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A project that connects patients with their loved ones, against a backdrop of COVID-19 restrictions on visits to hospitals, has seen NUI Galway win a National Impact Award.

Galway writers are strongly represented in a new book outlining the experiences of twenty five people during this pandemic year.

The virtual Tree of Lights celebration at Galway Hospice takes place online this Sunday at 5pm.

With marts unable to operate as normal this year, technology is helping farmers to run their businesses while saving both time and money.

The Athlone Tidy Towns committee have formally announced the proud accolade recipients pertaining to the estate and gardens awards for 2020.

Like most towns, Galway was built using native stone and there was plenty of that around. There were black limestone quarries in Menlo and Angliham, and a limestone quarry at Merlin Park worked by the Blake family until about 1850 and later by Sibthorpes of Dublin. In about 1880, a Scotsman named Millar rented a number of quarries in the Galway area, two at Shantalla, one at Ballagh near Bushy Park, and one at St Helen’s, Taylor's Hill, where they quarried fine-grained red granite. There was a marble and granite works at Earl’s Island where one of the employees was a stonemason named Pat Fahy.

SIDELINE CHAT with Ray Silke

Outgoing Buccaneers RFC President, Patrick O’Meara, welcomed a modest ‘live’ attendance to the club’s AGM held in the Lower Deck at Dubarry Park in recent times.

Athlone natives, Brian and Cora Lynam, presently residing in Alpharetta Georgia, with their children Conor (9) and Erin (4), spoke to the Athlone Advertiser this week, noting the impact of COVID-19 on their daily lives as the pandemic continues to raise health concerns on a global scale.

At what age did you start playing? I started playing underage for my club when I was six.