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Fianna Fáil local election candidate Sean Carey has called for the provision of an adequate broadband service in the Belmullet/Erris area.

Fine Gael held two selection conventions over the weekend to further firm up their ticket going into May's local elections.

Ballina Town took another step towards holding on to their Masters Division One title while Swinford B claimed the Division 2 crown with a game to spare on a wild and wet night in Solar 21 Park on Wednesday last.

Ballina Town stay six points clear at the top of Division 1 after a hard fought win over neighbours Straide & Foxford United while Swinford B remain the team to catch in Division 2 as the Masters League returned from its Christmas break last Wednesday night.

Ballina Town moved clear at the top of the Divison One table this week with a victory against Fahy Rovers while Manulla had the night off.

The sophomore slump is something that Mayo manager Stephen Rochford is hoping to avoid this coming season, while it was not exactly a breakout success for this group of Mayo players last year when they went toe to toe with one of the best sides to ever play the game in last year's All Ireland final, for Rochford it was his debut year as the boss in the inter-county ranks. With the National Football League getting under way tomorrow evening when Mayo host Monaghan in Castlebar, we caught up with the Crossmolina native this week to look ahead to the league and back on a few things from last year.

There is a special kind of resilience in anyone who plays football with Kiltane, perched on the edge of the Atlantic, battling against much more densely populated areas, yet holding their own all the time, breeds that into you. Mayo similarly have shown a special kind of resilience down through the years, through dark days they have raged, and savoured the good ones, with the greatest one still to come to fruition. It should be no surprise then that when Stephen Rochford went looking to complement his backroom team he should look to a Kiltane stalwart he knows and trusts for over two decades to join him on the sideline, and Sean Carey answered that call.

It's been a hectic month or so for new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford. The Crossmolina native who resides in Ballinrobe was appointed as the Mayo senior manager at the start of December and since then it's been all go for him. The Mayo Advertiser spoke to him this week and asked him has it been what he's expected it would be so far?