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One of my favourite Baboró memories is:

PATRICK LAFCADIO Hearn is the most famous Irishman you have never heard of, but for people in Japan he is an Irish writer whose stature is rivaled only by WB Yeats and James Joyce - and Galway is about to become aware of him through a celebration of his life and work in the city.

Representatives of the Fulbright Commission of Ireland will visit Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) on Thursday, October 8, to talk to students and researchers about funded postgraduate study, research, or teaching in the US.

Toyota has announced that the introduction of the all-new fourth generation Prius marks a further advance in the history and achievements of their hybrid power technology. It goes on sale here in December.

Peugeot unveiled their new 208 and launched a Peugeot van scrappage scheme at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.

The House Hotel’s head cocktail bartender, Aileen Cunningham, has beaten off stiff competition to win a trip to Havana, Cuba, next year after being selected as Galway’s best.

Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins and French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Thébault will be the guests of honour next week when the city opens three days of celebration to mark the fortieth anniversary of its twinning arrangement with Lorient in Brittany.

A well known Galway golfer, Peter O’Connor, otherwise known in the golfing world as “Snowball”, recently passed away at the age of 89.

Cian Mulligan, a student at GMIT’s National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design and Technology in Letterfrack, has been ranked sixth in the Cabinetmaking World Skills Competition held in São Paulo, Brazil. Mr Mulligan also won a medallion for excellence due to his outstanding performance.

An exciting programme of Galway events is planned to celebrate Heritage Week which  begins on Sunday.