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A 26-year-old man from Balla was convicted of drink driving at Castlebar District Court this week.

Gar O’Brien has been appointed the new programmer for the Galway Film Fleadh, and takes over the post from Felim MacDermott, who programmed the fleadh from 2006 to 2010.

A dedicated colposcopy unit for women requiring further investigation following a cervical smear test was officially opened at University Hospital Galway at the weekend.

The chair was almost the mayor following a meeting of Kilkenny County Council this week, which saw Labour councillor Michael O’Brien once again call for the change of the title of chairman of Kilkenny County Council to mayor.

Defiance is always needed in domestic football and Galway United will head to Tallaght for tomorrow night’s FAI Cup quarter-final intent on replicating the courage and commitment shown at Terryland Park on Monday.

The midlands branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is pleased to announce details of the launch of their programme of events for 2010/2011. This event will take place in the Tullamore Court Hotel at 6pm on Wednesday September 15.

The Autumn meeting of the Galway Races begins this Saturday August 28 for three days. One of the highlights of the racing festival will be the Ardilaun Hotel-listed Oyster Stakes,which is now in its nineteenth year, takes place on the last day of the races, Monday August 30. The Ryan family of the Ardilaun Hotel first became associated with this prestigious race in 1991 and have continued their support over the years.

A saver card launched recently will enable Westmeath consumers to save hundreds of euro each year and find the best value deals within their local communities and nationwide. That’s according to Damien O’Brien, director of gosave.ie, the company behind the new ‘gosave’ saver cards.

Tipperary's emphatic semi-final victory over Waterford last Sunday guarantees us another mouth-watering All-Ireland final. Hurling fans worldwide will be looking forward to September 5 for Kilkenny v Tipp Part II. During the noughties it was Kilkenny and Cork who went head to head on a couple of occasions. The Cats are still going strong but the Rebels have passed the baton onto the Premier county. This is the first back to back final between these two counties. When you talk of sporting rivalries they simply don't come any greater than Kilkenny and Tipp. The colour, excitement and raw emotion of last year’s decider is a testament to this.

The new chairman of the Kilkenny County Council was recently voted in at a special meeting of Kilkenny County Council.