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Secret meetings of leading local Republicans, understood to be helping plan a major rebellion, are understood to be taking place in and around the city, and Galway citizens will be able to eavesdrop on these revolutionary discussions.

The annual Park and Ride Christmas Service will commence this Saturday December 5 right up to Christmas Eve and recommence again Monday December 28 to Jan 3.

The two day October Bank Holiday meeting kicks off on Sunday, October 25 with the first race at 1.30pm, and Bank Holiday Monday October 26 at 1.25pm.  There are 14 races, generously sponsored by many local firms over two great days of competitive National Hunt racing, with an impressive total prize fund of over €215,000 on offer which is sure to attract runners from many of Ireland’s top stables. The feature race on Sunday is “The Faber Audiovisuals Handicap Hurdle” and on Monday “The Ennis Lifts Handicap Steeplechase”.

More than 120 events are scheduled to take place in Galway during National Heritage Week which runs from Saturday August 22- Sunday August 30. One of the biggest highlights is the return of the immensely popular Loughrea Medieval Festival next weekend. This year the festival is entitled The Gathering of the Clans, and it will be jam packed full of free, fun events for all the family. Check out www.loughreamedievalfestival.com, for more details.

Claremorris ladies were the big winners in the style stakes at Ladies Day at the Galway Races on Thursday (July 30), collecting two out of the three major prizes on the day.

Claremorris ladies were the big winners in the style stakes at Ladies Day at the Galway Races today (Thursday), collecting two out of the three major prizes.

An Pucan Galway’s newest oldest bar has recently opened The Garden – just in time for the highlight of Galway’s social calendar the annual Galway Races. Revellers will be blown away by the new offering that An Pucan has unveiled, and it’s sure to be the top spot this summer.

Ballinrobe Racecourse has just announced an exciting new event for fashion and millinery devotees.

The Galway Races Summer Festival is one of the social and sporting highlights of the year and will get under way on Monday, July 27.

The team at Ballybrit are known for their forward thinking vision. After all they have managed to transform what began as a small two-day event in 1869 into one of the biggest seven day racing extravaganzas in the world.