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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.

Unbeaten in their European campaign with two vital on the road victories, Connacht are injecting some deserved impetus into their season.

21 Outs v Music For Dead Birds, at Bar Ritz this St Stephen’s Night (Mulroy’s Bar) in Castlebar as part of the Finbar Hoban presents series, is the big face-off everybody has being waiting for as Philip Cassidy’s band (21 Outs) goes head to head with Jimmy Monaghans’s group (Music For Dead Birds).

•The Adventures of Championship & Other Cruciate Stories, a humorous GAA CD.If you love Gaelic games, you’ll love this, says RTE broadcaster Des Cahill. “Real on-the-button GAA humour that gets to the heart of what the GAA is all about. The CD features a collection of 18 radio essays first broadcast on RTE Drivetime Sports over the past three summers. The collection, by journalist Liam Horan, includes the character, Championship Man, which was first created by Horan in the summer of 2007 and became a favourite on the Drivetime Sports programme. The CD (€15) can be purchased on www.ChampionshipMan.com. or email: [email protected]

Even though mistletoe is not native to Ireland it has long been associated with Christmas here. The tangled green plant, with its soft white berries, has been introduced in some Irish counties (grafted onto apple trees), and was being sold in basket fulls at the Galway market last December.

NO DOUBT there are people out there who really believe that Jesus’ descendants were running around the south of France for centuries and that the Illuminati are in control of everything.

I REMEMBER standing in the middle of Charles Bridge the only time I visited Prague and having this overwhelming sensation of being in the very heart of Europe.

The traditional New Year’s honours handed out by the Queen in Great Britain was given a Mayo twist this year with the inclusion of Castlebar man Michael Feeney on the list. The man who has worked hard behind the scenes for numerous years on the Mayo Peace Park will be awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace later this year.

It may still be winter but spring is in the air in the Midlands, as Athlone Film Club launches their spring season on Tuesday January 12 with the award winning Australian Film, Black Balloon, a tender and witty portrayal of a family coping with autism.

We all have our favourite foods and there are plenty of foods which stir up all kinds of nostalgic feelings. Then there are the fun things to eat as well as foods to share. Then there are the challenging foods, those delicacies which are often worth getting to know but require a bit of perseverance and possibly a leap of faith. Caviar falls firmly into this category, as do snails. The sea urchin is also an unlikely species of shellfish which is both challenging and exciting as well as being abundant off our coastline.