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Fancy walking away with almost €12,000 euro in prize money, without having to lift a finger, at the legendary Galway Races? All you have to do is dress for the occasion and make a great impression.

Ulster Bank is calling on SMEs across Connacht to enter the 20th Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards.

Galway made it to the All-Ireland final in 1956 for the first time since 1942. They beat Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, and Tyrone on the way and faced Cork in the final. The match was delayed for three weeks because of an outbreak of polio in Cork. It was played on October 7 in front of more than 70,000 people and it turned out to be one of the most exciting and thrilling finals in the history of the sport.

An advertisement in the Irish Independent in July 1931 invited tenders from competent builders for the erection and completion of the proposed new St Nicholas’ National School in the Claddagh. When the new school was built it was described as “An attractive rectangular building with a red tile roof made by the Galway Brick and Tile Company”. The outdoor toilets were at the end of the playground.

The Pull, the popular comedy show by Liam Horan and John Corless of Half Solid Productions, will be performed at Ballina Arts Centre tonight (Friday) at 8 pm.

Three NUI Galway students were announced this week by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) as finalists of the 2014 Making an Impact Competition. A total of five finalists were selected.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is expected to clarify next week his position on controversial plans to erect giant pylons and overground 400 kV lines across the landscape of north and east Mayo.

THE AFTERMATH have shared the stage with Ian Brown, The Script, The Pigeon Detectives, Keane, The Frames, and Razorlight.

THE AVERAGE commentator on an Irish internet political discussion forum holds two opinions. First: that, unlike the French or the Greeks, the Irish will never stand up and say no.

OVER THE Edge will hold a writers gathering, with poets from Australia and Irish authors, in the Nuns’ Island Theatre on Friday September 13 at 8pm.