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Linley MacKenzie

"Parts of it, Thomas The Tank Engine couldn't go on it, not to mind a real train," Cllr Michael 'Mogie' Maher remarked about the railway line between Athenry and Milltown during Monday's online Galway County Council meeting.

“I always think if you start looking back you are looking in the wrong direction,” new Galway United first team head coach Lisa Fallon says.

This building on Kingshill in Salthill was originally a guest house known as St Columba’s and was run by a Mrs Delaney. In 1933, Paddy and Bridie Hussey bought it and changed the name to The Summer-Set. They renovated and decorated it and advertised it as, “Beautifully Situated on the Sea Front, Home Comforts at Moderate Charges, Excellent Catering and Efficient Service under Personal Supervision, Touring Cars on the Premises for Hire, Free Lock-up Garage, Special Terms for Winter Months, Bus to Door.” The phone number was Salthill 36.

Before I begin to talk and write about anything else, I simply have to refer to that dark Wednesday last week when, in Washington, Congress was stormed by rebels shouting that Donald Trump had won the election, waving flags, and being egged on by Trump himself, who said “Well done, I’ll be with you shortly.” And of course, he never was.

In the year 1900, Patrick Holland had a travelling shop near Athenry. He later opened a shop there and is credited with having the first car in the town. In 1914 he met Dorinda Egan and it was love at first sight. They married and had five children Brendan, Michael, Maureen, Angela and John. They eventually moved to Galway in 1930, and tried to set up a business in Dominick St. but the bank would not give them the money. They eventually managed to buy the premises of Mary Leahy’s Newsagency in Williamsgate Street.

Boy racers are causing havoc in the Loughrea area, that is according to Fine Gael councillor Michael (Moegie) Maher.

Mount St Michael Secondary School in Claremorris are celebrating some great achievements by students in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Padraic Joyce’s first year in charge has been a strange one, entailing many twists and turns.

Leading up to the Christmas period can be very stressful for lots of people due to financial and emotional issues, but it is up to ourselves how we take it on board.