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Freddie Mercury, Albert Einstein, Friedrich Nietzsche, Charlie Chaplin, Lemmy, Friedrich Engels, and Willy O’Dea are famous for their moustaches and Galway men can emulate them from tomorrow.

Athlone Institute of Technology’s Humanitarian Society is holding a table quiz in Scribes, the campus bar, on Tuesday October 22. The quiz is open both to students and those from outside the college, and costs €12 per team of 3-4 people. A raffle will also be held on the night, with prizes from the AIT Students Union, AIT Fitness Suite, McSharrys Pharmacy, McGorisks Pharmacy, Boston Barbers, and Kilbeggan Distillery.

A major fundraising event will take place in Glasson Golf and Country Club on Monday October 21.

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Record numbers of cancer survivors attended the recent Irish Cancer Society National Conference for Cancer Survivorship. To mark its 50th Anniversary, the Irish Cancer Society held a milestone conference entitled Living Well with Cancer, bringing together over 800 cancer survivors for the first time. Cancer Survivors from Mayo attended the conference alongside representatives from Mayo Cancer Support Association. The two-day event which took place in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, was the largest event of its kind by the society, and was kindly supported by Roche.

This October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Centra stores throughout Mayo will be brightening up communities in the county with Centra’s pink walks in aid of the Irish Cancer Society’s Action Breast Cancer programme.

The Irish Cancer Society in Mayo launched its 2014 trek destinations with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The treks which will raise money for cancer research include exciting destinations such as the Himalayas, the Grand Canyon, and Mount Kilimanjaro.

The official opening of the Ballinasloe Cancer Support Centre’s new premises will take place on Wednesday September 11.

The Irish Cancer Society will hold a free conference for cancer survivors on Friday September 20 and Saturday September 21 at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, which representatives from Cara Iorrais Cancer Support Centre and Mayo Cancer Support Association will attend. The conference, entitled Living Well with Cancer, is in its 20th year and aims to address the needs of cancer survivors across the country.

A Mullingar nurse is hoping to fundraise in a nostalgic fashion next Friday August 16, when musician and DJ Declan O’Farrell turns back the clock at least 25 years at ‘Upstairs goes Retro’.