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Buccaneers face a long journey and an acid test when they travel north on Saturday to take on Ballynahinch in the Ulster Bank League promotion/relegation play-off at Ballymacarn Park. Kick-off for this repeat battle of the 2013-14 season in the Mourne Mountain foothills is 2.30pm.

Another chapter of the Alan Moran Magical Forest Rally show was screened at a sun kissed Ballyvourney on Saturday last. The young Foxford man was delighted to kick start his forest season at round two of the 2016 Valvoline Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally Championship, the Moonraker Forest Rally, in Cork.

Oranmore’s Competitions Coach, Richard Murphy, took the Gold medal in the Northern Ireland Open 2016 Judo contest on April 9/10. He won all his fights by ippon(a perfect throw for a perfect score), beating British Open Champion Robert Morrow (in picture on right) to the top spot in Derry recently.

On a weekend that saw Mayo hang on for dear life to their division one status, you would imagine that would be this week's main topic of conversation, however the Mayo u21's rise from the dead in Markievicz Park against Roscommon in the Connacht final shades the limelight from their senior counterparts in what was a very satisfactory weekend all round for Mayo GAA. We all remember the 2013 minor final between Mayo and Roscommon for Liam Irwin’s stunning goal and Mayo hanging on for dear life at the end, the u21 final was a repeat, only three years later of course, with a lot more recognisable and familiar players on show.

For almost two years the Pillar House Folk Club has been welcoming a virtual who’s who of top artists from the Irish folk music scene to its cosy venue in the centre of Ballinasloe.

A Claregalway woman with a background in engineering walked away with a major millinery award in Derry recently.

I have not spoken with you since the terrible events in Brussels when evil stalked that lovely city in the two dreadful events at the airport and the metro.

Crucial Galway United SSE Airtricity League contests are arriving 'thick and fast', according to manager Tommy Dunne, who is hopeful the Tribesmen can deliver when Bohemians visit Eamonn Deacy Park on Saturday afternoon (2pm).

Encouraged by an unbeaten three-match run, Galway United make the long trek to the Brandywell tomorrow for another important SSE Airtricity League premier division encounter against Derry City.

The recent penalty in the Barcelona versus Celta Vigo game involving Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez caused a number of extraordinary comments and a ridiculous amount of moralising from a number of football pundits, especially Mister "with an opinion on everything" Eamon Dunphy.