Westport United would like to extend its congratulations to Cllr Brendan Mulroy on his election as Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council this afternoon.

Brendan comes from a very popular sporting family that's renowned in GAA circles and Brendan was involved in Westport United, firstly as an underage footballer during the 1980's and also did a spell of coaching an underage team in recent years.

The club would like to wish Brendan the very best of luck with his one year term in office with the highest accolade in local government.