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The next edition of the flagship current affairs programme Saturday Forum can be heard on local radio station CRCfm on Saturday June 12. The hour-long show, which begins at 11.30am, can also be heard on the website www.crcfm.ie

This week’s edition of the flagship current affairs programme Saturday Forum can be heard on CRC 102.9 fm on Saturday April 17.

Plans are under way for a major charity event to be held on the Mall, Castlebar on Saturday August 30. Activities on the day will include bungee jumping, craft and food stalls, bouncy castle and live music. All monies raised from the event will go to Rock Rose House Cancer Support Services in Castlebar.

Castlebar Town Council

The new series of the flagship current affairs programme Saturday Forum is now well under way on CRC 102.9 FM from 11.30am.

The inaugural Féile on the Mall was launched in style this week in the county capital. The one-day charity event will see the Mall in Castlebar transformed from its usual serenity into a hive of activity with bungee jumping, live stage music, bouncy castles, arts and crafts and much, much more on Saturday August 30.

Sinn Féin’s Noel Campbell will not disappear off the political landscape in Mayo despite the fact he’s not allowed to run again in next year’s local elections. Current legislation disbars civil servants who hold a position higher than a clerical officer from running for public office. Campbell, who is employed by the Department of Arts Sports and Tourism, is employed at a higher grade. “It’s a pity and I’m snookered so to speak. I can’t see the government making an exception for me on this one, so I’m consigned to the fact that I will not be running again next year,” Campbell told the Mayo Advertiser this week.

Low turnout in elections is usually blamed on apathy from the franchised youth in the country who don’t bother to make their way to the polls. Apart from those who will always have an interest or those raised in a dyed in the wool political household, getting the younger generation involved in politics is no easy task. Who is to blame? The political parities, the media, education or the politicians themselves. There is no easy answer to a complex question. But on the ground moves are being made by the political parties to capture the youth vote and generate interest in politics in the run up to next year’s elections.

The Labour Party in Mayo has called for a united political campaign in the county town to lobby the Minister for the Environment on behalf of Councillor Noel Campbell. Cllr Campbell has been precluded from contesting next year’s local elections due to a rule that bars certain civil service grades from political office.

Sinn Féin’s sole member on Castlebar Town Council, Councillor Noel Campbell, is to resign his seat after the authority’s January monthly meeting.