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COPE Galway is to benefit from a theatrical performance in the city next week, when Fishamble present Forgotten, a solo piece for theatre which explores four characters, between the ages of 80-100 years old, who reside in care facilities and retirement homes.

Galway Simon Community have launched the Galway Simon Women’s Mini Marathon 2012. Kyle Tonetti and Dave Moore, Connacht Rugby, were on hand to help, while encouraging everyone, young and old, to come out, have fun and take part for Galway Simon.

Goddess MECA is only three weeks old yet it is fast gaining popularity as a place to log on.

Trends, tailoring and transformation will be in store for all who attend the Weight Watchers Fashion Show and night of transformation in The Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday April 13.

Progress on the Corrib gas project is satisfactory with the final phase – the construction of the onshore pipeline between Glengad and the Bellanaboy Bridge gas terminal - well under way, according to an update from Shell E&P Ireland Limited.

As the skies begin to clear and the weather improves Mayo Sailing Club is anticipating the start of another season. Boats will be lifted into the water at Rosmoney Pier on Friday next, April 6. Alongside the local racing the highlight of the season this year will be a fleet of boats sailing to Galway to be part of the Volvo Ocean Race. Brian Sheridan, the Harbour Master of Galway Docks, travelled to speak to club members on Friday last and gave an enthusiastic talk about the finishing of Round the World race in Galway on July 3.

The match to mark the 10th Anniversary of the tragic death of Garda Michael J Padden will be played on Saturday April 14 at the Michael J Padden Community Sport field in Aughalasheen, Belmullet.

The next talk is The Anglo Saxon origins of Mayo Abbey by Professor Daibhi O’Croinin of NUI Galway, and will be on Tuesday April 17 at 8pm at The Atlantic Coast Hotel. For more details contact Pip Murphy on 087 266 3423.

How many more giants can Galway bear to lose this year? The year is but a child yet the city has seen enormous figures in the areas of sport, culture, media and the arts robbed from us way before their time. Galway is a unique mix, a place that does not adore heroes easily nor suffer fools gladly. To earn kudos in a chosen field, one has to be adored by some, maybe scorned by others and despised by some more. The mantle of greatness does not come easily in this neck of the woods.

“I used to run shows and gigs in the university, UCG as it was, and I remember Mike from that time as he was big man, but I first met him properly in the 1980s, when the Galway Arts Festival was starting to get a bit of recognition. Back then I had a secretary and I was running around on a bike. Then we applied to the Arts Council to give us a grant so that we could appoint an administrator.