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Mayo people of all ages and fitness levels are gearing up for Mayo GOAL Miles in their area this Christmas as the popular annual fundraiser returns to the county over the festive period.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed approval in principle from the Minister of Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, for Mayo VEC to acquire a premises in Castlebar to be used for adult and further education. This will allow Mayo VEC to vacate three premises currently being rented.

The Mayo League Oscar Traynor Trophy side will be making an almost 300 mile round trip from the home of the Mayo League in Milebush, Castlebar, to Buncrana this Sunday looking to book their place in the next round of the national interleague competition.

A new series of TV programmes titled Tracks and Trails will be transmitted on RTE 1 over the next number of weeks. Building on the success of series one and two, the new series of programmes will feature spectacular walks and cycles in stunning locations all over the island of Ireland.

GOAL is calling on people from all over Mayo to step up to the mark and organise a GOAL Mile in their area this Christmas.

RTE’s Sean O’Rourke will visit Mayo next Friday, November 2, to launch a new political biography of Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The presenter of the RTE radio and television programmes, News At One and The Week in Politics, will be in the TF Royal Hotel, Castlebar, at 6pm to launch the new book entitled Enda Kenny The Unlikely Taoiseach. The book is written by political journalist John Downing and published by Paperweight Publications. It tells the story of Enda Kenny’s 36-year-long political journey from Castlebar to Government Buildings, and his 10-year campaign to successfully overcome reverses, doubts, slights and an outright party mutiny, to become Taoiseach in March 2011.

To celebrate Social Inclusion Week 2012, an exciting and colourful roadshow will be coming to Mayo. The roadshow will be in Mayo on Tuesday October 16. The Out and Proud roadshow has been organised to raise awareness of the Family Resource Centres’ Western Region LGBT Network, which provides local supports to members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

A beautiful calendar which supports the work of Pieta House and contains striking images of Mayo will be launched on October 15 by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar at 7pm.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ireland is preparing for this year’s national convention which will be hosted by JCI Mayo in Westport from today, Friday October 5 to Sunday October 7 in the Carlton Atlantic Coast Hotel.

Seven day’s on from the All Ireland final and the glamour of Croke Park, it is back to the reality of club football this weekend. While for most its action in the league for the best four sides in the intermediate championship its semi-final day on Sunday. Burrishoole, Parke, Charlestown, and Kilmaine have all made it this far with two spots in the final up for grabs in McHale Park on Sunday afternoon.