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The early 20th century in Ireland witnessed many significant events - 1916, the War of Independence, the Civil War, etc - and Galway was as caught up in those events as anywhere else in the country.

The provision of arts grants to a wide selection of the city’s arts groups was announced at Monday evening’s Galway City Council meeting.

The stage is set for Connacht to welcome Heineken Cup rugby to Galway for the first time this weekend following a major revamp of The Sportsground on College Road.

The Government is fully committed to making travel in Galway smarter, making roads safer, and getting people back on their bikes, that is according to Minister Alan Kelly who opened the Public Bike Symposium this week.

Over the past few days, there has been a jauntiness in the step of the people of Ireland. Perhaps it has to do with the weather. In the past few years, by this time, half the county was under water or under ice and the harsh winters of 2009 and 2010 were well under way.

The President of Ireland, Mr Michael D Higgins, returns to the west this weekend to support Connacht Rugby’s historic Heineken Cup fixture against Toulouse. The President will be accompanied by his wife Sabina to the province’s first Heineken Cup fixture at the Galway Sportsground when they host European aristocrats Toulouse on Saturday evening. It will be Mr Higgins’ second major sporting event since being inaugurated, having attended the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 play-off against Estonia at the Aviva Stadium earlier this week.

Connacht announced their arrival among European's elite last evening, making the premiership leaders Harlequins fight every inch of the way for this opening night victory at the Stoop.

Three Galway Athletes have been selected for the Home Countries International Cross Country which takes place in Glasgow on November 27.

The Maigh Cuilinn intermediate hurlers continued on their merry way last Sunday when they had a good win in the provincial final over a competitive Four Roads (Roscommon) in Athleague.

Mayo County Council are still formulating the final plans for the Community Gain Investment Fund of €8.5 million that was a condition of the last granting of planning permission for part of the Corrib gas pipeline.