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On the evening that France and Britain declared war on Germany, September 3 1939, the 13,500-ton liner SS Athenia, chartered by the Cunard Line, and bound for Montreal with 1,418 passengers and crew was torpedoed, without warning, 250 miles northwest of Malin Head in the North Atlantic*. The following day the Norwegian vessel, Knute Nelson, was steaming towards Galway with 367 shocked and injured survivors, and asked that the city be prepared to receive them. Other survivors were picked up by British naval vessels and brought elsewhere for treatment, but in total 112 passengers and crew were killed in the attack, 28 of them Americans sailing for home as war was declared in Europe.

Fashion giant Tommy Hilfiger will jet into Galway today (Thursday) to host a public signing session at his city shop.

The daring, improvisational, guitar sounds of Galway’s The Brno Chairs - led by songwriter and guitarist Bushy (aka Kenneth Coyne) - are at De Burgo’s on Monday December 22 at 9pm.

Honourable, brave, decisive, and a fierce love for his country, these are all the qualities of the very complicated and heroic Col Claus Von Stauffenberg who dared to attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, however, Tom Cruise’s performance takes away from the otherwise good plot line.

Eamon de Valera was in Galway on the evening of May 11 1940 engaged in a by-election campaign, when he was told that Germany had invaded Belgium and Holland that morning. He was outraged. Belgium felt that by declaring its neutrality it was protected from Hitler. But it was sadly mistaken. Germany felt threatened (at least it pretended to be), that the Allies may use Belgium as a ‘jumping off’ base to attack her. With terrifying speed and ruthlessness, using new tactics of fighter bombers and tanks, Germany subdued both countries in a matter of days.

It’s an absolute sin to find yourself bored during a thriller/action movie especially if it had all the right ingredients but was just blended the wrong way. Apart from a few fairly decent shoot-em-up scenes The International was a long-haul dizzy trip to nowhere.

SISI make a welcome return this weekend to kick start a series of Bank Holiday 110th Street parties at Deeper in The Cellar Bar - just one of a number of shows at the Eglinton Street venue.

Athletics Ireland enjoyed great success in The Celtic Cup competition held this year in Carmarthen, Wales. Overall victory was achieved by Athletics Ireland as a result of the girls’ teams taking first place in both under-16 and under-18 cups and the boys under-16 in third place and the under-18 boys in second. Mary Kate Lanigan, KCH, made a substantial contribution to the victory with first place in the under-18 high jump (1.70) and also on the final leg of the victorious 4x300m relay team.

CÚIRT IS primarily a literary festival, but it always makes room for other events and this year’s festival promises a truly original contemporary dance show in the form of The Word Is Moving.

The County Kilkenny road championships were held on the Grovine/Waterford road circuit in glorious sunshine on Sunday last.