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The Cross of Cong, one of Ireland’s great ecclesiastical treasures, was reputedly made at Cloncraff monastary, Co Roscommon. Its unsurpassed craftsmanship was inspired by its relic, a splinter of the wood of the cross on which Christ was crucified.

The RNLI has opened its most westerly shop in Ireland on Inis Mór to raise vital funds for the charity dedicated to saving lives at sea.

Seán Canney, Independent TD, has received complaints that school bus drivers and other educational sector workers have not been paid their entitlements for the Easter holidays due to a backlog within the Department of Social Protection with the processing of such claims.

Carna’s recently launched Community Cafe has donated €1,000 to the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal thanks to the village’s love of tea, cake, and a good old chat.

If you are the parent of an examination student, you will know all too well that after the high point of Easter comes the countdown to the Junior and Leaving Certificate.

It is a sign of the passage of time that we now have a bishop of Galway who is younger than the Cathedral in which he serves. At his installation Mass on Sunday afternoon, which was delayed by a quarter hour because of traffic congestion on what was an unusually busy Bank Holiday Sunday in the city, he spoke of the great honour it is to be appointed to work in the Cathedral which he said has “lived up to Bishop Browne’s dream that it would be “solid, dignified and worthy of Galway.”

From Good Friday until the weekend just passed the volunteer crew at Lough Ree RNLI came to the assistance of 17 people who encountered difficulties on and around the lake.

Bishop Michael Duignan will be installed as the new Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora in a ceremony to be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and Saint Nicholas on Sunday. He will also continue to minister as Bishop of Clonfert.

With the two-week Easter break now coming to an end, has it been a case of returning to 'business as normal' in Westport hotels - as they welcomed visitors back to the popular holiday destination with open arms following the two long years of covid paralysis? This week the Mayo Advertiser spoke to Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) Chair in Mayo, Westport hotelier Darren Madden, whose hopes for a bumper summer remain somewhat muted, as he describes the mood within the hospitality sector as 'cautiously optimistic' for 2022.