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Iris Aniar, the Galway magazine programme on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, gets a makeover this autumn when Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile takes over as presenter.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

A Band Called Wanda are an enigmatic, energetic four-piece band from the west of Ireland.

Potential third level students hoping to enrol for GMIT professional cookery or bar management course have been dealt a severe blow with the abolition of their maintenance grant, according to the Fine Gael spokesperson on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Michael Ring.

“If there was a great gale blowing from the West and you were in the house playing music, you would not hear any wind.”

Galway’s major sporting and social festival, The Galway Races, has become the setting for a major new Irish language contemporary comedy drama series - Rásaí na Gaillimhe.

East Galway secondary school students with an interest in writing new Irish traditional music or reinterpreting old standards in new ways are being asked to take part in the Do Sheans ar CD competition.

Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has sanctioned three substantial grants for the Galway Gaeltacht area.

Fine Gael Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Spokesperson Dep Michael Ring has called on Junior Minister John Curran to keep his commitment to reopen the Scheme of Community Support for Older People. Dep Ring said many older people do not feel safe in their own homes and the Government has a duty to reinstate this relatively inexpensive but important scheme.

Well-known local businessman David Kelly was one of two people killed on the county’s roads over the weekend.