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Athlone Rotary Club launched their annual Christmas fundraising campaign this week in aid of three local charities: South Westmeath Hospice, Midlands Simon Community, and the Athlone St Vincent De Paul.

After a bumper year of highs and lows Hanley menswear on Williamsgate Street is giving something back to its valued customers this weekend.

Rule number 1 is don’t panic! Make a list, set your budget and plan your route. How many of us find ourselves rushing around on Christmas Eve, aimlessly going from shop to shop only to make a poor choice in sheer desperation? Guys are particularly prone to this type of shopping behaviour.

To encourage maximum uptake of it's Christmas Park and Ride Service, which begins on Saturday December 3, Galway City Council is keeping the fare at a highly competitive level of just €2 per car irrespective of the number of passengers.

All Galway children know the deer in the walled orchard garden at Coole Park, near Gort, guide Santa to their homes on Christmas Eve.

Galway’s Christmas Park and Ride Service begins on Saturday December 3 and will have a fare of €2 that includes all day parking and return bus travel.

The team at The Ardilaun hotel are busy preparing for an action-packed Christmas and New Year programme this year with a wide range of events to suit everyone’s budget. Choose from an informal night in Blazers Bar & Bistro, or join in the fun at the Ardilaun Christmas party nights. The Ardilaun also provides the option to party in private for groups of any size from 25 to 380 guests, and a night to remember is guaranteed.

VOTED ONE of the top 10 plays of the last decade in the Sunday Times Critics Choice, Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer is a blackly funny, moving and spooky drama. Nomad Theatre Network and Decadent Theatre Company have now mounted a new production of this award-winning play which is coming soon to the Town Hall Theatre as part of a national tour.

St Mary's College will host traditional city rivals St Joseph's College in the inaugural Walter Burke Memorial Cup tomorrow at 1.30pm.

The earliest reference to ‘moving pictures’ in Galway that I have come across dates from 1909, when The Enterprise Animated Picture Company came to the Court Theatre in Middle Street with its cinematography performances and variety entertainments. “Rarely has such an opportunity been given to the people of Galway of viewing in animated pictures the most sensational events of real life and drama. Those from real life included Boxing Champions and Logging in Sweden, while other titles included Nocturnal Thieves, A Constable Please, The Pony Express, and Fairy Presents. The pictures come in ever-changing variety and there are no exasperating delays.” The Court Theatre had 500 seats and was also known as The Racquet Court.