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Mayo natives Mary Robinson and Louis Walsh are up for nomination for Ireland’s Greatest series on RTÉ.

The Irish Heart Foundation is calling on all primary schools in Mayo to get their ropes at the ready for Skipathon 2010. Running for 26 years, the Irish Heart Foundation’s Skipathon is a hot favourite on the Irish calendar for children nationwide.

In Mexico City there stands a monument to a group of Irish and German soldiers who fought and died in the brutal Mexican-American war of 1846-1848.

A chara,

In Mexico in the 1840s, Clifden man John Reilly led a band of Irish soldiers called The San Patricios, in an effort to help Mexico repulse a military invasion by the USA.

A Westmeath resident and his brother, who left a man brain-damaged after jumping on his head and kicking it after drink had been accidentally spilled during St Patrick’s Day celebrations, have been jailed.

The Irish Government should set up a dedicated information centre in Brussels to advise Irish businesses, Irish universities and Irish local authorities as to how they can draw down a share of a €55 billion fund.

The IFTA nominated Tg4 series Mobs Mheiriceá continues this week with Pat Nee’s journey from Rosmuc, Co Galway, to the top of the Boston mob.

HOME, A thought-provoking documentary, exploring the meaning of ‘home’ for someone living abroad, will be screened in the Station House Cinema in Clifden on Friday November 7 at 8pm.

The Irish Spanish Integration Society will launch its new website on Thursday July 2 at 6pm in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street.