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Claregalway residents have taken their campaign to build a secondary school in the area directly to the Tánaiste and Minister for Education Mary Coughlan.

This Sunday Antiques dealers from all over Ireland will converge on the Galway Bay Hotel for the annual Galway Antiques and Collectables Fair. The fair will feature a large display of rare and beautiful items including fine furniture, delicate china and porcelain, antiquarian prints, old linen and precious diamonds set in gold and platinum.

More than 100 jobs will have been lost in NUI Galway in the space of two years, while 39 jobs will have been lost from GMIT, new figures from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have revealed.

A memorable evening is most certainly assured when the first Donkey Derby to be held in Galway city for more than 30 years takes place on Thursday next July 29 at the Galway Greyhound Stadium.

Corrib Rangers Football Club will have a permanent home while underage soccer in the city has also been given a boost with the passing of the new Corrib Park Recreation Masterplan.

Burglaries in County Galway in the first six months of 2010 are up 21 per cent on the same period in 2009 according to new figures discussed at the County Galway Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting held in the Council Chambers on Monday.

Two of Galway’s most active Macra clubs, Galway City Macra and Annach Cuain Macra in partnership with the Galway Greyhound stadium have come together to devise a fantastic free night’s entertainment at Galway Greyhound Stadium.

Druid’s production of Enda Walsh’s Penelope, the sell out hit of this year’s Galway Arts Festival, is set to be staged in New York and London in the coming months.

A new pipe for Menlo, to prevent a repeat of last winter’s flooding of the area, will cost €100,000 to install and the Mayor of Galway is calling for funds to be provided for the work.

As usual there was a massive response to our competition for race tickets last week both through the newspaper and on our Facebook page. The winners so far of a pair of tickets to Ballybrit for a day’s racing are: