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The Mullingart 2011 project was launched in style last Monday at the studio of the Free Arts Society in Mullingar. The project caught the imagination of the Midlands’ town last year and intends to be bigger and better for 2011.

On Wednesday night the revised Mayo GAA Strategic Plan was passed at a county board meeting bringing to an end a messy week inside of Mayo GAA. On Monday morning the Mayo GAA Strategic Action Plan committee, who had been brought in last year to steer the direction of the plan, released a statement disassociating themselves from the draft plan published by the county board which was passed on Wednesday night. The committee, which was chaired by Liam Horan, produced their report last February and it has been a hot topic of debate ever since in Mayo GAA circles.

Athlone’s major tourist attraction, the 800-year old castle, will now not be open for a second summer season in a row, Athlone Town Council was informed at its monthly meeting this week.

Aiden Kennedy had just moved to Australia in 1987 when a boating accident changed his life forever.

IT WAS a quiet midday morning in Bohermore when Galway writer Ken Bruen received the call that would change his life forever. However, he was somewhat unprepared for the moment.

The role of the President of Ireland is not one that is aloof or removed from day to day life, but a position which can allow the head of state the “freedom to address issues which are not being addressed”.

Eoin Larkin has been a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team since 2005. However, it wasn’t until the 2008 season that the 26-year-old’s talent shone through. His championship display was so remarkable that he was named the GPA’s best player that year as well as winning an All-Star and he added to this by winning a second All-star in 2009.

Noel Hickey is one of the strongest defenders in the country. He plays hurling with his local club Dunnamaggin and has been a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team since 2000.

“Come Sunday it’s all to play for,” Fenians star defender JJ Delaney told the Kilkenny Advertiser ahead of this Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

IT WAS a time when the world was opening up. Our World, the first satellite television production, broadcast The Beatles performing ‘All You Need Is Love’ to 400 million people across the globe in 1967.