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A Mayo county councillor has highlighted some questionable accounting techniques being applied to car-parking income generated at Murrisk Car-park, where tens of thousands come to climb the pilgrimage mountain of Croagh Patrick every year - which includes payments towards salaries of council staff and random invoices that could come from previous years.

Relay for life is a global event which celebrates and remembers those who have and are fighting cancer. The first relay for life event in Westport takes place over this weekend, May 20th & 21st, during which there will be a free music and dancing event for all the family taking place on The Fairgreen, including artists such as Seoda, Peter Molloy, Tony Reidy, Coda, The Clew Bay Pipe Band and more.

Mayo County Council has confirmed that responsibility for the development of greenway trails around the county has been transferred from the Department of Rural and Community Development to Transport Infrastructure Ireland - and that the only discussions regarding Mayo greenway trails underway with TII relate to the Bunnacurry section in Achill.

Older people and visitors stand to benefit just as much as those with disabilities if proper accessibility infrastructure is put in place to make Westport town fully accessible for all.

The Westport-Dublin train service is to improve and increase its offering substantially over the next number of years as Iarnrod Eireann (IE) invests millions in expansion plans and upgrade works while looking to provide linkages to more rural areas in Mayo.

A Councillor in the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District has told a fellow Mayo County Councillor to get his "facts right" and to "keep his nose out of the business of Claremorris" - following a meeting of the local Municipal District this week.

Community groups and public representatives in Westport have written to Mayo County Council asking for the facilitation of Car-Free Sundays in the town to highlight, and reduce, local dependence on fossil fuels.

Mayo County Council Tourism Development Officer Anna Connor outlined a multitude of tourism projects underway throughout the county during a presentation to the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District this week.

Compulsory Purchase Orders will form part of the land acquisition strategy to further develop Greenway routes in Mayo, wherever landowners may not be agreeable to granting access - according to Paul Hyland, Senior Executive of Mayo County Council National Roads Office.

A plan by Mayo County Council to ban dogs from beaches between noon and 6pm as part of a bid to maintain Blue Flag status has been widely condemned by councillors in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District.