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THE CLAIRVOYANT powers of Morrissey, the Berlin Wall, loving a man destined to die, and some fun with the comedy film Top Secret! are all part of a new exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre.

Galway’s two top athletes Olive Loughnane and Paul Hession head to the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin next week as part of the Athletics Ireland team.

Leading egg company Galway Free Range Eggs has this week announced its sponsorship of Paul Hession, the international 100m and 200m sprinter who represented Ireland at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Up ahead lay the Brandenburg gate, with its two sections of six Doric columns. With the heat scorching, she can no longer hear her quick footsteps on the hot road on this Sunday morning in Germany. Atop the gate lies the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses and driven by Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory. How appropriate that she should stare down on this day of achievement from the girl from Loughrea.

Olive Loughnane is the deserved toast of Loughrea, County Galway, and Ireland this week after becoming only the fourth Irish athlete to stand on the podium at a world athletic championship.

Galway’s two world athletic champions will be feted at Croke Park on Sunday.

The Chieftains are now recognised for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention. They have uncovered the wealth of traditional Irish music that has accumulated over the centuries, making the music their own with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive.

World silver medallist and Olympian walker Olive Loughnane will be speaking at a special reception in NUIG next week.

CIAN Ó Cíobháin, presenter of Raidió na Gaeltachta’s An Taobh Tuathail, will launch the programme’s third compilation CD at the Róisín Dubh next week with live bands and a DJ set.

CIAN Ó Cíobháin, presenter of Raidió na Gaeltachta’s An Taobh Tuathail, will launch the programme’s third compilation CD at the Róisín Dubh next week with live bands and a DJ set.