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The town of Castlebar has been plunged into mourning following the news that two popular figures lost their lives in an accident off Inishbofin island early on Sunday morning. The bodies of former Mayo footballer, Ger Feeney (55) , The Oaks, Castlebar and business man Donal McEllin (64), Maryland, Castlebar were found in waters off Inishbofin over the weekend.

The Westmeath intermediate football final is down for decision this Sunday and what a cracker it promises to be. Two neighbouring clubs battling it out, not just for the coveted silverware, but more importantly for the right to play senior football next year.

Tubberclare are only 60 minutes away from a semi-final meeting with Mullingar Shamrocks.

Athlone were hoping to bridge a seven year gap by reaching the semi-final but came up against an ever improving Killucan outfit that had other ideas. Killucan had flagged their form with a 10 point win over Maryland in the previous round and after kicking 1-18 in this game they have to be seen as genuine title contenders.

Tubberclare earned the bragging rights and more importantly a place in the knock-out stages thanks to their two-point win over neighbours Maryland in Athlone last Saturday.

The annual Irish Manufacturing Conference is to be held in Galway this year at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on the theme of “Manufacturing Matters in the Smart Economy”.

With the final round of group games in this year’s Shay Murtagh SFC down for decision this weekend there are a host of intriguing contests on the cards. Come Sunday evening the line-up for this year’s knock-out stages will be sorted out.

Round four of the Shay Murtagh SFC threw up a number of surprises last weekend. The two biggest surprises were undoubtedly Coralstown/Kinnegad’s victory over Athlone and Killucan’s 10 point winning margin over Maryland.

Round three of the Shay Murtagh Westmeath senior football championship took place last weekend and a number of surprises were recorded. The most amazing stat after round three is that three of last year’s four semi-finalists have yet to record a win this year. Beaten finalists St Loman’s recorded their third straight defeat when going down 1-9 to 0-9 to Killucan.

After a break of seven weeks, round three of the Westmeath senior football championship takes place this weekend. On Saturday in Moate at 6pm Coralstown/Kinnegad will be hoping to get their first win of the campaign when they take on Tubberclare. Having disposed of the services of Colm Coyle as manager, Kinnegad will be out to prove a point and look capable of collecting both points on offer.