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With UK and Irish race meetings recently falling victim to the adverse weather conditions, there will be an enormous appetite for a good racing day out this weekend at Gowran Park – the Connolly’s Red Mills Race Day, starts tomorrow Saturday, February 14.

Some 26 beds have been closed at the pre-discharge unit (PDU) at Kilkreene Hospital since March 2 and they are to remain closed until September 7, 2009.

Shortly after dawn on Saturday, September 16 1944, Michael Conneely, a bachelor of 55 years was asleep in his cottage at Ailleabreach, Ballyconneely, when loud banging on his door woke him. He shouted ‘who’s there?’ The storm of the previous two days had abated but he couldn’t make out what the voice said. Grabbing a pitchfork, he slowly opened to door. Outside were two men, wet to the skin, in deep distress. Michael put the pitchfork to the throat of the first man: ‘Who are you?

During the Black and Tan era, it was difficult for the IRA to be overtly active in Galway City because it was so heavily garrisoned. Renmore Barracks which was the headquarters of the Connaught Rangers, was occupied by the Sherwood Foresters, more of whom were based in Oranmore: There was a large detachment of the 17th lancers at Earl’s Island: The Auxiliaries had a Company in Lenaboy Castle: And, between the barracks in Eglinton St., two more barracks in Dominick St and many private houses which had been commandeered, there were some 500 men. In addition there were, at varying times, a number of troops camped near Galway.

With just over seven weeks to go until polling day the line-ups for the Local Elections in Connemara have begun to take their final shape.

The average waiting times for all specialities at Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene and St Luke’s General Hospital Kilkenny are now 1.6 and 2.1 months respectively, according to the annual report of the National Treatment Purchase Fund.

Health service arrangements for Kilkenny’s hospitals in the south-east over the festive period have been announced.

Rooney auctioneers & chartered surveyors is offering a prime multifunctional warehousing unit in Oldenway Business Park which fronts onto the Old Monivea Road. The building is strategically located only minutes from Galway city and only 0.5km to the Briarhill roundabout to the Dublin and Limerick distribution routes.

In today’s current climate where “job losses” are regular words in hourly news reports, what happens to those people who are left with the realisation that tomorrow there’s no alarm call, no struggle in the rush hour traffic, and ultimately no pay packet at the end of the month? Once reality hits home how do those who have fallen on the sword of the recession fill the working week?

It was without doubt a difficult task for the committee of Athlone Musical Society to choose a musical for their 2010 production, from compelling tales, hilarious comedy, timeless and exciting drama in musical theatre.