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If anyone thought that all a country need do to preserve its freedom when its neighbours are at war is to proclaim its neutrality, then they have only to look hard at what happened to several European countries at the beginning of World War II. Ladies and gentleman of the whinge brigade, neutrality isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

Deputy Phil Hogan told today’s Fine Gael Ard Fheis that his Party’s new environmental policy was about turning an unprecedented crisis into a golden opportunity.

ANYONE FAMILIAR with the traditional Irish music scene in Galway will know accordion player Anders Trabjerg. A native of Jutland in Denmark, he has been playing in Galway for over a decade and has become an integral part of the rich musical tapestry.

NIKO AND The Way To The Stars, a new children’s feature animation which comes to The Eye and the Omniplex this Saturday and Sunday, was made by local Galway company Magma Films.

WHEN DANISH poet Peter Wessel presents his Polyfonías Poetry Project in Galway as part of this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, it will be a unique aural experience. It features poetry and music, but is not a poetry recital or a concert. It is instead an interaction between voice, verse, music, and languages, to create a new poetic-musical sound.

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is celebrating its 21st birthday this year and from Tuesday July 7 to Sunday 12, it will host world premieres, special tributes, Irish and international features, documentaries and shorts, with a prestigious array of actors, directors, and filmmakers in attendance.

Galway hosted the 2008 IACT Irish Junior Squash Open at the weekend - the biggest event on the Irish squash calendar.

DETAILS OF this year’s Baboró International Arts Festival for Children were unveiled at a reception on Monday afternoon and, as ever, a whole host of exciting events feature on what is a packed programme.

Beat the recession blues and have a laugh at the Prince of Wales Hotel next week.

Ireland's Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Patrick Cunningham has said the Government and business should "hold their nerve" and continue to invest in science and technology despite the economic pressure to cut budgets.