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Garrycastle GAA has enhanced its club infrastructure with the recent opening of a purpose built gym.

Galway Racecourse at Ballybrit is to become the main hub for donations of essential items being sent to help displaced and terrified Ukrainian refugees on the Polish border.

Joyce’s Supermarkets has joined the upcoming celebrations for the annual Polish ‘Fat Thursday’ tradition, which takes place on February 24. From this week, selected stores across Galway will be stocking up on a range of delicious Polish stuffed doughnuts, known as paczki, to mark the occasion.

As if there aren’t enough days in the year.

Pete Lane, now in his 80s, who went to Ballindereen national school, spent most of his busy working life ‘on his knees thinning beet’. He had a friend Tommy Staunton from Lough Cutra, who had fought in World War I. Before Tommy went ‘over the top’ he was delighted when each soldier was handed a ‘little glass of brandy’. After which, Tommy claimed, you had no fear in the world. One day they were fighting the Germans, and managed to drive them out of their trenches. There they found a boiler of tea. It was still warm. The men settled down for a good cuppa but the officer warned them that the tea might be poisoned. Nobody cared if it was poisoned or not. ‘We were so exhausted an killed out’ that they enjoyed the break while the fighting continued.

This Lent, instead of giving up, why not take up a challenge? Castle Leisure Club will be running a 40 Day Fitness Challenge this Lent and is looking for 12 people to step up and take part. It will be kicking off on Ash Wednesday and finishing on Good Friday, the perfect opportunity if you have been thinking about making a change in your life.