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The town of Westport came to a standstill at lunchtime last Monday for the funeral of Seán Staunton, a man described by Fr Charlie McDonnell during his funeral Mass as “The father of Westport”.

Mayo farmer Sean Coughlan has been awarded a prestigious Nuffield Scholarship. The internationally-acclaimed scholarship, which is sponsored by Aurivo, was awarded by the Nuffield Ireland Farming Scholarship Trust.

The Galway Rape Crisis Centre has opened an outreach counselling services for the Ballinasloe area.

Three is to become two where the county’s Joint Policing Committees (JPCs) are concerned, with the county committee to be dissolved in favour of just two committees in Athlone and Mullingar.

Fine Gael councillor Noreen Heston has resigned from Mayo VEC in order to focus on her work with local residents in the town. In her resignation letter she stressed that she wanted to concentrate on “my core responsibilities as a member of Castlebar Town Council and, especially, my work with residents’ associations”.

The cream of judo exponents will be in Galway this weekend when the city hosts the All Ireland Judo Championships.

Kilkenny man John Bryan emerged victorious from Citywest where the IFA presidential elections took place on Tuesday this week.