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Most Irish eyes last Saturday were on Northern Irish singer Eoghan Quigg in the final of ITV show The X Factor. However, it has emerged that the eventual winner Alexandra Burke also has Irish blood coursing through her veins and has strong family connections with Galway.

In 1861 Robert O’Hara Burke from Craughwell, Co Galway, made history by becoming the first white man to cross Australia. In a major new series, TG4 will re-tell and retrace Burke’s epic journey.

A man who stole a €400 bottle of wine, attempted to evade arrest by jumping into a river, and used Woodquay as his “stomping ground” to steal cars has been sentenced to 13 months in jail.

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In the election count of 1991, three new bright councillors were elected onto Galway County Council. They beamed with pride as they marched into their first council meeting at the old Council chamber in the former County Buildings.

Plans to sell the Tuam Herald to the Alpha Newspaper Group have halted after the group bought a minority share in the newspaper.

Greg Higgins (Corofin) v Tom Parsons (Charlestown)

1. Tom Parsons (Charlestown) V Greg Higgins (Corofin)