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Taoiseach-in-waiting Enda Kenny will get an early opportunity to meet his Mayo brethren from all over the world when he attends a major worldwide Mayo convention in May.

As coalition talks between Fine Gael and Labour continue, the political landscape in Mayo has taken on a new look and the electorate are hoping that Fine Gael, given the vote of confidence that has been bestowed on them, will not disappoint.

The Fine Gael election strategists in Mayo can revel in tremendous success after all four candidates secured four out of five seats — an unprecedented result in the history of Irish politics. “It was a dream campaign,” chairman of the strategy campaign, former county councillor Paddy McGuinness, told the Mayo Advertiser.

Despite an absolute wipeout of the Fianna Fáil party on a national level, and Mayo only returning one Fianna Fáil TD to the 31st Dáil, there still exists a core Fianna Fáil vote in Mayo.

Fresh from celebrating the election of Michelle Mulherin to the Dáil the members of the Ballina district of the Fine Gael party will have to get voting again very soon. Because of her election, the party now has vacancies to fill on both Mayo County Council and Ballina Town Council. Ordinarily a vacant seat is filled by co-opting a Fine Gael candidate who missed out on getting elected to the county council last time. However the Fine Gael vote managment in the 2009 local elections was so good that all their candidates in the Ballina electoral area were elected to the county council.

While Enda Kenny swept the boards across the county as Fine Gael surged to picking up four seats in Mayo, there was also a shift in the power base of TDs in the county last weekend. For the first time in a number of years, Ballina has the largest number of TDs in the county. The election of both Fine Gael’s Michelle Mulherin and the return of Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary has seen Ballina overtake Castlebar in the number of TDs.

On Monday March 7, Maureen and JJ Murphy will hold bio-energy clinics in Castlebar, Claremorris and Ballina.

All eyes will be on Castlebar this weekend and specifically the election count centre at the Royal Theatre where local man Enda Kenny is set to make history.

Mayo people at home and abroad will be able to see the 2011 election results from the Castlebar count centre as they are broadcast live to a worldwide audience on Mayo TV tomorrow. Broadcasting live over the internet, Mayotv.ie will feature regular count updates as the ballot boxes are opened, analysis and discussion on the early tally counts, interviews with the election candidates, and reaction from the parties as the outcome of the 2011 election unfolds in Mayo.

Mayo people at home and abroad will be the first to see the 2011 election results from the Castlebar Count Centre as they are broadcast live to a worldwide audience on Mayo TV this coming Saturday. Broadcasting live over the internet, MAYOTV.ie will feature regular count updates as the ballot boxes are opened, analysis and discussion on the early tally counts, interviews with the election candidates and reaction from the parties as the outcome of the 2011 election unfolds in Mayo.