The Minister for Rural and Community Development made another visit to the Shannonside region on Friday.
Two of his Fianna Fáil colleagues were finishing their terms as council chairmen - Roscommon's Paschal Fitzmaurice and Leitrim's Paddy O'Rourke.
Dara Calleary was in their home towns of Castlerea and Carrigallen on Friday evening.
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Our reporter Eoghan Murphy spoke to him in Castlerea:
