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The Odd Hanger is introducing a new concept in shopping to Westport on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Following on from its inaugural event in Sligo, it is taking its pop-up shop to The Plaza Hotel where the team will be retailing past season Avoca fashions at discounted prices.

Friday night, April 1, saw the launch of the ‘Buy a Block’ initiative in aid of Mayo Abbey NS. The launch was held at an Irish night in Malachy Byrne’s. The wonderful Sister Act provided the music and the night was well supported by parents and people from the local community.

The clamour over the announced shelving of the Mayo-Galway section of the Western Rail Corridor this week is not as loud as it could be. Yes, there has been some strong and swift reaction from predictable quarters declaring this rural slight by Government must simply not be tolerated, but on the whole objections are fairly mute. This is interesting given that the development of a train route connecting the west with neighbouring towns and cities other than our Dublin capital is something many voices have argued for over the years. It might have been expected that staunch campaigners would therefore lobby right through from A-Z on the project, but no, many seem to be taking this latest hitch sitting down. Perhaps the 'silly season' is to blame or maybe just the holidays. Out of sight, out of mind, sort of thing.

Last Sunday in capturing a third Connacht Minor title in a row our minor team achieved three things. First, they cheered us all up and put a little spring in our step again; second, they did themselves and their families proud — what parent does not dream of seeing his child play in the green and red for their county and then go on to win? — and third, securing Connacht titles following on from two All Ireland final appearances certainly prove that there is a steady flow of talent in the county. How we harness that talent now is a matter for another day.

Get those diary’s out, because there is a new festival coming to the south-east of the country on the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Three weeks on from the being beaten by Sligo in the preliminary round of the Connacht Championship, Mayo will roll up to the midlands for the first round of the All Ireland qualifiers. The first round of the backdoor competition, while not quite uncharted territory, is one that is still not too familiar to Mayo players and supporters. In fact Mayo have only entered the qualifier system at this stage once before, also under the tutelage of O’Mahony in 2007. That year a comfortable win over Cavan in McHale Park was followed up with a humbling inside the city walls of Derry by the Oak Leaf county in the second round.

Fresh from selling out Dublin’s Crawdaddy venue for the launch of their debut single ‘Delphine Wakes’, hotly tipped Irish newcomers Storyfold will headline The Stables for their first ever Mullingar show on May 14.

The Tinahely Agricultural Show is preparing for another year of fun and festivities on August 4, 2008 at Fairwood Park, adjacent to the stunning surrounds of Tomnafinogue Oak Wood.

This August Bank Holiday Weekend, Inistioge will host the Irish Vintage Society’s (IVS) All-Ireland Vintage Rally. Although the annual Vintage Rally has been held in Inistioge for many years this is just the second time that Inistioge has been chosen to hold the All-Ireland Rally, the first being in 2002.

Marble City Cyclers are preparing for a fun-filled weekend of cycling in their annual venture Tour de Kilkenny which is taking place this the August Bank Holiday Saturday.