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The tragic death of Kayaker and water enthusiast, Eamonn O’Donohoe, will be remembered through activities at Hodson Bay in the coming weeks.

Out they came in their thousands, in a weekend that saw fifty thousand shades of maroon on every street in the city and county.

Councillor Michael O’Brien has reiterated his call for cannabis-based medical treatments to be made available in Ireland.

An international artist from County Tyrone, based in Kinvara County Galway, has returned this week from a six week stay in the French town of Grenay where he painted seven murals on cemetery walls with twenty four young people in a project that aims to inspire young adults who are unemployed or beginning their careers.

The Claddagh fishing village was a unique settlement which developed outside the walls of medieval Galway which traditionally elected its own mayor, or king.

Mayor of Athlone, Aengus O’Rourke (FF), says it is wonderful to see so many tourists around the town visiting the local attractions, following from a rise in visitor numbers from previous years.

Luan Gallery has announced details of its autumn exhibition, entitled Jealous Wall.

In 1959 the poet Richard Murphy renovated the black-sailed Ave Maria, a traditional Galway hooker, which he used to ferry visitors to Inishboffin, and for a day’s fishing. Over the years the poet, the boat and the magnificent landscape attracted a flotsam and jetsam of humanity, many of a literary kind.

A local woman, whose life was marred by tragedy but who went on to rebuild her life and make a major contribution to her community, has written her life story.