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Once the votes were counted up last time around and all was said and done, Fine Gael's Michelle Mulherin was the last one out and ended up losing the seat she had won as part of a Fine Gael wave that swept the country in 2011.

O'Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a stunning seven bed detached dormer bungalow located in the popular and scenic area of Knockillaree, Oughterard, Co Galway. Located in an area of great natural beauty, this wonderful private home is found just a short walk from Oughterard Golf Course and less than 3km from Oughterard village, which is also the gateway to Connemara via Maam Cross.

Another successful Galway International Rally was celebrated at the weekend, with the top three entrants finishing within seconds of each other.

The request of an extra €2.5 million in funding by Galway 2020 from the Galway City Council has been criticised by city councillors.

NUI Galway will hold its spring postgraduate open day on Tuesday, February 4, from 12 noon to 3pm in the Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn. The open day will showcase all of NUI Galway’s full-time and part-time postgraduate programmes, including taught and research masters, as well as doctoral research options.

After the war, there was a bit of a building boom of dance halls around the country. Radio had introduced popular music to the general public and more and more people wanted to move to the music, so dance bands began to form. Some of those in Galway were Des Fretwells’ Band, Maxie Dooley’s Musicmakers, The Bill Keaveney Orchestra, and Gerry Cahill’s Dance Band. They played the popular music of the day, were mostly seated on stage and reading the music from stands in front of them. Then along came Bill Haley and rock and roll and everything changed. The showbands had arrived. Music stands were forgotten, musicians played standing up and literally began to move with the times.

We will begin this column with our take on the rugby match last Saturday between Ireland and Japan. Firstly, in my opinion, Ireland did not play badly, but yet Japan played a terrific game.

I wonder who were the more satisfied people last weekend: was it the Irish rugby team after their win in Japan, or Anna May McHugh and the organisers of the National Ploughing Championships?

DNG Lyons & Bracken auctioneers and Raheen Woods Developments (Athenry) Limited are launching the latest phase of the ever-popular development known as The Willows in Athenry this Saturday September 14 between 11am and 2pm. If you are in the market for a new home, go along to the launch in the Raheen Woods Hotel to meet both the selling agents and the developers for more information.

Programme Director for the Bachelor of Business in Finance and Economics.