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The local representatives of Republican Sinn Fein (RSF) were described as “vermin” and “garbage” by the Cathaoirleach of the town council, historian Ruth Illingworth, after they sent in an anonymous protest letter to the council this week (February 18).

An enterprising group of writers and actors are busily rehearsing for the premiere of their new play, which is not only being performed by locals but was also written by a group of women writers from the north Kilkenny town of Castlecomer.

IN TIMES of recession, when uncertainty is the name of the game, there is something solid and comforting about a book. It will always be there on the shelf, a source of strength, consolation, and reassurance.

David Irving, the highly controversial British historian who spent three years in an Austrian prison under Holocaust Denial Legislation, may be speaking at NUI, Galway’s Literary and Debating Society in March.

Joe McGowan explores all three aspects of ‘The Gentleman that Paid the Rent’ at the next Westport Civic Trust talk in Thursday February 19.

Joe McGowan explores all three aspects of ‘The Gentleman that Paid the Rent’ at the next Westport Civic Trust talk in Thursday February 19.

Another St Patrick’s Day has slipped by, and I am reminded that although there are several wells associated with saints in and around Galway city, St Patrick, on his many journeys around Ireland, notably in Mayo, passed Galway by.

The next Westport Civic Trust talk will be on Tuesday November 17 at the Atlantic Coast Hotel at 8pm.

Ireland has every possibility of getting back the 39 controversial paintings, willed to the Irish people by art collector Sir Hugh Lane at the beginning of the 20th century, but which remain in London because the codicil to his will was not witnessed. “Hugh Lane’s intentions were absolutely clear”, the dynamic director of the Hugh Lane (formerly Dublin City) Gallery, Ms Barbara Dawson said in Coole last weekend, “there is no reason on earth why the paintings are not on Irish soil permanently.”

There are a wide range of free events at your local library to celebrate the annual Bealtaine Festival in May. While the festival is aimed primarily at older people, all events are open to everyone.