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The Support Your Local campaign, which is backed by publicans, restaurants, hotels, independent off-licences, and drinks suppliers today called for an excise reduction on alcohol to help create jobs in Mayo.

RTÉ is shooting a new business makeover TV show this October to help small to medium Irish businesses improve their profitability and market share – with the aid of a top business consultant and a very successful Irish farmer.

Now in its sixth year, Mayo Ideas Week has become a valuable part of the business calendar and this year runs from today, Friday September 25 to Friday October 2. This is a wonderful opportunity for Mayo based businesses of all sizes to learn, be challenged, and network effectively. Mayo Ideas Week is a series of entrepreneurship, idea generation, and business events hosted by the development and enterprise support agencies in Mayo. Most events are free of charge but require pre-registration.

Diet and Nutrition talk with Mayo Cancer Support Association

Knock Counselling Centre has announced two upcoming courses this autumn, a four-week personal development and wellness workshop and an anger management course. The personal development and wellness workshop starts next Tuesday, September 29, and will be facilitated by Michael McTigue. Participants will explore issues such as self-identity, self-esteem, and combating the fears that limit us in reaching our true potential.

A beautiful exhibition of the works of local designer Lisa Ryder has opened in Castlebar Library. The exhibition, which features a number of Lisa’s leather handbags and accessories in fabric, shows her design process from initial idea to final product.

Last weekend the Mayo League announced that Joseph N'Do would take over as the head coach of the league's representative team for the coming season. In a statement the league said that they were "delighted to have acquired the services of someone with a wide range of skills and experiences gained in leagues across Europe and on the international stage".

We all know men who have taken over other clubs, apart from their own, for different reasons over the years.

Between 1974 and 1982, Garrymore were Mayo's team. They picked up six senior county titles in those nine years and made an appearance in the All Ireland club final in 1981 going down to Nemo Rangers. Since their last victory 33 years ago the south Mayo hamlet have failed to make it back to the Mayo showpiece, last year they did reach the last four but were seen off by Castlebar Mitchels and tomorrow afternoon they are gunning to get back to the same stage again.

The curtain came down on the 2015 football season in quite possibly the worst weather conditions I remember for our showpiece game. I felt sorry for the players, the supporters, the umpires; even the referee was offered a sigh of sympathy. Some of the most sought after seats in Croke Park were all of a sudden not as appealing as they would normally be as they were exposed to the elements, with some supporters not returning after half time. Many people are of the opinion that conditions do not affect the top players and they can adapt to whatever is thrown at them, I beg to differ. Some of the finest exponents of the GAA game were left to look like they were quite literally playing on ice, sliding all over the place, and that the ball was covered in oil. Keeping your feet was almost impossible when you went full throttle, and handling the ball when it was fired at you was as difficult as peeling an orange in your pocket while wearing a pair of boxing gloves. Bernard Brogan, one of the most skilled players on view was the prime example; he spilled up to six balls in the first half alone that he normally would have gobbled up. Let no one tell me players do not mind playing in such conditions.