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Teenage Stage International Summer School, the advanced theatrical holiday for 11 to 19-year-olds, has announced four Ireland and UK student locations for summer 2017.

One of the must successful events to be held in the city last year was the Atlantec festival organised by Information Technology Association Galway which brought together an impressive range of speakers from across the globe.

A host of food producers from across the west will showcase everything from honey to cheese and sea cucumber to craft beer – all aimed at increasing the range on offer in local shops, cafes and restaurants. They are all part of Galway’s Food & Drink Showcase, organised by the Local Enterprise Office Galway and Bord Iascaigh Mhara and taking place at the Galway Hooker Brewery in Oranmore on Monday March 6.

NEXT THURSDAY, March 9 at 6pm, the Galway City Library will host the launch of what is sure to be one of the best Irish novels of this year - Ithaca by Galway writer Alan McMonagle, and published by Picador.

Galway head to Birr to face Offaly in St Brendan's Park on Sunday (2pm) looking to continue their positive start to their Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League campaign in division one.

A new A&E for Galway is not enough, the city needs a new hospital, according to outspoken Left TD Catherine Connolly, who accused Health Minister Simon Harris of "failing to grasp" this issue "either deliberately or through inexperience".

GALWAY ACTOR and theatremaker John Rogers will host a series of workshops, in The Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue, exploring what it takes to be strong onstage in front of an audience.

SOME OF Galway's best known street scenes are depicted by Galway artist Kathy Ross in an exhibition currently running in the Leaf and Bean Café in Tuam.

GALWAY'S CULTURAL landscape has just acquired a lively and impressive addition in The Black Gate Centre, on St Francis Street. Catering for music, literature, art, film, dance, and learning, it aims to be a home for the artist and a haven for art lovers.

The average price to rent a home in Mayo is €593 per month now according to the latest Rental Price Report which was published this week, a 7.3 per cent increase on the price 12 months ago. The report which was published by property website Daft.ie has found that nationally the rental prices are eight per cent higher than in 2008 and 50 per cent higher than when the market hit its bottom in 2011.