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Christmas is fast approaching and as the excitement builds it is also time to start thinking about decking the halls with festive decorations.

Make a break for it this autumn and book your staycation along the Wild Atlantic Way in Donegal town. Enjoy a great value midweek offer with three nights' bed & breakfast from €135 per person sharing, available on select dates this autumn.

The first time Lady Gregory met John Quinn was on Sunday August 31 1902 at a Feis Ceol she had partly organised in the memory of Ó Raifteirí the poet. The occasion also marked Lady Gregory’s first steps into the Celtic revival movement which would absorb her energies throughout her long life, and define her reputation for ever.

A FAMILY in crisis is put into emergency accommodation, finding themselves in a run-down hotel in a seedy part of town. From one danger, they, and particularly their children, have stumbled into another.

Samaritans in Athlone are reminding those in need this Christmas that its helpline will be open for them during their darkest hours as if they are struggling to cope during festivities.

The Prince of Wales Hotel, Church Street would like to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the people of Athlone.

Tuar Ard Arts Centre in Moate will see out the calendar year with some exciting Christmas shows for all ages!

The team behind The Skeff and The Skeffington Arms Hotel wish their customers and the people of Galway a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. They are looking forward to celebrating 2020 and welcoming in a new decade. They hope the New Year brings happiness, success, adventure, and joy to everyone, and look forward to Galway 2020.

Pádraig Ó Céidigh was appointed to the department of botany in UCG, in the autumn of 1956. He arrived for his first lecture in his typically distinctive style, that would continue to the point of eccentricity, yet he would play a vital role in developing a small department in a prefab laboratory, into one of the leading world class marine science institutions in NUIG today.

I was thinking back on Dáil business last week, and the real heroes and winners of any of the debates which were held were those who went and protested against what we might loosely call the ‘Bingo legislation’. This was legislation which the Government was bringing in, not to curtail bingo players, but to have a more equitable share-out of the funding of such events.