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The further progression of Westport towards becoming a Smarter Travel town, a competition which is being run by the Department of Transport to develop alternative travel systems, where if successful Westport would benefit from a large injection of funds, is something which “everyone in the town needs to come together to do absolutely everything to obtain” according to the Cathaoirleach of the town.

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Westport Town Council

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.

“Everyone tells me I’m going to enjoy it, but it’s a daunting task. Well I’m in for it now and I’m looking forward to getting out there.” Michael McLaughlin is no different than any first time candidate hitting out on the campaign trail, nervous about going knocking on people’s doors, people he knows personally and professionally for years, and putting himself in front of them asking them to give him their number one this June. The 31-year-old married father of two is best known as a photographer around the county, based in Westport, the town of his birth and his home since he came back after college to set up his own business, and it’s because of these traits that he believes he is the perfect man to represent the people of his home town. Not that it was at all planned at first, “I was talking to Peter Flynn one day and asked him how was he getting on with the campaign himself, he then suggested that I should run for the town council myself, which was a bit of a shock. I told him to let me think about it and the more time I took to think about it the more it seemed like the right thing to do, so I let my name go forward to the nominating convention and was nominated for the Town Council so here I am now.”

Less than seven weeks from the elections and things are hotting up in the race for Westport Town Council with the announcement of new candidates from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and Labour.

It may have the smallest number of voters of the three town councils in the county, but that makes the Westport Town Council race one of the most interesting.

A Galwayman is set to establish a personal record for athletics in Galway when this year’s Future Streets of Galway is held on August 8.

Newly elected Fine Gael Councillor Ollie Gannon was criticised by Fianna Fáil Cllr Brendan Mulroy for a “flawed proposal” which Cllr Gannon recommended during last Thursday’s meeting of the Westport Town Council.

At a four and a half hour meeting on Monday evening in which Westport town councillors continued their discussion on a draft town development plan, a debate on the listing of the Record of Protected Structures, in which an inventory of 150 additional structures were recommended by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, led to heated discussions as regards the inclusion of structures in Westport House and the Westport House Wall.