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Benefits of water aerobics

If you have been affected by suicide you would be most welcome to an evening in the Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar, which will be hosted by families who themselves have experienced a suicide. They will speak of how they are trying to cope and face into the future. The get-together is on Wednesday October 10 starting at 7.30pm.

Two Galway businessmen, Tom O' Connor and John Herterich are the third generation in their family to take over a thriving local enterprise, and each business has over seventy years of success behind it. Unlike many of their acquaintances, neither of them ever had to leave Galway to find employment.

Nursing mothers in Galway are invited to take part in a breastfeeding challenge at the weekend in a bid to set a world record.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

The Abbey Hotel Roscommon are delighted to offer out-of-town visitors a chance to experience an affordable autumn break, with a chance to relax and unwind in a peaceful haven away from the hustle and bustle.

The last few weeks have been among the busiest in the history of Mayo Mountain Rescue Team. Team leader Mary Walsh noted that since Reek Sunday, at the end of July, to September 7, the team have responded to 14 call outs. “It is unprecedented in the history of the team that we have had such a concentration of call-outs in the last number of weeks,” she said. Similar sentiments were expressed by deputy team leader Declan Conway, who remarked that in all his years on the team, he had never seen such a demand for its services.

Have you ever watched people with no previous training in dancing on those television programmes and thought to yourself, “Wish I could do that!”?

Athlone’s Literary Festival, which is now in its 9th year, takes place from October 4-7. This year’s festival offers opportunities for budding writers to hone their craft in two unique workshops and a masterclass: aA workshop in creative writing with author Anne Skelly; and a workshop in playwriting with Thomas Conway, literary manager of Druid Theatre. Both workshops will attract great interest at this year’s festival. The festival also includes a poetry masterclass with Noel Monahan.

The Breaffy Club, at Breaffy House Resort, includes a gym area which can cater for up to 60 people, a 20 metre pool with lanes always allocated for swimming, a sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi.