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A Mad Hatter’s Gala Banquet will take place on Friday September 24 at 7.30pm in Hotel Westport, Newport Road, Westport, in aid of Western Alzheimer's and the Louisburgh Horse Show.

The Autumn meeting of the Galway Races begins this Saturday August 28 for three days. One of the highlights of the racing festival will be the Ardilaun Hotel-listed Oyster Stakes,which is now in its nineteenth year, takes place on the last day of the races, Monday August 30. The Ryan family of the Ardilaun Hotel first became associated with this prestigious race in 1991 and have continued their support over the years.

Yeats College provides fifth year, sixth year and repeat leaving certificate programmes to students from Kilkenny at their Waterford based campus, which is now only a half an hour from Kilkenny city with the opening of the new motorway.

The countdown has begun to the Galway Races and this year’s Summer Festival kicks off with the Galway’s Best Hotels Day, with all seven races sponsored by Galway’s leading hotels and the feature race of the day the carlton.ie/galwaycity (Q.R) Handicap.

This year’s renewal of the Galway Guinness Hurdle in my opinion lacks real strength in depth among the 47 entries but finding the winner is no easier. With top weight and twice course winner Luska Lad announced a definite runner by his trainer John Hanlon all runners will be able to run off their correct marks.

The greatest party anywhere in the eurozone is almost upon us and whether one deals in euros, sterling, dollars, or the Japanese yen all roads will lead to Ballybrit on Monday next as the seven-day marathon that is the Galway Race Week Festival gets under way shortly after five o clock. With more than fifty races on the menu punters will need to tread carefully through a minefield of tough maximum field handicaps and conditions contests under both Flat and National Hunt rules and with margins tight in all walks of life selective punting is advised.

Next Monday week Ballybrit will reverberate to the sound of hooves as the annual summer festival of racing at Galway starts again.

More than €2.76 million has been approved under annual forestry premiums for forestry owners in County Mayo, according to Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn.

The racing at Gowran Park was cancelled on Wednesday last due to waterlogging following a course inspection by Irish Turf Club officials.

THE SPIRIT Of Pink Floyd show takes place on Friday April 9 at 8pm in The Black Box and the Galway Advertiser has three pairs of tickets to give away.