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TERRY REID could have been the lead singer in Led Zeppelin. Richie Blackmore wanted him to be Deep Purple’s frontman. Both incidents have gone down in legend to cast Terry as rock’s ‘great nearly man...’, but to think this way is to forget that Terry Reid has always been his own man.

Three Westmeath students were among 60 lucky students who travelled to Dublin’s Science Gallery to find out if their doodle had been selected by Google’s chief doodler as the overall winner of Google’s Irish Doodle 4 Google competition.

A TURTLE’S Tale: Sammy’s Adventures is coming to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark in 3D and the Galway Advertiser has 50 family passes to give away.

Castlecomer was buzzing with excitement on Sunday last when the community came together to welcome home the crew from the Evolution Martial Arts Academy.

Eleven members of the Evolution Martial Arts Academy from Kilkenny travelled to Sacramento, California over Christmas to attend the Super Grands World games XX1 and Amateur Internationals.

Crospon, the Galway-based medical device developer, has got clearance from the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to market a new imaging catheter for the measurement of sleeves created during bariatric [weight loss] surgery.

Kilkenny’s Evolution Martial Arts Academy members will be showing off their skills this Christmas in Sacramento, California, where 11 Kilkenny marital arts competitors will take part in the amateur and professional World Martial Arts Championships. The academy is one of the most successful sport karate schools in Kilkenny and is home to both professional and amateur world champions. It is affiliated to WBBB, NBL, SKIL, and AMA.

HE IS a member of The Redneck Manifesto, a ‘Doctor of Music’, and one of Ireland’s leading avant garde composers, whose solo releases explore ambient, minimalist electro-acoustic pop, soundscapes, and mood music - he is Somadrone.

CONOR J O’BRIEN first came to national attention with The Immediate. The avant-garde quartet became the toast of the Irish music scene with their debut album In Towers and Clouds in 2006 which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize.

Students in schools throughout Westmeath are being reminded to pick up their paint brushes and start doodling to be in with the chance to win Google’s national art and design competition.