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Water levels have dropped in east Galway and some roads were re-opened following the weekends torrential rainfall, but possible further heavy rainfall is expected and the Galway County Council remains on alert to meet any crisis which may arise.

If the unprecedented heavy rains continue over the weekend, then the flooding and devastation in east Galway will become worse, far worse than it is now, and may lead to a request for the Red Cross to go into Ballinasloe and the surrounding areas.

The City of Galway VEC Women’s Community Education Calendar was launched on Monday in the Galway City Museum by the award winning poet Rita Ann Higgins.

Social media expert Johnny Beirne will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club (MOCC), a business network run by businesspeople for businesspeople.

“You’ve got to dance with the ladies that are in the hall, as they say,” is Ciaran McBrien’s outlook as he thinks about the injuries he has to deal with ahead of this Sunday’s refixed Connacht club final against Corofin. The Charlestown manager already knew that he would be without the influence and experience of David Tiernan for this final due to injury, and star forward Richie Haran was going to be another major doubt for the game last weekend with a broken bone in his hand. The extra week has given Haran some more time to recover, but McBrien does not know if it is going to be enough. “It’s one of the hardest breaks to heal we’ve been told, they reckon it will be a six to eight week injury whichever way you look at it, but we hope he’s able to make it in some form.”

The Irish have played a major role in the British army from the late 1700s up to Independence and even beyond, fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, the Afghan War, the Crimean War, the South African Wars, World War I, and World War II.

Great novels set in Galway will be celebrated in the city at Aon Chathair Aon Leabhar (One City One Book), a new event which takes place this Saturday in the Galway Arts Centre at 2pm.

Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh, the annual business award that recognises, honours and celebrates all the superb bilingual work undertaken in Galway city is now open for nominations.

Pedestrian areas of Galway city could be increased by 7,500sq metres in the city centre, while speed limits could be reduced to 30kph as part of ambitious new proposals which seek to reduce car use by 15 per cent by 2014.

A Galway woman aims to raise €17,000 for three local charities by organising four Christmas family concerts in the city.