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The Galway senior camogie team bounced back from their defeat to Tipperary to record a 1-17 1-13 win over Kilkenny in Saurday's Very Division 1A Camogie League fixture.

Kate Slevin kicked the final five points as Galway began their Lidl National Football League Division 1 campaign with an impressive win over Donegal at Tuam Stadium.

Mitchell Henry’s final days in Kylemore were sad ones. His adored wife Margaret had died at 45 years-of-age, and rested in a simple brick mausoleum in the grounds of his palatial Kylemore Castle. His political life, into which he put a great deal of personal effort, advocating on behalf of all Irish tenants the rights for them to own their own land, was out manoeuvred by Charles Stewart Parnell and the Land League. Henry described the Land League methods as ‘dishonest, demoralising and unchristian’. He probably was not surprised to lose his Galway seat in the general election of 1885. He blamed ‘Parnalite intimidation’.

“Government must do more to protect vulnerable households against the impact of mortgage rate increases” according to Dr Seán Healy, CEO, Social Justice Ireland.

Connacht head to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday with fond memories. Just six months ago they produced a 36-11 victory over Ulster, and now they can relish the prospect of taking another Irish scalp when they face Leinster on Friday evening.

Galway minors suffering a disappointing 2-8 to 2-4 loss to Cork in the Tesco Ireland Minor A All Ireland final on Saturday in Semple Stadium.

Problems for tenants with the high cost of accommodation as a proportion of their income and arrears on mortgage, rent and utility bills are an indication of the continued social and economic impact of the high cost of accommodation generally in Ireland according to the National Social Monitor – Ireland Social Scoreboard published by Social Justice Ireland.

Heineken Champions Cup rugby kicks off at the Sportsground on Sunday (1pm) with another illustrious French club taking on Connacht.

GALWAY UNITED 4 UCD 1

Three second-half goals in as many minutes put Galway ladies on the road to victory over Donegal in Saturday's All Ireland senior championship round two fixture at Markievicz Park.