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“Well your honour, the defendant was just making his way into the city centre, having disembarked from the Queen of the Seas luxury cruise liner, when he was set upon by the homeless man who proceeded to beat him about the head with his iPad. He then walked past the President Higgins Memorial Theatre, crossed the Conneely pedestrian footbridge over the Corrib, past the former courthouse which is now the virtual artspace, and was enjoying his quadruple shot mocha mocha latte when the attack occurred. The homeless man, obviously addicted to connectivity, came up to him and asked him if he had any spare USBs”

GALWAY ARTISTS are being invited to submit work for a number of exhibitions that will be taking place in Galway next month.

A NEW play, which opens tonight as part of the Galway Theatre Festival, will depict the women who chose to leap from the twin towers on 9/11 rather than be consumed by flames.

TULCA, GALWAY’S Festival of Visual Arts 2010, returns from November 6 to 21 and will present work by more than 40 national and international artists across eight venues and public spaces in Galway city.

O’Donnellan & Joyce have recently brought to the open market a truly outstanding ground floor luxury two bedroomed apartment located at the popular and very well maintained apartment complex of Rockbarton Court in Salthill.

Once again on offer on November 5 is a range of fantastic properties for sale by public auction by city auctioneers O’Donnellan & Joyce. Following the success of its last auction it is expected that the same outcome will be achieved next week.

Barry Phelan, General Manager of the Kingfisher Club, NUI Galway has been named ‘ILAM Manager of the Year’ at the White Flag Awards which were held in the Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar. ILAM is the industry body which represents sports, fitness, aquatic facilities, spas and wellness in Ireland. As his prize, Mr Phelan has won a trip to the 29th Annual International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) Convention and Trade Show which takes place from March 10-13 at the San Diego Convention Centre, California.

Fáilte Ireland has announced the establishment of Fáilte West, its new tourism development forum for the region. This announcement comes as the group met for their inaugural meeting at the Clayton Hotel, Ballybrit, Galway last week. Fáilte West will be responsible for spearheading and overseeing a three-year development agenda for tourism in the region with the active support of the Fáilte Ireland organisation.

Galway’s newest basketball team, Foireann na Gaillimhe, open their Ladies National League division one campaign in NUIG on Saturday.

Moycullen men’s basketball face a key series of Superleague fixtures over the next month as they bid to get their campaign on track after a difficult start to the season.