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Galway’s Olympic athlete, Olive Loughnane, has scooped The Irish Times/Irish Sports Council ‘Sportswoman of the Month Award’ for August after her superb performance in the 20k walk at the Beijing Olympics.

A geological phenomenon in southwest China is more than 400 kilometres of towering limestone rocks covered in vegetation. It’s a spectacular landscape. Thousands of these hills soar into the sky, weathered and carved by the wind and rain, often taking on the shape of a man fishing, an elephant drinking water, or a woman feeding her baby, or eager friendly creatures looking down at you (the Chinese are wonderful for encouraging you to look at natural shapes in caves and mountains and say; ‘use your imagination, what do you see?’). These cone-shaped wonders become in effect a ‘forest of hills’, and their beauty is doubled as they are reflected in the River Li, which winds though them like a blue silk ribbon.

Galway’s Olympic track star was back in his home town of Athenry last Saturday evening after his successful campaign in Beijing a few weeks earlier.

Gabriel Shelly’s family and friends have been celebrating since the news broke that he scooped a much-coveted bronze medal in the 2008 paralympic games in Beijing on Tuesday last.

The news of 27 year old Irish boxer, Darren Sutherland’s death came as a major shock to people across the country after he was found dead at his flat in south London on Monday last.

This weekend Loughrea hosts a special athletic event as part of the athletic club's 40th anniversary celebrations.

The Midlands Simon Community is organising a relay race with a difference as part of its fundraising efforts for National Simon Week. The event, which is being hosted by Athlone Institute of Technology, will provide a unique way for people across the Midlands to show solidarity with some of the most vulnerable in our society and help end homelessness across the region, while having a great day out.

It was homecomings galore as Paralympic hero Gabriel Shelly took the plaudits on his return to Carlow and Kilkenny last week.

It was homecomings galore as Paralympic hero Gabriel Shelly took the plaudits on his return to Carlow and Kilkenny last week.

The Midlands Simon Community yesterday launched their programme of activities in the first ever ‘Simon Week’, a nationwide initiative designed to increase awareness and understanding of the issue of homelessness. The week will also celebrate the vital contribution made by volunteers to the work of Midlands Simon Community.