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COMING NEXT week to the Town Hall is Jane’s Hero which relates the remarkable and at times hair-raising experiences of Galway’s Lt Col Eamon Colclough during his service overseas with the UN.

THE AWARD winning violinist Arve Tellefsen has declared Mari and Håkon Samuelsen to be “among the greatest string music talents in Norway”, and next week the duo will give a concert in Galway.

Moycullen face a key basketball cup fixture this weekend.

The decision by Mayo County Council to send the Cathaoirleach and two other councillors to the USA for St Patrick’s Day, saw a heated debate in the council chamber on Monday. Independent Councillor Gerry Ginty wanted his opposition against the trip noted saying it was a waste of public money. The council agreed to send Cathaoirleach John Cribben and fellow councillors Damien Ryan and Michael Burke on the trip.

In the summer of 1940, following the fall of France to the Germans, thousands of young men enlisted in the Irish Army to defend their land against aggression, training at the Curragh and then being deployed to military barracks around the country.

SuperKidd Promotions’ final gig of the year sees Darragh J Glennon take the stage in a special free entry gig. Fresh off the release of his debut album Detour and having two top ten hits in the download charts, it has been a hugely successful year for the young man from Mullingar. Already working on his next release, SuperKidd has managed to snap him up to headline their first ever free gig.

Bernard Phillips, who was born c1835, was a widower who worked with Thomas McDonogh and Co in Merchants Road. He had been married to Mary Bowen from Galway, and they had five children. She unfortunately died, and some time afterwards Bernard was loaned by McDonogh’s to Craig and Gardiner, 41 Dame Street, Dublin, where he worked as a mercantile clerk. While he was there he met and married Teresa Hayes from Dublin. They came back to Galway and Bernard continued working for McDonogh’s.

To quote a well-known online bank, sometimes it pays to be direct and Midlands-based businesswomen Carmel Connolly is a living example of this.

To quote a well-known online bank, sometimes it pays to be direct and Midlands-based businesswomen Carmel Connolly is a living example of this.

Only the Garda Síochána escaped the wrath of Judge John Neilan at the recent sitting of Mullingar District Court. Not even Thierry Henry and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were spared.