A REQUEST to Mayo supporters. No more “Mayo 4 Sam”. No more public displays of affection. We get that your longing for an All-Ireland is stronger than most if not everyone else. 

Mayo chairman Paddy McNicholas’s woes stem from a decision he made three years ago.

A 60-year old man died following an altercation at an election party in the early hours of yesterday morning.

THE Mayo County Board should resign en masse or else the clubs in the county should remove them.

MAYO County Board have been asked to draw up a financial plan to pay off a €10.5 million debt for works carried out at MacHale Park.

IN my absence a few weeks ago, I noticed Liam Horan handing out the bouquets to Martin Johnson, pictured, for trusting his players at the World Cup and allowing the bit of leeway for tweeting, pinting and conjugal visiting during the tournament.

THREE days after 1992 Dublin captain Tommy Carr said the players were right to go to Donegal’s semi-final before they had even qualified for the decider, it was interesting to hear what his former team-mate and current manager Pat Gilroy said about last weekend’s game between Kerry and Mayo.

MAYO football’s future will be decided in the boardroom after the county board decided to force their own strategic plan through.

THE Connacht GAA Council are “beginning to lose patience” over the delay in completing the Mayo GAA Strategic Plan, according to its secretary John Prenty.

THERE were heated exchanges at Monday night’s Mayo County Board meeting when delegates uncovered irregularities in the financial running of the supporters’ club.

ALL-IRELAND senior hurling champions Tipperary have been dealt a fresh injury blow with the news forward Patrick ‘Bonnar’ Maher has been ruled out for a month with a broken hand.

THEY’VE had books written about their defeats, songs dedicated to their now 50-year search for an All-Ireland senior title and are depicted as the Buffalo Bills of Gaelic football but the funereal fascination with Mayo is set to go into overdrive over the next two days.

“MAYO could become a super-power of the GAA world”.

MAYO supporters at Sunday’s Football League clash with Kerry in McHale Park, Castlebar will be presented with copies of the county GAA Strategic Action Plan which is being launched next weekend.

JOBSEEKING young farmers can avail of a useful new online handbook on the Macra na Feirme website that will help enhance their career prospects.

FORMER Monaghan boss Seamus McEnaney yesterday refused to rule out a sensational return to the helm.

GAELIC GAMES teams have embraced the area of match statistics to gain a vital edge, and now a leading performance analyst will address a Dublin seminar on how that edge might be achieved.

LIAM HORAN: What are the key issues when trying to motivate a talented, but temperamental, player?

LIAM HORAN: What are the key issues when trying to motivate a talented, but temperamental, player?

We cannot afford to wait for an onslaught of harrowing images of dying people to realise a humanitarian crisis is looming in Niger. Liam Horan reports from Niger.

THE editor of Athlone Voice has resigned in a move that has taken the newspaper industry by surprise.