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Usually Portumna align themselves to a cause, and on Sunday afternoon at Pearse Stadium the All Ireland champions avenged a particularly

A well fought battle between the two provinces took place last Saturday in the Sportsground, when Munster came away with the 22-0 victory. Connacht started out by conceding a penalty in the first four minutes in the game, with Niamh Briggs putting three points on the board for Munster. Within 10 minutes of this score, they also managed to score in the corner, with some poor defence by Connacht. The Connacht side managed to keep the score line of 8-0 up to half time with some great defence work by Clare Molloy, Carol Staunton, Clare Raferty and Allison Miller. Connacht were unlucky not to score a try before half time with severe pressure put on Munster’s defense.

THE GALWAY Arts Centre will host a serious of events next week including a performances art piece, a discussion on redeveloping Galway, and a sale of artworks.

A Shell to Sea campaigner gave a sworn undertaking at Ballina District Court this week that he would not partake in any protests in relation to Shell to Sea until after September 2010, when a suspended sentence which was imposed on the Glenamoy man last year would expire.

From bad to worse. In the darkest weeks of winter. In the weeks leading up to the winter equinox, when the days will get longer again, Galway families are asking themselves just how much more hardship they can take.

Cope Galway, in conjunction with the Galway Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, has launched it Christmas office parties fundraising initiative.

Water levels have dropped in east Galway and some roads were re-opened following the weekends torrential rainfall, but possible further heavy rainfall is expected and the Galway County Council remains on alert to meet any crisis which may arise.

If the unprecedented heavy rains continue over the weekend, then the flooding and devastation in east Galway will become worse, far worse than it is now, and may lead to a request for the Red Cross to go into Ballinasloe and the surrounding areas.

The City of Galway VEC Women’s Community Education Calendar was launched on Monday in the Galway City Museum by the award winning poet Rita Ann Higgins.

Social media expert Johnny Beirne will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club (MOCC), a business network run by businesspeople for businesspeople.