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A new one way system to effect the west side of Athlone will improve traffic flow and road safety.

A new book which chronicles the revolutionary decade in North Galway will be launched in Tuam next month. Written by local GP Dr. Jarlath Deignan who is a member of the Old Tuam Society, the book discusses the various episodes that occurred during the pursuit of Irish freedom from a local perspective, including the Great War, Easter 1916, the War of Independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Civil War.

After the collapse of the Galway Rising, Easter 1916, its leader Liam Mellows managed to get to New York where he was embraced by the the influential American Fenian network, Clan na Gael, who regarded him as ‘the most capable man who had so far arrived in America’.

GMIT has this week launched initiative aimed at fostering and promoting healthy living in the workplace for both staff and students. The initiative, launched by Minister of State Catherine Byrne, includes a ban on smoking and vaping on campus, nutrition awareness, consent workshops, and positive mental health initiatives among a raft of measures.

All the gardening programmes and magazine articles are telling us that if we want to have spring colour we need to take the time to plant our bulbs and seeds now. Of course, it is not enough to plant the seeds and bulbs, we need to make sure they are planted correctly and looked after and then we can look forward to having beautiful colour next Easter.

Following on from her headline performance at Aiken Promotions’ Harvest Music Festival back in 2017 at Westport House, Cliona Hagan will perform at Westport Town Hall Theatre on Friday, September 20 as part of her Nationwide Theatre Tour.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the annual Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering at Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee, playwright Marina Carr, and academic Melissa Sihra, will conduct a playwriting workshop at Thoor Ballylee.

Croí na Gaillimhe will holds its biannual registration morning on Tuesday September 10 from 10am to 12 noon. Information on this resource centre's many classes, clubs, and groups will be available on the day.

The Galway Study Centre is a tutorial school which has been based in Mill Street for the past 35 years. Enrolments are now being taken for its new term, starting on September 16.

Fourth Street Feast sees 2,000 people cross the bridge into Galways Westend.