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Baz Luhram has a movie back on our screens this summer - it’s hard to believe this but in the last 30 years this is only his sixth film as director.

RACO, the Defence Forces representative organisation has responded to a request from Government to assist with aviation security duties at Dublin Airport should they need arise, expressing its concern that the measure is another example of army personnel being used as emergency cover to compensate for management decisions in other state bodies.

Baz Luhram has a movie back on our screens this summer. It's hard to believe this but in the last 30 years this is only his sixth film as director. I have found his films quite hit and miss. I loved his debut feature, Strictly Ballroom, I think its still probably the best thing he’s done.

In the decades preceding the 1916 Rising, an extraordinary revolution had already taken place in rural Ireland. The British government had lost its patience with Irish landlords who owned 95 per cent of the land of Ireland (100 percent of county Galway was landlord owned), and had largely squandered their wealth leaving themselves vulnerable to poor harvests, successive seasons of bad weather, and an increasingly impoverished tenantry.

Separated from their family and friends in Ukraine, Anna Krys and Pavlo Bogachenko share their perspectives on the hostilities initiated by the Russian army on their home country. Being abroad and unable to physically fight, Anna and Pavlo have taken up arms in the media field instead. The couple are amplifying their voices through the media to spread the word about the plight of Ukrainians, requesting people to #StandWithUkraine.

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Two NUI Galway projects have been selected to develop solutions for operational challenges facing the Defence Forces.

DPD Ireland CEO, Des Travers, has lauded the prompt action of the emergency services following a suspected security incident at the company’s hub facility in Athlone this week.

As the Commission on the Defence Forces unveils its comprehensive report, Cllr Frankie Keena, Cathaoirleach, Westmeath County Council, spoke with the Athlone Advertiser, noting his submission thoughts prior to the publication on Wednesday morning.