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Seven protesters who were taking part in a peaceful solidarity protest in the Erris area, which was attended by local adults and children in support of Maura Harrington’s hunger strike, were before a special sitting of Belmullet District Court on Wednesday. During the protest a cortege of 86 vehicles travelled through the region, which was followed by an unmarked Garda car. The four uniformed gardaí were at one stage surrounded by a ‘mob’ of protesters as they locked themselves in the Garda car, the court heard.

Girls can be cruel. In 1921 Walter Macken was six years old, and in middle babies at the Presentation Convent school. ‘Middle Babies’ had to be a challenge for any six year old boy (who already saw himself as a pilot ‘flying’ through the lanes around St Joseph’s Avenue where he lived). Today the Pres has a thriving national school, in Walter’s time it was predominatly a renowned ‘Girls’ school. It did offer places to boys to a very junior level (you started in infants, then middle babies, and then first class), before the boys moved off to ‘The Bish’ or ‘The Jes’, Mary’s, or Endas.

THERE IS rhythm in the language of Shakespeare, and when performing his plays a great actor can bring out the flow of the Bard’s poetic lines.

Yet another novel fundraiser to support King of the Castle contestant Pat Shortis.

THERE IS a personal memory of a delightful spring Parisian Saturday morning in 1971 drinking an espresso on the terrace of a café along the Boulevard St Germain and reading a short story by Seán Ó Faoláin entitled The Talking Trees.

Music lovers in the Midlands, and especially those for whom vinyl is still king, will be excited by the news that Westmeath is to host its first record fairs in over four years.

Property Partners Maxwell and Heaslip is holding a public auction in which two very attractive and keenly priced properties could prove alluring to potential buyers who have been waiting in the wings for the right opportunity to get on, or move up, the property ladder. The auction will take place at the Imperial Hotel at 3pm on May 8 so don’t miss it.

St Canice’s Cathedral will be beamed out across the country next week when Kairos TV productions films a very special service that is to take place to mark the 400th anniversary of Kilkenny city charters. The event will then be broadcast on RTE television.

Our Marble City’s 400th birthday was celebrated with a weekend of colourful and cultural activities which took place over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend at the castle.

The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Oct 27 1914 - Nov 9 1953) had absolutely no interest in school. He attended Swansea Grammar where his father, DJ Thomas, was the much feared English teacher. Both the boys and the staff were afraid of his temper, so much so that when Dylan, frequently bored with school, walked out murmuring that he was gong to write ‘bloody poetry’, if he met the headmaster on his way, the head would only nod, and say; “Don’t get caught, will you?”