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A Galway based international breathing expert hit the headlines recently when one of his books was given as a gift to English cricketer Ollie Robinson by a British rock band member.

William Joyce recorded his final broadcast on April 30 1945 as the last great battle of the war raged. Russian troops, after a desperate struggle, finally wrenched Berlin from the grip of the Nazis. The once great city was then little more than streets of rubble. In an iconic World War II photograph Soviet troops fly the Soviet flag over the Reichstag May 2 1945.

William Joyce’s notorious broadcasts to Britain, which continued throughout the six years of World War II, initially came from the studios in Berlin, later transferred to Luxembourg city, due to heavy Allied bombing, and finally from Apen, near Hamburg. The broadcasts were relayed over a wide network of German controlled radio stations in Zeesen, Hamburg, Bremen, Luxembourg, Hilversum, Calais, and Oslo. It had a huge potential audience, and was seen as a vital propaganda tool for Nazi Germany.

Cavavin is the leading French network of local franchise wine merchants with more than 150 franchisees across France and internationally in Ireland, England, Scotland, and Switzerland, to name a few.

The 2022 European Touch Rugby Championships took place over a five day period in Nottingham, Buccaneers Touch having a keen interest in the tournament with four players involved - Paul Gavin, Rory Silke, Denis O’Connor and Nigel So were all part of the Ireland Men’s over 40s team which achieved a sixth place finish.

When The Fureys return to The Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday, October 1, they will treat their audience to one of popular music’s richest legacies.

Galway's Katie O’Brien and Steven McGowen have been selected to compete at this year's World Rowing Championships which take place next week in the Czech Republic.

On Friday last, Mayor of the Athlone-Moate Municipal District, Cllr Vinny McCormack met with the Mayor of Châteaubriant and President of the Community of Communes of Châteaubriant-Derval, Mr Alain Hunault to renew the twinning between Athlone and Châteaubriant.

Shannon Airport staff welcomed the start of a service to Paris with new carrier Vueling this week. The twice weekly service to Paris Orly Airport will operate on Mondays and Fridays.

When Mitchell Henry entered Westminster parliament in 1871 he went with hope in his heart and a mission to tell the British people the precarious circumstances of the Irish tenant farmer. In many ways he resembled Jefferson Smith in the Frank Cappa film ‘Mr Smith Goes to Washington’ where a naive, idealistic young man has plans to change America.* Mitchell Henry, a liberal, kindly man, had plans to be a voice for the Irish tenant farmer within, what he believed, was a paternalistic landlord system, but he walked into a political cauldron, waiting to explode.