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Walk around Joyce Country, Connemara, on Saturday July 18 to raise money for Mayo and Galway hospice foundations.

THERE WILL be a strong Asian flavour to this season’s Galway Film Society screenings, with movies from Iran, Turkey, India, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine to be shown, all dealing with historical and contemporary political issues.

I'm not what you would call the sailing type. In fact, my impression of the sport was one that it was the preserve of the wealthy. So I travelled to Galway for the visit of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet to see what all the hullaballoo was about.

The Gort railway station is “one of the most significant stages” of the Western Rail Corridor, that’s according to the chairman of the Oireachtas Transport Committee, Frank Fahey, who welcomed the news that an objection lodged with An Bord Pleanála has now been withdrawn.

Six people from County Galway have made the shortlist for an Alpine Marathon challenge with Powerade this summer.

Although Renmore Gym Club had to cancel it’s car boot sale in May, the fundraiser will now go ahead this weekend.

The spring programme of cultural and heritage events will get under way at Coole Park later this month, with the official launch of the programme taking place on Tuesday.

The Galway Film Fleadh will screen Sanctuary, a documentary film on the GSPCA’s sanctuary in the city.