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A "robust financial package" to protect farmers during the Covid-19 emergency is essential, especially in order to mitigate the effects of the drop in demand for farmers' produce, particularly in the beef and sheep sectors.

Fianna Fail's Lisa Chambers was one of the most high profile causalities in February's general election - when the parties Brexit spokesperson lost the seat she had held in Mayo since 2016.

Commenting on the CSO Residential Property Price Index for January, IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, said there is no surprise, the residential property market continues to be dominated by the better off who have the ability to buy and institutional investors, with those on average incomes who should be the mainstay of the market, either excluded altogether or pushed out to the suburbs which have expanded greatly.

The former British prime minister, Harold Wilson, once mused that "a week is a long time in politics". Never in modern times has that phrase been so true.

The drama of the General Election may be behind us and Galway 2020 may be in full swing, but in Claregalway, the drama is just beginning as it Is that time of year again when the local Leisure Centre is transformed into a theatre for the 38th Annual Claregalway Festival of Drama.

A number of high profile Mayo candidates have been put forward to contest the upcoming elections for the 26th Seanad.

I hope you all survived Storm Jorge. Apparently, the ‘J’ and the ‘g’ are pronounced as ‘h’ so just to make it easy we will call it Storm George.

Today, the 33rd Dáil meets for the second time, and again, no taoiseach will be elected and the process of government formation will continue for the coming weeks.

On Thursday March 5 at 7pm, members of Extinction Rebellion Mayo (XR Mayo) will hold a public meeting entitled ‘Heading For Extinction and What To Do About It’ on GMIT Campus, Castlebar as part of a series of climate-focussed talks organised by GMIT Green Campus to call attention to the climate and biodiversity emergency and to facilitate a planning session for concerned citizens to take action.

Responding to the most recent CSO Residential Property Price Index, IPAV, the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers, has noted that while more rural areas continue to show higher growth figures, residential property prices in the commuter belt have increased minutely, with premiums in the capital down 0.9 percent.