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GALWAY-BASED playwright Christian O’Reilly, whose plays have been staged by Druid and Rough Magic, will see his latest play premiere at the Galway Theatre Festival in a production by Decadent Theatre Company.

On the day when the farming community brought their issues onto the streets of the county, Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, criticised the Fianna Fáil/Green Programme for Government for its failure to pay any attention to the needs of farmers.

It was a somewhat disappointing World Championships for Mayo’s handballers overall, despite some fine performances the county drew a blank in terms of titles. Both Dessie Keegan and Joe McCann made surprisingly early exits from the feature Men’s Open event, Keegan losing out to Louis Moreno of the US while beaten finalist Alan Garner put paid to Joe McCann’s progress in the second round. Stephen Cooney lost out to Diarmuid Nash in the third round of the boys 19 and under, while he an Ian McLoughlin had a great run in the Men’s A doubles, only to lose out to the Tipperary-Tyrone combination of Ger Coonan and Caolan Daly at the semi-final stage.

One of the west’s most popular bakers and confectioners, O’Hara’s of Foxford, has proven once again that quality is at the heart of its business by securing a prestigious international award for food safety.

THE ABBEY Theatre is touring one of its most successful and critically-acclaimed plays of the last three years this autumn, Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus, which comes to Galway’s Black Box from November 4 to 7.

Reasonable observers of this year’s senior county championship wouldn’t be too happy with the fare served up so far. At a personal level I am hugely disappointed not to be involved in the county final with Crossmolina. I am not being disrespectful to any team when I suggest that I thought we would have made the final, particularly having beaten Ballaghaderreen in the quarter final. Several fancied outfits, other than us had their frailties exposed too when push came to shove.

COMING NEXT week to the Town Hall is Jane’s Hero which relates the remarkable and at times hair-raising experiences of Galway’s Lt Col Eamon Colclough during his service overseas with the UN.

GALWAY SOUL singer Lucia Evans has released her debut album Natural Woman and will play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Radisson Live Lounge on Friday November 6 at 8pm.

There’s a top line-up this Hallowe’en weekend at The Stables, Mullingar.

Children of all ages love Hallowe’en because it is a good opportunity to dress up in fun costumes and tell ghost stories. Unfortunately Hallowe’en parties and trick-or-treating can lead to sugary horrors, but with a bit of creative thinking you can make sure healthy eating doesn’t get frightened into the background by including some ‘real’ food in disguise!