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At one second past midnight on January 1, the day will change from Saturday to Sunday, usually an unremarkable transition of no special significance. But somehow we’ve decided that this change, which will end one year and begin the next, is different. This unique tick of the clock has always prompted us both to celebrate and to step outside the day-to-day activity we’re always so busy with—to reflect, to look back, take stock, assess how we did, and resolve to do better going forward. Save perhaps for our birthdays, no other moment in the year gets this sort of attention.

This time last year large swathes of the county were under water with flooding in the south Mayo area particularly bad, the issue once again raised its head at the December meeting of Mayo County Council this week. The elected members were given a presentation by senior executive engineer Dave Mellett in regard to how the council should make a submission to the OPW on the Draft Flood Risk Management Plan for the Moy and Kilalla Bay and Erriff, Clew Bay, Blacksod, Broadhaven.

Jigsaw Galway have launched their #OneWish Christmas appeal, which is asking people to share positive Christmas wishes and donate to their work, supporting young people experiencing difficulties with their mental health in Galway.

Ballinasloe Panto is currently presenting its very own version of the classic Little Red Riding Hood, with several dates and shows still remaining.

LITTLE RED Riding Hood, this year's Renmore Pantomime, opens at the Town Hall on Friday December 30, and promises to be a spectacular adventure of laughter, music, and song, scripted, as always by Panto Dame Peter Kennedy, and directed by AIMS award-winning twins Brian and Seán Power.

The Galway Chamber has come out in support for a new hospital for the city to be located at Merlin Park, with chamber president Conor O’Dowd calling for a "new acute hospital" that will "meet the needs" of Galway and the West.

Community groups and members of the local community are disappointed with the Galway City Council's decision to rezone meadows in Merlin Park.

SCROOGE, THE classic British film adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, will be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

The unanimously acclaimed one-man show Beowulf: The Blockbuster comes to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday December 5 at 8pm. A father with some serious news to impart brings his son on a cinematic journey through an ancient tale featuring explosions, Spielbergian monsters, John Williams' theme tunes, and superheroes from Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones and Bruce Lee right back to the original superhero, Beowulf.

So you want to be a TV star? TG4’s hit TV soap opera Ros na Rún is searching for a talented female actress over 50 to join its cast. The top rated soap is looking for a new star. Fluent Irish is required for the role with a neutral or Connemara accent.