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NUI, Galway lecturer and former dean of the faculty of law, Donncha O’Connell has become the latest person from Galway to stand for election to Seanad Éireann.

Kilkenny and the south-east region can expect to benefit treblefold from investment into the new M9 motorway, which opened its final phase yesterday.

Last Easter Sunday, I was privileged to attend a dawn Mass, near Cong, on the Lough Corrib shore. About 300 people stood close to a blazing fire, as daybreak slowly lifted the darkness revealing the wide expanse of water, its wooded islands, and in the distance, the mountains of the Maam valley. It was perfectly silent and peaceful. Fr Ray Flaherty welcomed us with these opening words: ‘It was here many saints like Meldon, Fursey, Brendan and Feichin made their homes of peace and prayer. There are many sanctuaries scattered today in ruins along the shores of this lake, silent ruins where the soft tones of bells and the church’s solemn chant floated over the waves...’

GREASE YOUR hair, quiff it, and don a leather jacket if you are a guy, or put on a poodle skirt and bobby socks if you’re a girl, and get ready to be All Shook Up.

Ireland in the Middle Ages was a dynamic and expanding society, fuelled by intellectual enquiry, artistic innovation, and the creation of colonies in Scotland and Wales.

An ecumenical memorial service will be held in St Canice’s Cathedral on Sunday August 1, 2010 at 3.30pm for the late Mrs Nichola Lynas.

In a unique collaboration, the graduating Executive MBA class at NUI Galway have completed a strategic study of the Alan Kerins Projects (AKP) charity. The study was undertaken with NUI Galway lecturer, Mike Moroney, during the second and final-year of the Executive MBA programme and was conducted on a pro bono basis. The study was presented to Alan Kerins and the board of AKP at a recent function at NUI Galway.

Just last Friday Kilkenny made history when the Church of Ireland installed the first ever female Dean of Ossory at St Canice’s Cathedral. The Very Rev Katharine Poulton now holds the prestigious position and resides here in Kilkenny at the deanery. It was a big day for the COI community and the ceremony was fittingly prestigious.

The first ever female Dean of Ossory was installed at a ceremony celebrated at St Canice’s Cathedral on Friday last.

THE LEGENDARY Peter O’Toole will star in Dean Spanley, which will be screened by the Galway Film Society on Sunday.