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From August 28 to 30 all eyes will be on the medieval town of Loughrea as it hosts a spectacular weekend of events at the town's second annual medieval festival.

Councillors have called on Galway County Council to provide more information and financial assistance to the identified owners of properties added to the protected structures list.

The community in Loughrea, Co Galway will come together on May 1 and 2 to try to break three Guinness World Records to raise funds to send athletes and coaches from the HSE Loughrea Training Centre to the Special Olympics Ireland Games in June.

Plans are currently being drawn up to begin the process of twinning Clifden with Coyoacan in Mexico City following an agreement which was reached at a recent Galway County Council meeting.

Last week marked the beginning of the twinning of the town of Oranmore and the Breton village Clohars-Fouesnant, organised by the Oranmore Twinning Committee and its chairperson, Gerardine Costello. A group from the village arrived in Ireland and was greeted by members of the committee before they commenced their busy week-long visit to the west.

The Oranmore Twinning Association is currently making final preparations for a very special upcoming event in which the village will be officially twinned with Clohars-Fouesnant in France.

Islanders angry at what has been described as a “tax on Inis Mór” are to continue to fight against an increase in the charge on passenger journeys to and from the island, with representatives saying that the fight could be brought all the way to the European Union.

A derelict house in the largest local authority estate in Co Galway has been transformed into a community facility.

Some 70 events will take place around Galway next week as part of national Social Inclusion Awareness Week.

Irish Organic Weedkiller, the start-up company which brought Ireland’s first 100 per cent natural weedkiller to market last year, has announced it is to create 20 new jobs with the opening of its factory in Claregalway Corporate Park. The factory was officially opened by business personality, presidential candidate and advocate for small business, Seán Gallagher on Friday.