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Mitchell Henry’s final days in Kylemore were sad ones. His adored wife Margaret had died at 45 years-of-age, and rested in a simple brick mausoleum in the grounds of his palatial Kylemore Castle. His political life, into which he put a great deal of personal effort, advocating on behalf of all Irish tenants the rights for them to own their own land, was out manoeuvred by Charles Stewart Parnell and the Land League. Henry described the Land League methods as ‘dishonest, demoralising and unChristian’. He probably was not surprised to lose his Galway seat in the general election of 1885. He blamed ‘Parnellite intimidation’.

On March 8, 1848, work was started on the Eglinton Canal. The Harbour Commissioners had been anxious to develop the New Dock. There were about 300 boats in the Claddagh and the amount of seaweed landed for manure in the spring of 1845 was 5,000 boat loads, averaging three tons each. The seaweed factory had been moved up to ‘The Iodine’, so the work on the canal was vital. It would allow boats to go from the Claddagh Basin up to the lake, boats from Cong and Maam to get to the sea, and improve the mill-power on the Galway River.

Athlone Institute of Technology has announced formal plans to reopen to all students on a phased basis for the new 2020/21 academic year.

A local businessman has expressed his immense ire pertaining to a wildlife incident which resulted in the deaths of a duck at Coosan Point in recent times.

Athlone natives, Brian and Cora Lynam, presently residing in Alpharetta Georgia, with their children Conor (9) and Erin (4), spoke to the Athlone Advertiser this week, noting the impact of COVID-19 on their daily lives as the pandemic continues to raise health concerns on a global scale.

Well, it looks like we’ve come to the end of the road at the moment of the negotiations between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party.

Founder and Managing Director of Grovelands Childcare, Athlone businesswoman, Regina Bushell, in her capacity as Chairperson of Seas Suas, the representative voice for independent early learning and care providers in Ireland, is advocating further additional financial assistance for the sector following the announcement by the Government of a €75 million stimulus package prior to the reopening of relevant service facilities on June 29.

The Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (ISCC) are highlighting the urgent need for all businesses and public amenities to support people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by allowing those presenting the ISCC “No Waiting” card access to public toilets while still abiding by public health guidance.

All persons, men, families, communities, service providers and policy makers, is being urged to ‘be part of the solution’ and to take action to improve the health of men and boys on the island of Ireland by ‘restoring the balance’ after COVID-19.

The HSE National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), Healthy Ireland and partners, have launched a SunSmart campaign, supporting people with simple ways in which they can enjoy the sun safely, while protecting themselves and their family.