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Roscommon native Joe O’Connor has been elected president of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) for the coming year. Joe has served as president of GMIT Students Union for two years, and was previously vice president.

THE COLOURFUL life and remarkable career of singer Josef Locke is celebrated in a new show, Blaze Away!, which comes to the Town Hall this Saturday at 8pm.

It’s hard to believe, but exactly 25 years ago in 1987, in a rented farmhouse, The Stunning was born. One of the most successful Irish bands of the nineties, they bring their magic to The Royal Theatre this Christmas, on Thursday, December 27 with tickets costing €25.

This photograph was taken in the early 1940s and shows a happy group of children in Sickeen. The wall at their backs was the boundary wall of St Brendan’s National School. In the background on the left are the backs of houses which fronted on to St Brendan’s Road. They were occupied by the Lillis family, the Lohan family, the Molloys – home of ‘Five Goal Molloy’ aka Sonny, Maurice O’Connell who worked in the post office, Jim Redington who later became Mayor of Galway, and Tom Walsh who was a teacher in St Brendan’s School.

Ballyragget can conquer the ‘Gaels

HIT PLAY Sunday Morning Coming Down returns to the Town Hall Theatre main stage after an explosive sell-out run in the studio last month. The play, directed by its debutant author Mick Donnellan, will be at the venue on Saturday May 28.

The funeral has taken place of Stephen Gannon, the Roscommon farmer whose life was claimed in a farming accident earlier this week.

When choosing Christmas gifts you don’t always have to blow the budget, even when shopping in Brown Thomas. You just need to have a clear idea who you are buying for. We have done all the legwork, and below is a list of fabulous gifts to suit everyone on your list. The best part is, they all come in at €50 or under. It is never a bad idea to grab something you do not think you will need either. Someone always shows up Christmas Day bearing gifts that you invariably were not expecting.

Shefflin is ticketed by Tipp Garda

Dylan Walsh 18 (Thomastown) Goalkeeper