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TWO OF Australia’s finest poets, Robert Gray and Alison Croggon, will read in the Gort Public Library on Friday October 23 at 8pm.

Tara McFadden is a 31-year-old entrepreneur, running her own business in Oranmore as a franchise holder of Educogym. Launched almost two years ago, Educogym is a great success with 35 gyms worldwide, more than 100 trainers, and 6,000 clients. McFadden saw bringing this well known franchise to Galway as a great business opportunity.

Kerry’s Tadhg Kennelly had been having a most magnificent year in a Gaelic footballing context, until last Sunday morning. Home from Oz, back with the Kerry panel, he collects a national football league medal, an All-Ireland medal and only last weekend an All-Star. Happy days. Just sit back and enjoy the harvest over the next few months, either in Kerry or back in Australia.

Great Outdoors on Eglinton St has been a Galway landmark for the past 32 years. Stocking trusted outdoor and sporting brands, such as The North Face, Meindl, and Columbia, Great Outdoors has become the biggest and most successful independent outdoor centre in the west of Ireland.

You know those TV programmes where a team of builders/designers take over someone's house and give it a makeover? Then the owner is brought back and shown the finished job, usually to screams of delight.

•Anthony Testa of West Coast Wheelers had a storming ride in the second round of the Kearney Cycles Connacht Mountain Bike League in Westport on Sunday when he rode to victory in the Experts’ class, beating Connacht champion Padraig Marrey (Western Lakes CC) into second place. The race was over five rounds and Testa was well ahead after three but then was passed by Marrey when his chain broke. Amazingly he sorted out the chain, set off in pursuit, and was first to cross the line two laps later, aided by Marrey having his own mechanical problems. The next round is in Derroura, outside Oughterard, on November 22.

For those considering toning up and losing some inches in the run up to party season why not visit the Power Plate Studio, First Floor Unit 10, N5 Business Park, Castlebar, where you can achieve effective results in as little as 15 minutes a day.

Fed up of carrying extra pounds? Want to tone up and lose some inches for the Christmas party season? Then take some inspiration from Castlebar woman Grace Flannery who has lost over a stone and dropped a few dress sizes after taking part in Power Plate Studio workouts, where you can achieve effective results in as little as 15 minutes a day.

“You’ve got to dance with the ladies that are in the hall, as they say,” is Ciaran McBrien’s outlook as he thinks about the injuries he has to deal with ahead of this Sunday’s refixed Connacht club final against Corofin. The Charlestown manager already knew that he would be without the influence and experience of David Tiernan for this final due to injury, and star forward Richie Haran was going to be another major doubt for the game last weekend with a broken bone in his hand. The extra week has given Haran some more time to recover, but McBrien does not know if it is going to be enough. “It’s one of the hardest breaks to heal we’ve been told, they reckon it will be a six to eight week injury whichever way you look at it, but we hope he’s able to make it in some form.”

The Irish have played a major role in the British army from the late 1700s up to Independence and even beyond, fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, the Afghan War, the Crimean War, the South African Wars, World War I, and World War II.