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The search for Ms Planet Beach Ireland 2010 is over as this week 23-year-old Jan Lindsay from Mullingar beat the other 23 finalists and an overall entry of 200 girls to win the title. Jan, who works in a bar and teaches dance receives a fully paid trip to Reno Nevada this October to compete in the International Finals where the overall winner receives $100,000 in cash, a free Planet Beach Franchise worth $30,000, plus a modelling contract for one year. She also wins a year’s membership to Planet Beach in Tallaght, Dublin and other prizes including a specially commissioned Mullingar Crystal piece.

The Monksland-based phamaceutical firm Elan has been summoned to appear in a Federal court in the US after disclosing two cases of a brain disorder related to its trump product, prior to a €605m ($885m) share sale earlier this month.

Autumn is here and it’s time to get out the warmer pieces that have been hiding in the back of your wardrobe since the end of April, and invest in a few key pieces to get you stylishly through the winter.

JOE LALLY was inspired to take up the bass guitar after seeing Minor Threat and Dag Nasty in action. It also inspired him to form a band - Fugazi.

Two NUI Galway students have been awarded the Chicago Student Social Work Scholarships by the Chicago Immigrant Support Centre. First year MA in social work programme students Marie Hoban from Liscarney, Co Mayo, and Bridget O’Hara from Salthill, Galway, will each receive a scholarship of $3,500. This is the second consecutive year that NUI Galway students from this programme have been awarded the scholarship.

In one final flurry to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of MGM’s multi-million dollar production, Alfred the Great, the Cinemobile announces that it will screen a special showing of the movie on location where many of the famous battle scenes were filmed at Castlehackett four decades ago.

FROM THE director of The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, and Godzilla, Roland Emmerich again lives up to the reputation of his previous works and blows us away with his vast selection of unbelievable special effects in his latest release; 2012.

THIS SUNDAY at 6pm in Kelly’s Bar, Bridge Street, a host of renowned Galway musicians, including the great folk singer-songwriter Sean Tyrrell, are getting together to play a fundraising concert.

A brochure outlining a variety of events that are taking place over the festive season was launched by the Chamber this week by the Mayor at City Hall along with a local butcher, baker and candlestick maker.

Galway-based medical devices group Creganna has acquired US-headquartered Tactx Medical in a deal that it says will increase its revenues by 50 per cent.