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A public meeting will be held in Oughterard tomorrow evening (Friday) to discuss new proposals to develop the town’s Corribdale grounds.

A question mark hands over the validity of the Galway City Development Plan arising from a row between the Mayor of Galway and Independent Cllr Catherine Connolly during a council meeting last January which approved the plan.

On Tuesday April 26 1916, 95 years ago this week, many people in Galway town were gripped by rumour and hysteria. Rebellion in Dublin had been the sole source of conversation the evening before, but now telegraph lines were cut down, no trains were running, and news that rebellion had broken out in Oranmore, Clarinbridge and Athenry, brought events closer to home. All roads out of the town were considered too dangerous to travel. All shops and factories closed. People stood in small groups discussing the situation. There were fears that the rebels were approaching the town.*

An Irishtown business which was subject to a mysterious and malicious robbery last weekend saw thousands of euro worth of historical hurling photographs taken from the premises.

A local businessman is to host a coffee morning at his restaurant to help raise money for the victims of the Pakistani flood disaster.

The saga surrounding attempts to extort money from Cllr Michael Fahy took another bizarre turn this week when it emerged that a local businessman had offered Cllr Fahy a bribe in exchange for dropping his complaint against a man who was convicted of attempted theft in Galway Circuit Court last week.

3, Ireland’s fastest growing mobile network, has announced the opening of a new 3Store in Mullingar, independently-owned and managed by local businessman Dermot Conroy. The Mullingar 3Store is the first of 20 independently-owned stores opening nationwide, creating 90 new retail jobs this year. The new 3Store in Mullingar is ideally located in Pearse Street, Mullingar.

The annual general meeting of the Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA), Post 9 (Athlone), took place on Monday January 18. The Post was re-established in September 2009 and over 30 members attended the AGM in the NCOs Mess Custume Barracks, Athlone.

A judge was highly critical of a local authority for taking a litter prosecution against a local businessman who had put up an advertising hoarding on a footpath when he compared it to the “vanity signage” at the side of all new roadworks around the country.

Kilkenny’s newest business district, Danville Business Park, will encourage new and dynamic businesses to relocate to Kilkenny, according to Minister for Trade and Commerce John McGuinness.