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A controversial "party pill" that was the reason behind a series of raids nationwide last week, is still being sold in Head shops across the city, despite protest from Government officials and members of the public.

Galway poets Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will take part in a Greek-Irish Literary Symposium at the Melina Merkouri Theatre, Ilion, Athens, tomorrow.

Last Sunday night, after a day of wind, cold, heavy rain and pelting hail, the whole miserable day came to a climax with a dramatic thunderstorm. At which our senior dog, who is a terrible worrier at the best of times, shrank beside the sofa, trembling and whimpering; while the junior dog, who is so laid back – or possibly just totally unaware of his environment – that you could drop a bomb on him and he wouldn’t notice, lay in front of her with his head on his paws looking sympathetic but bewildered.

Roscommon Arts Centre hosts a talk and discussion with Leitrim-based artist Christine Mackey on Saturday December 6 from 3pm to 4.30pm.

Just a few weeks ago, during a visit to Athens, I stood on the hillock known as the Areopagus where it is recorded that Paul preached the Gospel to the sages of ancient Greece.

•Club Iomanaíochta & Camogaíochta Bearna/Na Forbacha is having its 11th annual social on Saturday at 8pm in the Connemara Coast Hotel. Tickets are available from Johnny Curran 087-6910905 or Donna Cox 087-6340846. The club will hold its registration of players for 2009 on Sunday February 8 in the Connemara Coast Hotel at 5pm. All underage and adult players are requested to register on the day.

The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, recent opinion polls, and normal political activity are all being overshadowed by the perilous state of the economy. I have always believed that politics follows economics – to coin Bill Clinton’s phrase “It’s the economy, stupid”.

The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, recent opinion polls, and normal political activity are all being overshadowed by the perilous state of the economy. I have always believed that politics follows economics – to coin Bill Clinton’s phrase “It’s the economy, stupid”.

The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, recent opinion polls, and normal political activity are all being overshadowed by the perilous state of the economy. I have always believed that politics follows economics – to coin Bill Clinton’s phrase “It’s the economy, stupid”.

A group of children from the Galway Dance Centre will feature on German TV later this year after being chosen to participate in a children’s cultural programme in Germany.