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Most of us worry. We worry about major issues such as our health, children, ageing parents, or making ends meet or about minor matters, such as waking up early for work in the morning, getting to the shops before closing time or beating rush hour traffic.

Despite Liam Mellows and his men answering the call to arms, and for five days to have caused mayhem in the Oranmore and Athenry areas, Galway was slow to realise that the Easter Rising 1916 was to be a permanent affair. The town was known as a ‘showneen town’, that is a town with a close allegiance to the British way of doing things. This was mainly because of the status of having a major army barracks on its doorstep. The army was an important purchaser of supplies from the town merchants; and many local people were soldiers, or had husbands or boyfriends who were in the army.

THE LAUNCH of two different poetry collections - one in book form, the other in CD form - will be launched in the Galway City Museum’s Kitchen Café this Saturday at 7pm.

Diageo Ireland has announced that the first group of Arthur Guinness Fund awardees have graduated from the two-year business mentoring programme. Among the 10 graduates was Clár IRD for their organic garden project, Growing Locally, in Mayfield, Claremorris. This project was the only one west of the Shannon to receive one of the 10 awards in 2010.

Mazda premiered the new Mazda6 at the 2012 Moscow Motor Show a couple of months ago, and added to that with the launch of the Mazda6 wagon at the recent Paris Motor Show.

Mazda premiered the completely new Mazda6 at the 2012 Moscow Motor Show a couple of months ago, and added to that with the launch of the Mazda6 Wagon (Estate) at the Paris Motor Show.

I had a long phone conversation this week with an evangelist for electric cars. With fuel gone through the roof, and neither a domestic oil industry nor a domestic car industry to keep happy, Ireland ought to be the perfect location for electric cars.

I had a long phone conversation this week with an evangelist for electric cars. With fuel gone through the roof, and neither a domestic oil industry nor a domestic car industry to keep happy, Ireland ought to be the perfect location for electric cars.

EirGrid has announced the commencement of the second round of public consultation on the Grid West project and has also invited the public to attend an open day in their area. The two Mayo open days take place on Tuesday August 28 at Kiltane GAA Club, Bangor Erris, from 1pm to 8pm, and on Tuesday September 4 at the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, from 1pm to 8pm.

Set in the shadow of the Galtee Mountains, Ballykisteen Hotel & Golf Resort, Co Tipperary is adjacent to the renowned Tipperary Racecourse, Limerick Junction railway station, and the famous Rock of Cashel which the Queen recently visited on her trip to Tipperary.