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Cllr Damien Ryan this week put forward a notice of motion calling for the council to provide information boards in the towns of Ballinrobe and Cong, so local voluntary groups could put up notices of events coming up in the area. The idea got the full backing of the other members of the council. Director of services for the area Seamus Granahan told the members it might be better to bring the idea to the relevant SPC first so that proper countywide guidelines could be drawn up to ensure such a service would not be abused by commercial interests.

The Galway Walking Club has scheduled the first of its walks for the new year, details of which are now available on the website at:

Government funding of €1 million has been awarded to the Cong Water Supply Scheme as part of the €1.9 million contract to improve the scheme. The money has been made available under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 and has been welcomed by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Councillor Damien Ryan welcomes the extension of the Lough mask water scheme from the Neale to Cong.

In the 1820s the hangman for the Connacht circuit was a woman known as ‘Lady Betty’. She had actually been sentenced to death for killing her own son, and stealing his savings. But she escaped the hangman’s noose by pleading that she could fill the vacancy that existed for a hangman. Her first hanging was watched to see if she could handle the rough business of a public execution with some sort of expediency. Apparently she could. She was officially appointed to hang and flog those convicted in the Connacht courts.

In the 1820s the hangman for the Connacht circuit was a woman known as ‘Lady Betty’. She had actually been sentenced to death for killing her own son, and stealing his savings. But she escaped the hangman’s noose by pleading that she could fill the vacancy that existed for a hangman. Her first hanging was watched to see if she could handle the rough business of a public execution with some sort of expediency. Apparently she could. She was officially appointed to hang and flog those convicted in the Connacht courts.

The Ballinrobe Tidy Towns committee would like to thank all those who supported their efforts which have been rewarded in the form of a 21-point increase in their score in this year’s Tidy Towns Competition; 226 points up from 205 last year.

A fleet of 19 boats took to the waters of the Corrib on Saturday for the 112th Cong Galway Sailing Race - the longest and Europe’s oldest inland water race.

Following a hugely successful exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, the Cross of Cong will return to Dublin in a couple of weeks’ time.

Following a hugely successful exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, the Cross of Cong will return to Dublin in a couple of weeks’ time.