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Feuding groups who contributed to the series of violent incidents in and around the city centre last weekend have been told by the Mayor to “calm down, step back and take responsibility before anybody loses their life.”

Visitors to Dublin can enjoy some extra help touring the city after Dublin City Council announced the launch of a new augmented-reality (AR) mapping feature that allows users of the Dublin Discovery Trails app to open up a 3D map of the capital on their device and allow them to explore the city in a new, innovative way.

Visitors to Dublin can enjoy some extra help touring the city after Dublin City Council announced the launch of a new augmented-reality (AR) mapping feature that allows users of the Dublin Discovery Trails app to open up a 3D map of Dublin on their device and allow them to explore the city in a new, innovative way.

A major tourism conference, complete with guest speakers, Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, UN Special Advisor Anita Mendiratta and Minister for Tourism, Deputy Catherine Martin, will take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Monday, September 18.

A new heritage plan is being prepared for Westmeath, one which will establish a framework for the work of Westmeath County Council heritage office, in partnership with groups and agencies, to deliver heritage projects within the county.

The recent spate of arson, knife and gun attacks in Galway city should ensure that the city is not left under-policed, Mayor Eddie Hoare said yesterday.

The site of the Augustinian House when the order first came to Galway in 1508 was on the hill we know as Forthill today. Margaret Athy, the wife of the Mayor Stephen Lynch, invited them and she built a church and steeple there too. Her husband was away in Spain and got a shock when he returned to see the finished new building on the hill. The friars moved into a house within the walled city but their church was still between the city and the bay.

A mayoral reception was held on Monday to celebrate the historic achievements of Galwegian athletes Katie Dillion (Athletics), Henry Cloran (Football), Kevin Hardiman (Golf), Máire Connolly (Gymnastics), Michelle O’Keane (Kayaking), Liam Hynes (Kayaking) and Patricia Larkin (Swimming), on their return from the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin.

The National Day of Commemoration, remembering those who have died in past wars or on service with the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, was marked at a local ceremony in the University of Galway on Sunday.