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While many of his Mayo AC club mates prepare for the Westport 5k, John Walkin will be heading to the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. The AAI National Senior Indoor Track and Field Championships take place over Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Walkin, who specialises in sprinting, will be rubbing shoulders with many big names when he takes part in the 60 metres event. Over the years he has represented the club with distinction and led the Mayo AC relay team to national silver a number of years ago.

Being the presumptive next toaiseach brings a lot of baggage with it and one of those bags landed in force in Castlebar on Wednesday morning. The normally low key affair of handing in your official nomination paper to the county register Fintan Murphy took place under the glare and scrutiny of the national media. It is a long way time when Kenny first handed in his nomination paper back in the autumn of 1975. At 11.10am after all the paperwork was checked and validated by returning officer Fintan Murphy it was done and dusted and Enda Kenny became the 11th nominee to be put on the ballot paper in Mayo. A little over six minutes later, he was joined by his three constituency colleagues, Michael Ring, John O’Mahony, and Michelle Mulherin as the party looks to claim an historic four seats in the county.

From a physics and maths graduate, to investment banker and now independent general election candidate looking to promote renewable energy, it has been a long and winding road for Castlebar native Dermot McDonnell. While all of the attention was on the four Fine Gael candidates handing in their nomination papers on Wednesday, McDonnell also had his nomination accepted by retuning officer Fintan Murphy.

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Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has welcomed the near €19 million allocation from the National Roads Authority to Mayo County Council for the 2011 road and footpath programme but has expressed his disappointment at the absence of any major projects on the programme.

Sinn Féin in Mayo has set out its stall to win at least one seat in the forthcoming general election by selecting two candidates to contest the election. At last weekend’s selection convention, Mayo county councillor Rose Conway Walsh and Castlebar town councillor Thérèse Ruane were the successful nominees to go forward and try to win a seat in the 31st Dáil.

In keeping with their 2011 theme, entitled Inspiring Innovation, Network Mayo has confirmed Mary Davis, managing director of the Special Olympics (Europe/Eurasia) as its launch speaker. The launch will take place in Hotel Westport on January 31 at 7.30pm.

A family in turmoil. Yes these are the only words to describe a family at war which was the Fianna Fáil party this week.

According to Labour candidate for Mayo, Dr Jerry Cowley, the huge increase of more than 12,000 in the live register figures for December is grim new year news.

Cost cutting across the board at Mayo County Council could see a number of rural offices being closed, it was revealed this week.