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Knocknacarra lacked proper amenities for a long time but has recently benefited from a new shopping centre and a new primary school making it all the more attractive to growing families. Secondary schools are nearby on Taylor’s Hill and Threadneedle Road, and NUIG and UCHG are within a short commute. The popular seaside location of Salthill is also close by, making Knocknacarra a desirable location to settle down. Sherry FitzGerald Kavanagh has a number of homes in the area all priced under €300,000.

A sportsman, a good family man, and a distinguished lawyer who always put people’s needs first and foremost, these were just some of the heartfelt tributes paid at the Galway courthouse to local solicitor Jarlath McInerney who died following a fall at his home last Saturday.

Fancy walking off the Christmas excess and raising vital funds for a local charity on St Stephen’s Day?

The country’s top sports players are coming to Galway with most of the major championship cups to meet fans on behalf of Alan Kerins African Projects.

The Galway City Council has enough sand to ensure the main roads into Galway city and around the city centre are gritted and kept ice free for this weekend and further supplies of sand and salt are on the way.

A district court judge has warned an out-of-control teenager that any more “outrageous” behaviour could result in jail.

She was the kind of person who, once encountered, was never forgotten. People who had met her only briefly would say to me; “How’s your friend Felicity?” Tall, attractive, a dynamic individual, Felicity Stewart made an immediate impact; her colourful personality displayed not only in her choice of flamboyant clothing but so, too, her hair was always changing colour from natural pale red to a variety of bottled shades.

While most people prefer to stay out of a patrol car one 25-year-old man was so in need of a lift during Christmas celebrations that he drunkenly asked gardai for a lift, and when that was refused he grabbed the car handles to try to get in, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A Westmeath man, who was so insistent on shaking the hand of a taxi driver that he was threatening, has been ordered to pay €300.

More than €2,000 was raised for Alan Kerins African Projects at the recent Stars and Cups fundraising event in Supermac’s, Eyre Square.