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Entrepreneur and philanthropist John Concannon will be the guest speaker at the May Business Seminar in Ballybane Enterprise Centre tonight Thursday May 2 at 7.30pm.

Music lovers are in for a treat on Saturday April 27 when local Castlebar businessman Walter Donoghue hosts an evening of liturgical music and song in the Church of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar.

An island which had been owned by a man who appeared in the Secret Millionaire show on RTE has been sold for more than €2.85m.

A blogger has apologised for defamatory tweets posted last month about Declan Ganley in what is believed to be the first legal settlement in the State involving Twitter content.

Conor Brady, who served as editor of The Irish Times from 1986 to 2002, is the newest director at the independent radio station Midlands 103. A native of Tullamore in County Offaly, Mr Brady has deep connections with the Midlands and retains a cottage in the Slieve Bloom mountains.

Pieta House has announced the opening of its first suicide and self-harm crisis centre in the west of Ireland. Located in Tuam, Co Galway, this will be Pieta House’s third centre of excellence, and will greatly extend the scope of its services which are currently centred around Dublin and Limerick.

THE VOLVO Ocean Race will not just be about the climax to a big sporting event, as the race finale in Galway will also be a celebration of the visual arts with a number of exhibitions taking place.

A caravan park that was told it was in breach of fire regulations nearly five years ago saw three of its properties burn to the ground in an accidental fire last Sunday (May 27).

Top Irish author Sebastian Barry will receive an honorary degree from NUI Galway next month, the university has announced.

It must be more than 30 years ago since I first discovered one of the great portals opening on to the past, located right here in Galway, just behind Lynch’s Castle on Upper Abbeygate Street. Old Galwegians of a ‘bookish’ nature will know to what I refer: the overflow storage space of Kenny’s Bookshop.