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In the days before cigarettes were invented, clay pipes were very popular and could be found in most houses in the country. They were mainly used by working class people, easy to purchase, mass produced, cheap and light, and smoked by men and women. The short stemmed version was known as a dúidín or dudeen in Ireland, as a cutty in Scotland, and a ‘nose warmer’ in England. The longer version was known as the Beannacht Dé pipes or ‘The Lord ha’ mercy’ pipe, as that was how people invariably responded when you gave them one, “Beannacht Dé leat”.

THREE NUI Galway students - from Ireland, India, and Turkey - will this week launch their new documentary on one of Galway’s most remarkable women - Lady Augusta Gregory.

MAIJA SOFIA, the Galway singer-songwriter, along with Tipperary musician Elaine Howley, will play a concert which will be streamed live from Cork this week.

In Aristophanes’ play The Birds, two old men on the run from Athens and its laws, convince the local bird population to set up a city in the sky which will not only challenge the power of the Greek capital, but the power of the gods themselves.

Billy Clery has stepped down as Galway WFC manager.

Business partners Ronan Coughlan and Tracy Armstrong, launched their KO Kombucha brand in 2018 from their spare room.

The workhouse has been described as “the most feared and hated institution ever established in Ireland" and the story of these institutions has now been made available online by Mayo County Library.

An intriguing research study on how a particular drone delivery service is perceived by consumers, businesses users, and drone company employees in Oranmore, is being carried out by a GMIT student.

The current upsurge in violence in Israel-Palestine which includes civilian deaths, the destruction of homes, and even forms of ethnic cleansing, “will not be solved” if the world turns away, and “lets the cycle of violence, oppression, and destruction continue”.

More than 900 people throughout the west of Ireland are waiting more than two years for orthodontic services, according to figures released by the HSE.