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All roads lead to Hotel Westport on Sunday, February 1, when Aughagower AC will this year host the 2014 C & C Cellular/Vodafone Mayo Athletic Awards. Athletes from all over Mayo will be honoured for their contribution to athletics during the past year. Certificates or awards will be presented to all athletes who won national and International medals in 2014. On the night some 130 awards will be presented.

A Bill seeking to make the Government Budgetary process accountable and to set out targets to be achieved by State departments, is to be introduced to Seanad Éireann by Galway senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

Mayo County Council has estimated that it will cost €4.5 million to clean up and repair the damage caused to the county’s coastline by the recent storms. That money will repair and replace damaged public infrastructure along the seaboard, however it is feared that cost could be much more in time. Achill based Fianna Fáil councillor Michéal McNamara said at Monday’s meeting of Mayo County Council: “Judging visually, by the coasts in Clare and Galway and the amount of money they are looking for, I think our estimates on the work required is a little bit low at €4.5 million. Going around Achill itself, I would have estimated to get the place back to normal again would be costing about €2 million.”

As you read this, 5,000 Census Enumerators have delivered census forms. 277 of these enumerators are based in Galway and will be visiting every home making sure that each has a Census form and that the householder is happy they know how to fill it out.

Ballina TD Dara Calleary has been handed the arduous task of implementing public service reform after Brian Cowen’s reshuffle of the Cabinet this week. While there was a lot of talk of Calleary getting a full ministerial portfolio in the lead up to the reshuffle, the Taoiseach gave him the role of leading the charge to reform the public service.