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Waterways Ireland triAthlone, Ireland’s biggest triathlon, has something for everyone this July and the closing date for registration in this exciting summer event is today, Friday June 18.

There’s been quite a lot of coverage for Turkey on the media recently. They looked like winning the Eurovision for a while, before eventually finishing in second place behind Germany.

Surprise, surprise, we didn’t win Eurovision again. The only one who seemed to think we had a chance was Marty Whelan, who kept blabbering on about how unfair the whole thing was to our little country, battling against the odds out on the edge of Europe. Let’s face it, Enda McEvoy has a better chance of getting a free weekend pass from the Cats Laugh Festival organisers than Niamh Kavanagh had of winning the competition.

A protest was held in Kilkenny on Tuesday evening against the recent Israeli attacks in international waters on the humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

SUAVE IS a term normally reserved for the Pierse Brosnans and Bryan Ferrys of this world, but the classical musician, clarinettist Paul Roe, has this quality too.

•The annual Salthill-Knocknacarra Juvenile Hurling table quiz takes place in Sheridan’s bar, Knocknacarra on March 25 at 8pm. Tables of four cost €40 with prizes for first, second and third places. There will be a raffle on the night and finger food will be provided. All monies will go directly to the Salthill Knocknacarra juvenile hurling fund to assist with travel expenses, the provision of team gear, and the general running of the juvenile hurling club.

IT HAS been a smash hit with audiences from America to Australia, Italy to Israel, South Africa to South Korea, and at its first Irish run broke box office records two years ago.

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh came to a close last Sunday with the awards ceremony in the Town Hall Theatre.

Michael D Higgins

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