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Tourists have been told the best airports to fly from across Europe if they want a stress free experience.

Shannon Airport has launched its new winter schedule bringing passengers an exciting choice of winter sun, ski trips, city breaks, and US and European holiday options.

Southern Gaels suffered a set-back in their championship ambitions when Turin came from behind to snatch victory by two points in the game played in Killucan last Saturday.

Louisburg native, Daithi Heneghan is set to undergo a gruelling 4,477 km cycle this July, the equivalent of climbing four Mount Everests, that will see him cross 10 countries in aid of East African charity COCO, which seeks to provide education to impoverished children.

Thomas McStay of Galway City Harriers travels to Turin, Italy this weekend to compete as part of a strong Irish U23 team at the European Cross-Country Championships.

Thomas McStay was Galway's best athlete at the recent National Cross-Country Championships which moved to Donegal after a 23-year absence.

A gutsy performance by David Bohan in the men’s race over 7km ensured Galway secured a senior gold at the Connacht Cross Country Championships on a testing Roscommon Racecourse on Sunday.

Galwegians can take a bow after the superb performance of Irish athletes at the recent European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany.

In the 1980s, the front of Parsons footwear shop in Castlebar was a favourite meeting place for lunchtime liaisons. Being some equidistance between St. Joseph’s Convent of Mercy and St. Gerald’s De La Salle College, you could depart Parsons at 1.50 pm. and be in Peter Filan’s History class bright-eyed and bushy-tailed by 2.00 pm.

This is not an editorial about football, but it is brought on by the biggest story in football this week, a story that knocked Covid to one side in the minds of many. The issues raised by the attempt by 12 European football clubs to breakaway and form a competition with rules set by themselves, have shown us that they are not just pertinent on the streets of Turin, Manchester, London, Barcelona or Munich, but in all our communities, wherever we live.