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The all-new Ford Ranger pick-up took the stage at the 2011 Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, ahead of sales launch in Ireland in early 2012.

Whether for business or for pleasure it is comforting to know that when you reach your destination there is a beautiful room to rest a weary head, a cup of refreshing tea, and friendly staff to greet you, that is the ethos of the Oranmore Lodge Hotel where Ireland of the welcomes and Galway of the cead mile failte is not only an integral part of the business but a way of life.

The seventh son of the seventh son, Danny Gallagher, from Maghera, County Derry, according to ancient Celtic Lore, possesses the power to heal people by simply touching them.

The impressive Nissan commercial vehicle range will get even bigger at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham next month.

Volkswagen boasts that its new Touareg leaves a lasting impression with a combination of superior off-road capabilities, a high level of comfort, and groundbreaking efficiency.

Taking time from his heavy studio schedule working on his follow up album to visit Central Park in Galway on Tuesday next March, Mr Hudson will be laying down his vocals to what is anticipated to be a packed club, followed by an exclusive DJ set from the man himself . Doors at 22.30 .

It’s hard to imagine that people had the courage, or foolishness, to start up a business without a phone. For most of the 1970s, if you hadn’t an old fashioned phone already, you were out in the cold for a period of at least nine months to two years. The Industrial Development Authority was howling with rage saying that new industries were interested in coming to Ireland, but laughed when they were told “ That’s grand. But, we’re sorry. At the moment there are no phones...”

Bluebird Care, a premier provider of home care services for young, old and disabled people, has named Bluebird Care (Galway) as the winner of the Bluebird Care Irish Franchise of the Year award 2010.

In the early years of the 20th century the Irish language increasingly was associated with poverty and backwardness. In the national school system, which was established in 1831, children had been beaten with what became known as a ‘tally stick’ if they were caught speaking Irish. Apparently every time a child was heard speaking Irish, a notch was cut on the stick, and the poor child received the same number of blows.

Among the serious articles in the current edition of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society*, renowned for its hard facts and forensic research, is a surprising story as tender as its subject. It concerns two people, one a child of 17 months, the other a sculptor, who, up to now, have been unknown. Who are they?