It’s three years since the RTE TV series “Living the Wildlife� came on television for the very first time. It’s become part of the furniture now, with Westport-based Colin Stafford Johnson popping up on our TV screens every Tuesday evening. Filmed by GMarshTV from Crossmolina, the series focuses on the fascinating wildlife right here in Ireland, under our noses, showing the hidden lives of Ireland’s animals and birds. The filming regularly features the Westport, area and part of next week’s episode, which is the last in the series, was filmed right in the town centre. It will centre on a pair of crows nesting in the lime trees on The Mall just outside the church.

Kilmeena GAA Under 8s are looking spruce this weather in their brand new jerseys sponsored by local broadbrand company WestNet.

by Sandra Coffey

NOW is the time to invest, to keep our towns attractive and to provide additional facilities and amenities so that businesses will want to invest, community activists in Kiltimagh have been told.

The chief executive of IRD Kiltimagh, Joe Kelly, told the company’s annual general meeting that hopes are still high the decentralisation of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to the town will go ahead...

...Mr Kelly also revealed that IRD Kiltimagh has been successful in bringing together a team effort involving internet companies e-net, Westnet, BT, CMS Peripherals and Mayo County Council. This initiative has resulted in the setting up of the Kiltimagh Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).

Read the full story published in the Western People, 29/12/09