your family take part in a 5km fun walk/run in Westport on Sunday December 28 at 2pm?

Mr Hynes outlined that since the end of March the harbour at Westport was handed over from Westport Harbour Commissioners to the Mayo County Council with the intention that the Westport Electoral Area would be an advisory committee. The town manager said that a formal thank you would take place for the Westport Harbour Commissioners in the near future.

This week eight county Mayo hotels picked up awards at the west/northwest Green Hospitality Awards held in the Westport Woods Hotel. These awards are a national programme supported by the EPA and local authorities in recognition of efforts made to improve environmental management in the hospitality sector.

An estimated €4,000 worth of cannabis was seized by the Divisional Drugs Unit in the Westport district in the evening of Monday May 18.

Westport is feeling the recession like the rest of Ireland but an article in last Friday's Irish Independent drew “an inaccurately dire picture of Westport's economic status” said Labour's Keith Martin, who is also a member of Westport’s Job Creation Taskforce.

A four hour workshop over two evenings on the Code of Ethics and Best Practice in Sport will be held in Westport, on Tuesday January 27 and Wednesday January 28 as part of Mayo Sports Partnerships New Sport Volunteer Training Programme for 2009. The course will start at 7.30pm each evening and finish at 9.30pm.