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Just a few weeks ago, a national newspaper predicted that Fianna Fail would not be in government again until at least 2025. It was felt that the start of its rehabilitation would commence in the local elections in 2014, spawning a whole new set of faces in the cumainn across the country and that the party would regrow in the 2015/16 General Election, getting bigger in opposition.

Gay Mitchell is languishing in the polls and protesters greeted the arrival of Fine Gael big wigs in Ballinasloe on Monday, but it did not stop Taoiseach Enda Kenny from sounding upbeat or determined.

He has been written off not once, but twice, already in this presidential election, but Independent candidate David Norris is in the race until the bitter end.

With campaigning in full swing for all the candidates on the ballot paper for the presidential election, Martin McGuinness’ campaign bus stopped off in Castlebar last week, where the Sinn Féin candidate was greeted by a large number of supporters outside the Welcome Inn Hotel. The Derry native worked his way through his supporters before sitting down to face the local media in preparation for a walkabout through the streets of the town, meeting the public.

With the presidential election only weeks away and the campaign in full swing all sides are getting their arguments across through all possible mediums. One group, Campaign For Conscience, who were strong opponents of the recently passed Civil Partnership Bill, launched their own anti-David Norris website at th end of last year. The website can be found at the misleading web address of www.davidnorris4president.com

The budget for Mayo General Hospital has overrun by more than €2 million for the first seven months of the year, causing fears locally that services will be affected coming into the health service’s busiest time of the year.

It would appear at this stage just three weeks before the Presidential election, that this race is anyones. (Well bar Dana's!).

Road safety is of paramount concern, so Mayo County Council's Road Safety Officer has issued an appeal to candidates who are contesting the upcoming Presidential election when erecting election posters. “Driver distraction has a negative impact on road safety and so only essential signage should appear,” said Mr Noel Gibbons.

A Bekan native is to contest the upcoming Dublin West by-election which is due to take place the same day as the presidential election, Thursday October 27.

We are now entering the business end of this presidential election.