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Ireland has a long history of individuals, groups, and charities assisting homeless people through charitable donations, fundraising activities, voluntary work, and the provision of accommodation. While philanthropic efforts can never solve the problem of homelessness, such endeavours have left their mark in the historical archives.

Good news for basketball in the west was delivered to Titans Basketball Club with a return to National League action for the 2023/24 InsureMyVan.ie division one season.

Sheer growth in the number of young people playing hurling and camogie has inspired Turloughmore Hurling and camogie clubs to announce ambitious plans to develop four new pitches at their facility at Lackagh.

With less than four weeks to go to what will be the 103rd Claremorris Agriculture Show and Trade Fair on August Bank Holiday Sunday 6th, major plans are being put in place by the Show committee and volunteers to ensure that this year's event will be one of the most successful in its long and proud history, embracing the modern with the traditional in what is an annual family and community gathering at the Claremorris Athletic grounds - still known locally as the Racecourse or indeed the Showgrounds.

Westmeath LGFA, Westmeath Camogie and Westmeath GAA recently launched their joint ‘No Ref, No Game’ campaign in support of over 40 referees across the county.

Ballinglen Scotch Model Farm

Moate Tidy Towns recently hosted an in-person AGM in Tuar Ard Arts Centre, their first such gathering post Covid-19 pandemic.

On a late August afternoon my friend John Hill drove me across the city of Zurich, climbing the suburban heights until we stopped at the gates of Fluntern Cemetery. We walked up the last incline to where, among the trees and billard-table lawns, we saw the Joyces’ grave. There was no mistaking it. Just above the grave is the Giacometti-like sculpture of the writer himself, the work of American artist Milton Hebald. There James Joyce sits, in characteristic pose, deep in conversation, head tilted, one leg resting on the other knee, cigarette poised, his slim cane delicately balanced. Someone once remarked that he held his cane like a musical instrument.

RONAN FAGAN