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This is the time of the year for les bonnes résolutions. Start 2017 by joining a French class in the pleasant environment of the well-established French Institute, Galway's very own French school, located in the Bridge Mills. The friendly staff are fully qualified, very experienced, and native; thus ensuring all students are immersed in an authentic linguistic and cultural experience.

GALWEGIANS WHO like the idea of singing songs as Gaeilge - even if their Irish is far from perfect - around the fireside with others who enjoy doing the same, are sought to join Club Amhránaíochta na Gaillimhe.

The festive period is behind us and already people’s thoughts are turning to what the political year ahead will bring, and already we have drama in the North and the usual post-Christmas crisis in the hospitals.

CHAMPION BOXERS, mischievous neighbours, Poland under threat from Russia at the end of WWI, a young girl's determination to win back her grandfather's olive farm, and a musical with Hollywood stars like Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone - it's all in the Galway Film Society's winter/spring 2017 season.

Labour Deputy for Longford-Westmeath Willie Penrose has lost his battle to have more Irish music played on radio stations nationwide.

I hope you have survived Christmas. As I write this, it is December 28, so life is beginning to come back to normal, trains and buses are running, shops are open, people are reading newspapers, and the madness is over. Except, of course, for children, who are having an absolutely wonderful time.

After months of planning and training as part of the #NeverGiveUp awareness and fundraising campaign for Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit, Oranmore man, Frank Byrnes has completed the 206km challenge and is ready to give his running shoes a break.

Six months ago Galway’s Martin Fallon was in Murrayfield Stadium cheering on Connacht in the Pro 12 final; this week his loyalties have changed.

For over 39 years, Ireland’s musical legends The Fureys have been selling out concerts worldwide. They return to Roscommon Arts Centre for another great night of Irish music, songs, and stories on Saturday, January 21 at 8pm.

UTV Ireland’s six-part documentary series The Airport Up in Knock concludes on Monday, December 12 at 8pm. In the final episode, it’s the busiest day of the year for airport customer services with thousands of pilgrims setting off on special chartered flights to the miraculous springs of Lourdes in France. With most passengers in need of special assistance, Anne and the team will need to work fast and furiously to get everyone boarded.