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Funding of €100,000 for Galway city and county’s 29 libraries is “not acceptable” or anywhere near enough to maintain “this vital service”.

The lack of roadside barriers on a stretch of the main Glenamaddy to Dunmore route is a serious threat to public safety and also places a local farmer’s livelihood in jeopardy, according to Fianna Fáil Tuam local area candidate Nora Fahy.

Brigit, the new play by Tom Murphy, is to receive its world premiere in County Galway later this year, in a staging by Druid Theatre Company.

It is strangely easy to forget that Ireland is an island. Part of that comes from the fact that, unlike Britain, Spain, or Japan, we have no real naval tradition.

The PSO for the air services amounts to an annual subvention of €1,880,913 to run the flights as well as the three aerodromes on the Aran Islands and the Connemara Regional Airport in Indreabhán. Aer Arann Islands currently employs 38 full-time and two part-time staff, to run these services.

The Little Theatre’s next production is the wonderful Martin McDonagh play The Cripple of Inishmaan which opens on April 20 and runs for eight nights until Sunday April 27 at 8.30pm.

This residential farm is located right in the heart of the village of Laurencetown on the main Ballinasloe/Portumna road. Located just eight miles south of Ballinasloe and 12 miles north of Portumna, the lands will be offered for sale in several lots. One of the main lots is directly adjacent to the local church, close to shop and pub, and just across the road from the local community hall. The lots comprise the following:

AMERICAN FOLK/ROOTS trio Tumbling Bones are promoting their debut album Loving A Fool with an Irish tour, including two County Galway dates.

Last Friday saw the opening of Martin Divilly Butchers in Terryland Shopping Centre, 87 years on from the very first Martin Divilly Butchers in Galway city. Martin and Audrey along with their extended families cheered on, as Martin’s daughter Shauna Divilly cut the ribbon.

This April Standún Spiddal have teamed up with the Galway Simon Community to help raise awareness and funding for homeless people in Galway. For the month of April, they are encouragingpeopletodonateany unwanted or unused clothes. Standún are kicking things off by hosting a coffee morning on Saturday April 5 between 11am and 2pm in aid of the Galway Simon Community at their store, located in the heart of Connemara and just 12 miles from Galway City.