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The Galway county hurling final has been called off this Sunday due to the fact that Mullagh GAA club is possibly going to appeal to the DRA about their game with Loughrea being fixed at a fixtures committee when the man who chaired that meeting was suspended at the time the fixture was made. They lost their county semi-final to Loughrea by a point, and as we all know there were some sickening scenes after the game with supporters and some players keen to have a cut off the referee.

A launch and information afternoon, relating to people with disabilities, will be held by the Helping Ourselves Live with Disability Group in the Gateway Hotel, Swinford, on Tuesday November 24 from 3pm to 5pm.

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There’s no rest of Kiltimagh this weekend, seven days after seeing off Roscommon side Ballinameen by 2-14 to 0-3, the east Mayo men face into the Connacht final this weekend. It’s only a short hop to Charlestown (throw in 2pm) for Kiltimagh on Sunday when they face off against Galway champions An Spideál. The Galway men have been in cracking form this season and Kiltimagh’s easy win over Ballinameen is not the ideal preparation for a Connacht final.

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It’s a meeting of an old familiar face with his former comrades on Sunday when Charlestown meet St Kevin’s, Castlerea, in the Connacht semi final. Denis Kearney was in the middle of the field for Charlestown in the 1993 Mayo intermediate final, a side that included current Charlestown goalkeeper John Casey, current Charlestown manager Ciaran McBrien, and the county final’s man of the match David ‘Ginger’ Tiernan who was on the bench 16 years ago. So if any man will have the inside track on the Charlestown and what they are about it is the Carracastle native, who currently resides in Swinford another Mayo side he togged out for in his playing days.

The Galway county hurling final has been called off this Sunday due to the fact that Mullagh GAA club is possibly going to appeal to the DRA about their game with Loughrea being fixed at a fixtures committee when the man who chaired that meeting was suspended at the time the fixture was made. They lost their county semi-final to Loughrea by a point, and as we all know there were some sickening scenes after the game with supporters and some players keen to have a cut off the referee.

Kiltimagh claimed the Connacht Junior Championship in Charlestown on Sunday afternoon after a hard fought 0-11 to 0-10 win over An Spidéal from Galway after extra time. In the club's 121st year it was Adrian Forkan who was the hero for Mick Regan's men, Forkan landed a point from over 40 yards out to seal the win for the east Mayo men. Kiltimagh looked to have the game under control early on and led by 0-5 to 0-3 at the break, but the Galway men came back at them and Brian Gallagher had to score a late point to level the game up at 0-9 each at the end of normal time.

The decision to postpone the planned government decentralisation project in Charlestown has been regretted Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary.