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Ireland’s top young hurlers, camogie players, and handball competitors will be in Galway this weekend for the prestigious Feile na nGael u-14 tournament.

THEY ARE brothers in hip hop, part of the music’s ‘golden age’, yet still a going concern, keen to look for new ways to express themselves; they are innovators, legends, but also laid back and nice guys. They are De La Soul.

The GAA is a fine example of an organisation not afraid of change; not afraid to invest in a world class stadium; brave to modify some of their historical tenets to reflect a changed world. The club and county structure provide a fantastic means to relay back to HQ what is happening on the ground. If rules of the game need to be changed, after proposals, discussion and a vote, they are changed, the sport no less engaging. Politics should pay heed.

Our Lady’s Bower is proud to host its sixth annual Duck Derby today, Friday May 13. It promises to be a visual delight as all sponsored ducks are released onto the Shannon at the White Bridge at 7.30pm on Friday evening.

This limited offer of 50 per cent off homes makes Bastion Quay, Athlone within the reach of first time buyers and empty-nesters looking for luxury, low-maintenance living, without compromising on space or quality of location.

Galwegians RFC women have made history after winning the Leinster Cup final at Stradbrook on Sunday.

Long summer evenings should be spent outdoors with the delicious aroma of barbecued food and the chatter of friends and colleagues mingling in the air!

AIDEN DOOLEY, creator of international hit show Tom Crean Antarctic Explorer, comes to the Town Hall next week with his acclaimed new play about the remarkable life of Gaelic chieftain O’Sullivan Beara.

In recent years Semple Stadium has become the spiritual home for the National Hurling League Final. Geographically it probably suited all participating counties. However with the Dubs reaching the final for the first time since 1946 the authorities in HQ have in one way made a constructive effort to attract a big crowd by holding it in Croke Park only to shoot themselves in the foot with the admission fee of €25.

A fear of water combined with the Tiger’s demise has seen the adoption of a plan prepared for the southerly expansion of Athlone between Burgess Park and Willow Park postponed for at least four years until the ongoing study on Shannon flooding is published in 2014.