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Galway will welcome thousands of athletes and spectators this weekend as the area prepares to host the annual Ironman 70.3 Ireland for the second year.

The Connemara Pony Festival in Clifden starts today with crowds expected to descend on the capital of Connemara.

Comhar na nOileán have just advertised three new jobs to deliver the LEADER programme in the Galway Gaeltacht and their CEO, Majella Ní Chríocháin has said that they hope to open an office in the South Connemara Gaeltacht in the Autumn. Two of the new Project Officers/Administrators will be located there while the third will be located in Comhar’s main office on Inis Oírr.

After successfully playing host last year, Galway is to welcome for a second time the IRONMAN 70.3 Ireland event which will attract a worldwide audience to showcase everything that the city and county has to offer.

A NUMBER of exhibitions - both solo and group - open today or have just commenced a run in various galleries and locations in Galway city and county.

CLARE FIDDLER Martin Hayes is one of the pivotal figures of Irish traditional music, and the subject of a major new documentary which will premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh.

GALWAY CITY trad group Dusty Banjos returns to Cleggan in Connemara this weekend for its fourth annual Traditional Music Weekend.

Moycullen Riding Centre is situated just a few miles from the city of Galway in Poulnaclough, Moycullen.

The Galway branch of the Irish WIldlife Trust will host a wildlife walk at Roundstone Bog in Connemara this Saturday, June 9.

China’s largest state-run TV broadcaster, Xinhua, is to visit Galway next week to make programmes on tourism here, with a second programme in the pipeline focusing on trade and investment, that is according to Fine Gael Senator for Galway West, Fidelma Healy Eames.