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A Galway man who threatened to kill a garda when he got out of jail has been remanded in custody to appear at Harristown District Court tommorrow.

The official opening of Gorthaganny School is taking place at 2pm on Thursday September 24. This is as a result of substantial structural work carried out on the school, which was completed earlier this year. It will be a very big day for the area and this region of the west of Ireland.

In the 1870s the parish of Rahoon extended from Corcullen to Furbo. It had two chapels, one in Barna and one in Bushypark. Those people who lived in the town side of the parish attended Sunday Mass in the chapel attached to the Presentation Convent, but it was quite small and worshippers often had to kneel on the ground outside, no matter what the weather was like. As a result many of the major parish ceremonies were moved to the Pro-Cathedral. In 1881 no fewer than 300 children from the parish were confirmed in Middle Street, which gives us an idea of the population of the area.

A Galway man who had threatened to kill a garda after being arrested on foot of a bench warrant has been jailed for seven months for a burglary at a Salthill night club and for failing to appear in court.

The Cat Laughs festival has opened the box office for ticket sales at the brewery on Parliament Street in the city.

President Barack Obama fans in Kilkenny are hopeful now more than ever that the first citizen of the United States will visit Kilkenny if he makes a trip to Ireland during his presidency.

The Galway Clinic has credited strict hand hygiene and good isolation facilities with maintaining a “very low” incidence of MRSA infection at the Doughiska based private hospital.

Bleary-eyed and jet-lagged comedians are set to inundate the Marble City this weekend leaving thousands of visitors and locals in stitches following their shows over the next four days.

The Apostolic Workers Galway Diocese will hold its annual exhibition of work in the new venue of Scoil Íde, Salthill, on Sunday October 18 from 10am to 5pm.

Some 5,000 pilgrims from all over Ireland will flock to Knock Shrine on Saturday, June 27 – and one of their missions will be to pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life.