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Do you fancy spending a week living in Seattle, Washington? A TV production company is looking for a Galway family to do just that as part of a new reality series which sees residents from twinned towns swap lives for a week.

ONE of Galway’s best sportswomen will be the guest of honour in this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade.

St Mary’s opened in 1912 with 60 boarders and 17 day boys. The first school sports there took place in 1928, and since then the college has produced many fine athletes in track and field. The first mention of All-Ireland sports in the annals of the school concerns Tom Fahy, who in 1938 set a new Irish record for the 12lb shot. In 1939 the school won its first Connacht Schools title; in 1943, it won three titles, four in 1946, and five in 1947. In that last year, one athlete, Martin Kilmartin, won three golds, and set records in both the triple jump and the long jump. In 1948 the college again won five titles, and in 1950 John Linnane set a new Irish record in the pole vault.

In their final game of what has been an encouraging Superleague season, Moycullen were unable to end on a high note, falling to Neptune in Cork by 82-56.

The highlight of the rowing season in Galway, the annual Head of the River, returns to the Corrib on Saturday.

The Galway senior footballers will have to forget about last weekend’s disappointing one-point defeat to Westmeath and refocus on the fresh challenge they face on Sunday when Meath visit Pearse Stadium (2.30pm).

An 18-year-old youth charged with attempting to rob a number of women in the Salthill area, one at knife point, has been sent forward for trial.

Four public meetings will to be held in Galway city and county as the part of the grassroots campaign against the Government’s household charge.

The next meeting of the Galway City Council takes place on Monday at 4pm in City Hall, College Road.

A man charged with the manslaughter of popular Oughterard publican and teacher John Kenny has been sent forward for trial to Galway Circuit Criminal Court along with another man who faces a charge of withholding information from gardai conducting the investigation.