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In this week’s column I expected to be wallowing about the glorious weather and plethora of club games in Mayo last weekend, that is as much of a mention it will get unfortunately. Just when we thought the dust had settled on our 2015 Championship we were greeted with the earth shattering news on Tuesday morning that there were major problems in the Mayo GAA family. The first murmur I heard was when the principal of St Attracta’s NS in Charlestown (Brian McDermott, an avid Mayo supporter) mentioned it to me in the school assembly yard at 9am. I walked back to work receiving texts saying “turn on the radio”. One message from England said “what the hell has happened”, I had no idea what was going on. For the rest of Tuesday my phone hopped as I spoke to countless journalists, radio stations, and even did a piece with Marty Morrissey for the Six One News. The media world was gone crazy looking for the story. The Mayo players had issued a vote of “no confidence” in the management.

Avoiding relegation is Galway United and Sligo Rovers' current objective, ensuring tomorrow evening's SSE Airtricity League premier division clash at Eamonn Deacy Park (7.45pm) carries huge importance for both clubs.

Castledaly’s remarkable progression under manager John Donnellan continued with a stirring 0-18 to 1-12 Westmeath SFC semi-final win over Tyrrellspass at Cusack Park on Sunday.

DAVID BOWIE has long had a habit of dating the start of his career to 1969 and his hit single 'Space Oddity', conveniently airbrushing the first five years of his career completely out of history.

Balinrobe Racecourse secures additional race meeting, bringing the total number to ten fixtures for the 2016 season.

We all know men who have taken over other clubs, apart from their own, for different reasons over the years.

Breaffy v Garrymore

The 2015 Galway senior football championship is down to the last  four teams with two intriguing fixtures.

He can be Brian Cody, Joe Brolly, Liam Neeson, or Morgan Freeman, or many others depending on what takes his fancy. Talented Galway man Aidan Tierney has certainly been making waves recently due to his excellent impersonations of famous characters. 

We all know men who have taken over other clubs, apart from their own, for different reasons over the years.