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IRISH CHANTEUSE Derby Browne is back in the Town Hall next week with her show La Dolce Roma which promises to transport audiences to sunny and sensuous Italy.

For the first time in a year, the hugely popular Volkswagen Golf has lost its stranglehold as Europe’s most popular model, handing the accolade to Ford’s well received new Fiesta. The Golf is still number one in the year-to-date (first quarter).

An All Ireland title is up for grabs on Saturday when Galway Black Dragon kickboxer, Gort’s Eric Daly, takes on Northern Ireland champion Paul Brannigan at the Black Box Theatre.

New research has revealed that drinking just one cup of regular black tea per day may help to protect against cardiovascular disease, thereby keeping the heart healthy. This is the first study to show that drinking black tea, depending on the dose, reduces both blood pressure and arterial stiffness, helping to maintain a person’s cardiovascular health. The research was conducted at the University of L’Aquila in Italy and supported by the Lipton Institute of Tea.

For two weeks Valerie McEllin, a native of Kiltimagh, found herself digging trenches, plastering walls, and carrying boulders. With worn-in jeans and muddy boots, Valerie spent her holiday volunteering to build homes for underprivileged families and fell in love with beautiful Costa Rica.

INTINN, THE Galway conscious reggae, dub, drum’n’bass, and Irish trad band will launch their debut album in The Warwick Hotel, Salthill, on Friday June 5.

I am often asked whether drinking organic wines will stop certain reactions like redness of the face or nasty headaches. These are some of the reactions that certain people get when drinking wine and it is not very pleasant I’m sure. First of all, the theory: ‘organic wines’ have to be made from 100 per cent organic grapes. This is important as if you see a label that says ‘made from organic grapes’ this may mean that only 70 per cent or more organically grown grapes were used in the making of the wine. Organic wines are grown without any manmade pesticides or fertilisers. Historically there were tons and tons of this stuff used, and there are legendary tales from the wine regions about fertiliser salesmen who became very wealthy unloading disgraceful amounts of this stuff with sales pitches where they told each grape grower how their neighbour was using so many tons per hectare, etc. Organic wineries do not add bags of oak chips to add flavour and they use only a very basic and traditional method for making the wine.

Connacht can now qualify for the Heineken Cup through a new “back door” system which gives the country of the tournament winners an extra place.

A MEDICAL devices group based in Ballybrit has raised $17.3 million (€12.4 million) in funding to launch the company’s first product — a coronary stent designed to prevent blockages of smaller arteries feeding the heart.

It’s that time of year again and Mayo County Council’s Arts Office is about to start its July long series of concerts. Travelling throughout the county, this year the series promises to be one to remember.