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Images of Mayo will be broadcast into one million homes across Australia later this year, after one of the country’s most popular travel programmes, Gurus Explore, filmed on location here over the weekend.

•The female-dominated crew of Joie de Vie enjoyed victory in the second race of the Galway Bay Sailing Club’s Storm Technology Series in exhilarating conditions of up to 30 knot winds. First to the windward mark, using a small headsail. Joie de Bie stayed ahead of Henry and Marina Lupton’s new boat Beoga on the run to Leverets and continued to lead until close to the end when Optique overtook. However her keel lifted on the last gybe and the crew had to drop the kite, thus ceding the lead to Joie again, who maintained it to the finish, claiming first on both Echo and IRC handicap. Now What claimed second on Echo with Optique on IRC. Despite tearing their spinnaker with a Chinese gybe near the end of the race Beoga still limped home third over the line. In Class 2 the win went to RhoCoDar who sailed a good tactical race given the conditions. Addict took second with Thataway taking third.

THE RISE of Irish comedy both nationally and internationally over the last 25 years has been truly inspirational. Galway has played an important part in the ascendancy of many Irish comedians by providing them with a platform to develop their craft. The city has also given many of them their first experience of a festival.

Over the years The Darling Buds of May has become a household name in Co Mayo and to its many customers in the UK, USA, and Australia where many proud Mayo people now reside. Many customers return again and again to use the service delivering flowers in county Mayo, throughout Ireland, and overseas through its Interflora membership. The Darling Buds of May staff are no strangers to Castlebar and have now re-opened at New Antrim Street in SuperValu car park. Following much demand from customers they have answered the need for a florist at this corner of the town. Members of Interflora, they also have on offer discount prices on flowers and plants and also 20 per cent extra free flowers on all orders for June and July 2009.

AUSTRALIA’S CIRCA company has wowed Galway Arts Festival audiences for each of the last two years with their breath-taking displays of physical grace and virtuosity. Their new show, Furioso, which marks Circa’s third festival appearance, will be eagerly awaited.

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Cathal Temple is preparing to take part once more in TriAthlone next weekend along with some 2,500 other competitors.

“I DID history to BA level and I never heard of John Boyle O’Reilly until I played at a club named after him in Springfield, Massachusetts. I’d love to know why he’s been written out of Irish history.”

Opening their doors for the first time in May 1959, Coppingers of Moylough have been serving customers for half a century and are still going strong.

Clodagh Fleming from Ballina has been chosen as the United Arab Emirates’ Rose after fighting off stiff competition in the recent Dubai Rose Festival.