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County secretary Ned Quinn calls for change in match announcements at Croker.

The adult county league continued this week with newly promoted Muckalee getting off to a great start with a big win over Tullogher.

The ongoing row between Fine Gael and the other elected members of Mayo County Council in relation to the filling of vacancies on Mayo VEC may finally be coming to a conclusion. The issue raised its head once again at the April meeting of the local authority on Monday, when Sinn Féin councillor Gerry Murray said he had “no option but to withdraw from the meeting” after he was not allowed to read the text of the legislation in relation to the appointment of people to the VEC following the resignation of a member.

Kilkenny ladies bowed out of the Bord Gais Energy National League last week with a disappointing defeat in Antrim. Westmeath, Roscommon, Offaly and Louth progress to the Division 4 semi finals which take place this weekend.

Following 12 hours of debate on Monday last Mayo County Council adopted a budget worth €131,952,449 for the year. The big talking point of the debate among the 31 councillors was the proposal by the council executive to increase water charges to non domestic customers by 10 per cent, an increase that was criticised by members from both sides of the house. Following much negotiation, the adopted budget will see an increase of 6.25 per cent in water charges for year, which was proposed by Fine Gael party whip Councillor Joe Mellet and seconded by party colleague Cllr Eddie Staunton.

After it was twice postponed due to the inclement conditions the Kilkenny Camogie AGM finally took place just before Christmas in the Springhill Hotel. A number of clubs were unavailable due to difficulty of travelling in the treacherous wintery conditions. However, the convention went ahead without any dramatic changes.

A - Athlone GAA Club celebrated their 125th year in existence. It was an honour for me to be captain 50 years on from the first of the famous six-in-a-row wins. Unfortunately we added no silverware at senior level. Making the knockout stages was progress and hopes are high that we can build on that in 2011. Our u14s won the Feile and u16s won the county title indicating a bright future for the club.

With the big freeze still in effect around the county there was some good news for motorists with the news that Mayo County Council received extra supplies of salt for de-icing the roads over the past week.

Putting the clocks back or forward by an hour as required is something we take for granted nowadays. But this has not always been the case.

Mayo county councillors have expressed the need to support arts in the county during a meeting of the cultural, education, heritage and corporate Affairs SPC meeting on Wednesday.