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The worst thing about looting (apart from the obvious illegality of it and the fact that you never get a bag) is that as soon as you leave the shop at pace, you immediately invalidate any guarantee or warranty rights for the products you have just pilfered and so you end up at home with a pair of Converse runners that you’ve nicked without checking to see if both of them are the same size. Or if the 52-inch plasma telly which you and your mates have just carried down the High Street is actually HD or just HD Ready and therefore no good for sitting back and watching your mates rioting on Sky News when you can’t make out the faces. Oh, the hazards of looting. And here were we all this week thinking that these people who looted are actually at home enjoying the fruits of their labours. You see, looting is so spontaneous. It is like impulse buying, but just sped up by about 10 times.

There were great celebrations at National Lottery offices today as a family group of three from Kilkenny picked up their Lotto jackpot win of €2 million from last night’s draw. The delighted group bought their lucky ticket in Londis in St James’ Hospital, Dublin 8. They were visiting a relative at the time.

A charity poker tournament to help raise funds for Saint Vincent de Paul will take place in The Harbour Hotel on Friday February 18 at 7pm.

The Funky Seomra, Ireland’s alcohol free nightclub, returns to Galway this Saturday night and will take place in the Commercial Boat Club in Woodquay from 8pm to 12.30am.

The boom of betting shops in towns and cities throughout Ireland in recent years has not only highlighted the high level of gambling in the country, but also raised concerns over the changing face of high streets where several bookmaker outlets have set up.

Galway bookmaker Alan Mulholland representing John Mulholland Bookmaker was recently involved in what was a historic move for the Irish betting industry when his company joined six other Irish independent bookmakers to form an online presence called BetPack.com.

Bet Settler, the debut iPhone application release from Athlone-based company Moonswing, has been named App of the Week on the website of Business Traveller - the world's leading magazine for the frequent business traveller.

It was enough to bring a tear to the eye of the hardest cynic. In the midst of all the current disasters it was heart-warming to hear that at least one group is doing its best to spread a little cheer among the population.

A lucky Galway winner of a €100,000 supercar has only days to claim the prize before it becomes forfeit.