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The world’s biggest sailing event, the 10th Volvo Ocean Race, will arrive in Ireland for the first time on May 23. Following the transatlantic leg, racing from Boston, it will arrive and stay in Galway for a two-week stopover before leaving on the next leg for Goteborg in Sweden.

Mayo and District Motorsport Club’s first loose surface autocross event of the year got off to a strong start on Sunday, with some close racing and plenty of action throughout the field.

The key to nutrition, and sports nutrition in particular, is to feed the body’s cells the nutrients it needs to thrive and to repair damage efficiently. 

The Galway Races are the highlight of Galway’s social calendar, but it is not always as glamorous as it may seem. Drinking from a plastic cup as you get your high heels stuck in the mucky ground and try to shield your just out of the salon hair from the brutal wind and rain that is often the norm for our Irish summer, where’s the fun in that? So Galway’s funkiest hotel, The Twelve in Bearna, has come up with a way for you to experience all the excitement and drama of a day at the races, with the best of food, drink, entertainment, betting, and high fashion in the hotel’s luxurious, and more importantly, warm and dry, surroundings.

As the HSE and pharmacy dispute continues, many Mayo patients are left stranded without medication as the two HSE-operated pharmacies, which are part of the health services contingency plan, fail to provide necessary medication when needed. Patients who are not under the State drugs scheme were also left trying to find an open pharmacy in the county as pharmacists staged a protest about the HSE not entering into an agreement with them.

Twenty eight year old, Castlebar man, Simon Atkins is nervously awaiting his fate to see if the public have deemed him suitable to be the next presenter of TV3’s hit showbiz programme Xposé. Simon took time out from his current hectic schedule of photoshoots and national press interviews to speak to the Mayo Advertiser about how he came to audition for such a show and his “crazy” journey along the way.

We all know that first impressions are critical. Research has shown that 55 per cent of a person’s first impression is from visual impact. The hallway is the first impression your guests have to the inside of your home. It should be bright, airy, and inviting, not dark and enclosed.

The start of the 2009 Dublin Marathon will be particularly poignant for friends and relatives of the late Galwayman Dave Kelly.

A Galway family is celebrating a triple success at the Ulster Junior Squash Open.

Balla Golf Club