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Galway business breathed a sigh of relief this week when it emerged that the commercial rates would only increase by one per cent instead of the three expected. The minimalist move was welcomed by IBEC West and the Galway Chamber of Commerce.

AN EPIC poem, which fiercely and fearlessly attacked the system that cloaked the murder of three IRA members by British security forces in Gibraltar in March 1988, is to be republished.

The largest participation sports relay and harmony run in history will arrive in Westport in March.

The budget for 2009 has been passed by members of Kilkenny County Council but not without some ado.

CORK POET Billy Ramsell will read at the next North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

You can almost see it - an Irish politician scolding his bold child with the threat of ‘I’ll send you to Declan Ganley if you don’t behave yourself!’

Geraldine Butler, Chairperson of the Chernobyl Children’s Project in Westport, welcomed an historic inter-governmental agreement between Ireland and Belarus, announced last week, which will allow children to travel to the Westport area again—with two children arriving here for the Christmas holidays.

Tógra Mhaigh Eo de Chonradh na Gaeilge, Castlebar, is organising adult Irish classes throughout Mayo starting in January 2009. Classes will run subject to demand.

Unique to the market is this detached three bedroom home, sitting on approximately one quarter acre site in one of the most popular residential areas of Athlone. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac, just off the Dublin Road, it is a few minutes walk to the town centre.

Registration is now open for Galway’s 2009 St Patrick’s Day Parade which will take place on Tuesday March 17.