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Galwegians are looking forward to Brian Cody’s Cats taking on the All-Ireland champions Galway in their home patch in the Leinster championship at Pearse Stadium on Sunday (4pm).

Tuam historian Catherine Corless has called for a full exhumation of the remains of the hundreds of babies on the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home, after being honoured at the People of the Year Awards.

Spring is in full swing and so is the action in the clubs around Mayo. 

The Galway senior hurlers face Limerick this Sunday in Pearse Stadium (2.30pm) in their rescheduled round five league game, preceded by the Galway footballers against Monaghan with a 12.30pm throw-in.

We all think we know Michael D (President Higgins to the rest of ye).

Galway hurling manager Micheál Donoghue and his backroom team will be satisfied with three wins in the bag, and qualification for the league quarter-finals as they continue to blood new players in 1B of the National Hurling League.

The people chosen as Galway People of the Year Award winners 2017 were announced at a press reception in the Galway Bay Hotel at the week end and will be honoured at a Gala Banquet and Presentation to be held in the Galway Bay Hotel on Friday March 19.

The Galway hurlers defeated Laois last weekend by 2-18 to 0-17 in round two of the 1B league.

The Galway hurlers follow up their opening day narrow 1-19 to 1-16 win over Antrim with a trip to O’Moore Park on Saturday evening (7pm) for a round two clash with Laois.

At times it was sparkling, others nerve wracking, but at the end of the day it was just brilliant as Galway ended a 29-year wait to bring the Liam MacCarthy Cup west of the Shannon for the fifth time.