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Michael D Higgins was last night placed firmly back in the race to win the presidential election after a dramatic few days in the four -week campaign.

A Loughrea man was so impressed by the State visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Ireland in May that he put pen to paper to thank her for coming here.

Just when we thought it was going to be all plain sailing once again in Galway East the tides turned, a recount was ordered, votes vanished and disprepancies were found, but we got there in the end filling all four seats and closing the doors of the community centre in New Inn before midnight on Sunday.

Roll up, roll up, roll up, for the next week you are Willie Wonka, the chocolate maker, and you have it in your power to make someone very very happy indeed. You are the holder of the key to the kingdom, the keeper of the Golden Ticket for nine individuals who after your consideration are set to benefit enormously through your trust of their general capabilities to represent you and your area for the next five years.

Roll up, roll up, roll up, for the next week you are Willie Wonka, the chocolate maker, and you have it in your power to make someone very very happy indeed. You are the holder of the key to the kingdom, the keeper of the Golden Ticket for nine individuals who after your consideration are set to benefit enormously through your trust of their general capabilities to represent you and your area for the next five years.

Covering all bases in Galway East in order to maximise the vote and retain its two seats will be the priority for Fine Gael when it holds its election selection convention for the constituency this weekend.

The annual Galway AAI Primary Schools Cross Country Championships were held in Renmore with more than 800 children competing in the four races.

Areas affected by the unprecedented flooding last year are to benefit from a series of maintenance and improvement works as the Galway County Council is set to receive nearly €800,000 in funding.

They have been the backbone of local communities, behind the scenes working together to combat isolation and foster advances in education, electricity supply, infrastructure, and health, and now this year the Irish Countrywomen’s Association has yet another achievement to celebrate, its centenary.

The Rambling Mummers, comprising performers from many parishes throughout East Galway, and organised by local New Inn girl Claire Smyth, took senior honours, while Lackagh dominated the junior competition at the annual Mummers Festival in New Inn last weekend.