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Independent Claremorris based councillor Richard Finn was elected as the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council for the second time at the council’s AGM, which took place on Monday in St Mary’s Hall in GMIT.

Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has welcomed the allocation of €17,247 from Minister Katherine Zappone to upgrade four local playgrounds in Monksland, Lecarrow, Ballyforan and Ballinasloe.

A sense of club community was very much to the fore this past weekend as members of Athlone GAA united to raise much needed funds for Pieta House Midlands.

Pieta House and Electric Ireland have launched an urgent appeal to members of the local community to ensure that Pieta’s essential frontline services can remain in operation and continue to be delivered free of charge by donating much needed funds online at www.darknessintolight.ie.

A Community Champion for Galway city has been appointed as part of the Government’s Covid-19 Community Outreach programme in association with The Wheel and Irish Rural Link.

Following his run in Galway West at last month's General Election, the Social Democrats' Niall Ó Tuathail has been nominated to run for the upcoming Seanad elections.

Alice Mary Higgins, the Independent senator who is campaigning for re-election to Seanad Éireann, will hold a public meeting this evening, discussing issues of equality, climate change, public services, and human rights.

Alice-Mary Higgins has been "a remarkably effective and progressive" member of Seanad Éireann, "with a sharp eye for human rights", and who has the potential to continue "invaluable and reforming work" in the upper house.

Fine Gael in Government will sustainably increase support for people with disabilities, Roscommon/Galway General Election candidate, Councillor Aisling Dolan, has remarked.

The race to fill the four Mayo seats up for grabs in next month's general election got up and running this week after An Táoiseach Leo Varadkar requested President Higgins to dissolve the 32nd Dáil.