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The Samaritans Annual Christmas Concert will be held in the Friary Church Athlone on Thursday December 8 at 8pm.

I had passed the sign for this restaurant a couple of times and wondered what exactly is a Mauritian Creole restaurant and also wondered about the significance of the bird on the signage that looked a bit like a fat turkey. First of all the Mauritian part of the title indicates that the owners and chef are from Mauritius and the Creole part of the name comes from the fact that the French created a huge plantation business in Mauritius during the 1700s and the language that developed among the slaves was a version of the French that was called creole. The slaves were from Africa, Madagascar and India, so as you can imagine the food has many influences. Finally the picture of the fat bird is a dodo, which became extinct in Mauritius around the end of the 1600s.

A public exhibition highlighting Samaritans’ work in Ireland has opened in the Europe Direct Centre, Ballinasloe Library, Society Street, Ballinasloe.

THE GALWAY Irish Chinese Society will launch the Change of China photo exhibition in the atrium of NUIG’s Arts Millennium Building at 3pm tomorrow. It will be opened by the newly appointed Ambassador of China, the Mayor of Galway, and the university president, and will run until November 24.

MARKETA IRGLOVA, who rose to prominence with her collaborations with Glen Hansard in The Swell Season and in the Oscar winning film Once, is coming to Galway.

A classic movie night will take place in Paddy Jordan's, Ballina, in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation on September 30 at 7.30pm. The movie will be The Postman Always Rings Twice.

MARKETA IRGLOVA, who rose to prominence with her collaborations with Glen Hansard in The Swell Season and in the Oscar winning film Once, is coming to Galway.

Athlone Midland Samaritans need additional volunteers.

Meubles Kilkenny first ‘Dress Me’ style event took place on Wednesday May 11 at 7.30pm, raising a whopping €1,400 for the Samaritans.

A prominent Shell to Sea campaigner was one of the speakers at an event in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin, last Wednesday which was attended by the Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.