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As the holiday season approaches, businesses and employees eagerly anticipate a well-deserved break.

Coimisiún na Meán has announced the award of new sound broadcasting contracts for local broad-format radio services, serving listeners in counties Galway, Louth and Meath, Mayo, Waterford, and Clare. The stations are: Galway Bay FM, LMFM, Midwest Radio, WLR FM and Clare FM.

When sometimes we wonder about the wonder of Galway, we try to see if there has been some human algorithm that has been used over the years that has turned it into one of the most desirable places in the continent to live.

Ireland West Airport is expecting 40,000 passengers to pass through the airport over the Christmas period making it the busiest in the airport’s history.

Clarinbridge was the epicentre of flooding on a scale unlike any ever seen in Galway. Anne Ford of Poppyseeds spoke of how the town rallied together to get the businesses of Clarinbridge back on their feet in time for Christmas.

The Survivors Integrated Service at the London Irish Centre recently received a letter from a survivor of St Anne’s Orphanage, Lenaboy, Taylors Hill — The centre thought it would be nice to share this anonymous letter with the people of Galway as they want to recognise that not all survivors’ experiences of institutions were the same. This letter is only meant to reflect one person’s experience of their time at St Anne’s and their memories of how the community of Galway came together to give them a magical Christmas experience every year.

In an effort to generate more activity for Athlone’s retailers, restaurants, hotels and pubs, Westmeath County Council, supported by Athlone Chamber of Commerce, is providing all-day, free parking in six town centre car parks for a full week, from Saturday, December 16 to Saturday, December 23.

Belfast has been named as one of the best cities for a winter holiday experience, with more than eight million seasonal hashtags on TikTok, a survey has found. London, New York, Manchester, Edinburgh and Paris round out the top five.

1. Get your priorities right. Christmas day is just 11 days away so if you still have a lot to do beforehand then it is important you have a plan. Otherwise, the hours will just slip away and you will end up feeling frazzled before you even sit down to eat your Christmas dinner. Start by monitoring your time, this will help you pinpoint where you are wasting precious minutes. Then, make a list and decide when you are going to complete all those outstanding tasks. Your list could include everything from buying gifts, icing the Christmas cake, ensuring the chimney is clean for Santa's much awaited visit, or doing a grocery shop. If you have a lot of tasks to get through but very little time in which to do them, aim to reduce your seasonal overload by prioritising. Many of us spend up to 80 per cent of our time doing non-essential duties, according to research, so ditch these, at least until after the New Year when hopefully you will have more time.