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Here on board the Kilcullen Voyager I am attempting to be the first Irishman, and indeed Galwayman to circumnavigate our planet solo non-stop. Now I am the middle of the Atlantic between South America and South Africia, this is our second week at sea and we hope to be at the Equator by the weekend.

Insider thought she lived on an island called Ireland and in a state called the Republic of Ireland. However, Insider recently realised she is wrong. According to The Marian Finucane Show, His Excellency John Bruton, and sundry officially sanctioned happenings - from Enda Kenny's Brexit gas-passing shop to events celebrating Irish classical composers - Insider now realises she in fact lives on an island called Island.

The Rolling Sun Book Festival, set in Westport, County Mayo, is a quirky boutique festival that indulges bookworms and connoisseurs of music, song, and poetry. Set in the shadow of the ancient spiritual mountain, Croagh Patrick, it evokes the many layers of Irish culture in the best bardic and poetic traditions. The festival kicked off last night, Thursday November 3, with poet Ger Reidy launching Lady Cassie Peregrina a poetry collection by Terry McDonagh in the Custom House Studio and will continue with a jam packed number of days until it finishes on Sunday November 6.

O’Donnellan & Joyce of 5 Mary Street, Galway, has recently been shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Independent Property Industry Excellence Awards in the category of Regional Excellence.

TWM, a commercial property company with offices in Dublin and in Dockgate Galway, has been chosen as one of five finalists from a highly competitive field for Commercial Agency of the Year in the 2016 Irish independent Property Industry Excellence Awards.

LUCK JUST Kissed You Hello, Amy Conroy's powerful exploration of gender and sexual identity, and a hit at the 2015 Galway International Arts Festival, returns to Galway as part of a new national tour.

BE HERE Now was the album which put the cocaine infused nail in the coffin of the hubris filled, jingoistic, corpse of Britpop. The phenomenon which, in the words of Suede's Brett Anderson began "with the charm and intelligence of a Mike Leigh film" had indeed "become a Carry On movie".

O’Donnellan & Joyce has a selection of detached properties in Galway city and county that would make great family homes for growing broods. Anne Harding of O’Donnellan & Joyce is sales agent for family homes with addresses including Renmore, Knocknacarra, Craughwell, and Clarinbridge. Among the latest on the market are a selection of properties close to excellent primary and secondary schools; perhaps most notable on this list of properties is Dunmore House on Taylor's Hill.

Renowned Galway band, Amazing Apples, headline an impressive line-up of entertainment at The Snug this weekend.

The g Hotel is bringing the Midas touch to Galway with its new signature gold afternoon tea.