Note that $80 = \mathrm{lcm}(2,10,16)$. So you can write $a^{80} = (a^2)^{40} = (a^{10})^{8} = (a^{16})^5$. So,
\begin{align*}
a^{80}= (a^2)^{40} &\equiv 1^{40} = 1\pmod{3},\\
a^{80}= (a^{10})^{8} &\equiv 1^8 = 1 \pmod{11},\\
a^{80}= (a^{16})^5 &\equiv 1^5 = 1\pmod{17}.
\end{align*}
By the Chinese Remainder Theorem, the system of congruences
\begin{align*}
x&\equiv 1\pmod{3}\\
x&\equiv 1\pmod{11}\\
x&\equiv 1\pmod{17}
\end{align*}
has a unique solution modulo $3\times 11\times 17 = 561$. But both $x=1$ and $x=a^{80}$ are solutions. Since the solution is unique modulo $561$, then
the two solutions we found must be congruent. That is,
$$a^{80}\equiv 1\pmod{561}.$$
(Added. Or, more simply, as Andres points out, since $3$, $11$, and $17$ each divide $a^{80}-1$, and are pairwise relatively prime, then their product divides $a^{80}-1$).
Once you have that $a^{80}\equiv 1\pmod{561}$, then any power of $a^{80}$ is also congruent to $1$ modulo $561$. In particular,
$$a^{560} = (a^{80})^{7} \equiv 1^7 = 1 \pmod{561}$$
as desired.
Best Answer
Since $$a^{561}-a=\left(a^{560}-1\right)a,$$ we see that $a^{561}-a$ is divisible by $a^3-a$, by $a^{17}-a$ and by $a^{11}-a$, which says that it's divisible by $3$, by $17$ and by $11$, which says that it's divisible by $3\cdot17\cdot11=561$.