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A group of NUI Galway students will walk the 70 kilometres from Ennis to Galway this weekend while carrying large volumes of water to raise funds for an Irish development charity working in Nepal.

Phew. That’s it. That’s the last issue of the first 39 years of the Galway Advertiser completed. from next week, the newspaper turns 40. Which means it will be probably have to be grumpier and slightly more balding. It will have to moan and groan even more, and have the odd midlife crisis.

Phew. That’s it. That’s the last issue of the first 39 years of the Galway Advertiser completed. from next week, the newspaper turns 40. Which means it will be probably have to be grumpier and slightly more balding. It will have to moan and groan even more, and have the odd midlife crisis.

A proposal to give Enda Ó Coineen, John Killeen, and Eamon Conneely - the men who brought the Volvo Ocean Race to Galway - the Freedom of Galway city will be put before councillors at Monday’s city council meeting.

•Connacht Rugby will host a golf classic tomorrow. The competition, a four ball stableford with two scores to count, will take place at the Galway Bay Golf Club. Teams of four, which include tickets for Saturday’s match, cost €400. For further information contact Gerry O’Neill 087-2401076, Frank Mitchell 086-6050925, Simon Heaslip 087-2512803, or Eoin Hegarty 091-561568.

The JFC Galway ladies senior football team mee8t Monaghan away in their last game in the league on Sunday.

Scottish No 1 Alan Clyne was the winner of this year’s West of Ireland Squash Championship held over the Easter at the Galway Lawn Tennis Club.

Interesting battles are expected in all divisions at the County Badminton Leagues finals on Saturday (5pm) in the Galway Lawn Tennis Club.

The Galway footballers, under the management team of Joe Kernan, Seán Ó Domhnaill and Tom Naughton, will complete their maiden league campaign next Sunday with a home game against Derry in Pearse Stadium at 2.30pm.

Like most towns and cities in Ireland, Galway had a lot of fairs and markets. They were a vital part of life and the economy of the city, helping to feed the local population and provide much needed cash for farmers in the hinterland.