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THE Goresbridge ‘Go for Gold’ event horse sale took place in Gorey, Co Wexford on Thursday night last and was a huge success, with 36 of the lots on offer selling for an average price of €17,603.

One of Kilkenny's most successful musicians – acclaimed pianist Finghin Collins – will play in Waterford’s city hall next Thursday evening.

Tour operators from India visited Kilkenny last week, as part of a fact-finding trip to Ireland.

A new €9 million international tourism marketing initiative will reach a worldwide audience of 20 million people and should help to significantly boost visitor numbers to Kilkenny, according to Kilkenny Fine Gael deputy John Paul Phelan.

AWARD-WINNING Spanish dance company Aracaladanza are among the star attractions at next month’s Baboró festival with their latest production, Nubes (Clouds), inspired by the work of surrealist painter René Magritte.

Ireland West Airport Knock has announced a major boost for the west of Ireland with the news that Europe’s largest airline and the fourth biggest airline in the world, Lufthansa, will commence new services to Germany starting in May 2012.

While Galway was caring for some of the survivors of the SS Athenia, torpedoed off the Donegal coast on September 3 1939, America, Britain and Canada unleashed a vitriolic attack on Germany for sinking a passenger ship. Included among her 1,418 passengers and crew were more than 300 Americans. A total of 117 people were killed, some unfortunately as they were being lifted from the sea by the rescue boats including the Knute Nelson (which had brought 430 survivors into Galway), and three British warships, the HMS Electra, HMS Fame and the HMS Escort, which had rushed to the scene. Among the dead were 28 American citizens.

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Kilkenny local authorities have awarded a civic honour to the US-based financial services company, State Street, to mark ten years of the company in Kilkenny.

Galway’s reputation as a sporting bastion is to be further enhanced this weekend with the arrival of Ironman 70.3. The event is the first of its kind to be staged in the country and the city will welcome an influx of athletes and spectators as well as substantial media exposure all over the globe.