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The planning is well underway for the welcomed return of Ireland’s largest horse racing festival, the Galway Races that takes place from Monday July 25 to Sunday 31st July for one action packed week and this week Galway Racecourse announced a new sponsor to their race week programme, ‘ Bathshack’ the UK’s and Irelands top bathroom retailer.

Galway Racecourse at Ballybrit is to become the main hub for donations of essential items being sent to help displaced and terrified Ukrainian refugees on the Polish border.

Galway Racecourse, traditionally home to Ireland’s largest horse racing festival, the iconic ‘Galway Races’ had a busy 2021 despite a challenging year. In accordance with Covid protocols a lot still happened throughout the year at the Ballybrit venue.

Race in Pink, one of the highlights of the Galway Races October Festival, is returning this year to Ballybrit.

The line-up for Ballina 2023’s first live event will feature Ballina favourites folk/ trad/ pop group Billow Wood, rising star, Michael Moloney, the popular local tenor David Lynn, songstress and budding actress Fionnuala O’Boyle and Ballina’s own Drag Queen extraordinaire, Bradley Brock.

Only 1,000 spectators will be permitted to attend each day of the Galway Races summer festival.

Crowds of up to 5,000 a day could attend the Galway Races in August given that a “thorough and detailed plan” exists to accommodate race-goers “in a safe manner”.

Happy Birthday Mr Bob is the title of a new Irish book celebrating Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday (24 May). With almost 100 contributors the book also has beautiful drawings of Bob by the rock legend, the late Rory Gallagher.

Promising young star Michael Moloney, from Ballina, stole plenty of hearts when he appeared on last year’s Late Late Toy Show with his performance of Dermot Kennedy's hit song "Giants".

Kiltullagh's Saoirse Ruane who wowed the nation during The Late Late Toy Show when she had three of her wishes granted was one of the stars again on Friday night, when she spearheaded the Toy Show appeal which raised almost €7 million for a variety of good causes.