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Galway United Friends Co-op are running a family friendly bus to the derby clash with Sligo Rovers this Saturday, April 12.

James Hardiman, in his history of Galway lists the fuels available in Galway long ago as coal, turf and bog deal. Bog deal was mostly the roots of trees that had been grown over by the bog over the centuries. It was regarded as a nuisance by the turf cutter who likes nice clean lines as he used his sleán. The turf men usually threw this timber up on top of the bog. It gave out a lot of sparkle, like a mini firework, while it burned in the grate.

Galway and Donegal face off at Pearse Stadium this Sunday with both sides eager to continue their unbeaten starts to their league campaigns.

On a dramatic day in Navan last Sunday, at the National Novice and Unvene Ages Cross Country championships, Craughwell athletes stole the show with a fantastic team win in the hugely competitive Men’s race over 6km. William Fitzgerald of Craughwell made it a double celebration as he raced home to a superb silver medal after always being at the front of affairs in an enthralling race won by Michael Murphy of Tullamore.

Mayo will make the long trek to MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey for the latest leg in their 2023 adventure on Sunday afternoon.

With two rounds still to play in the league, Mayo can consider themselves to be in the perfect storm, others may suggest it's a bit of a dilemma because of the proximity of the league final and the start of the Connacht Championship.

A UK-based Galway emigrant older than the Irish State itself has celebrated his 101st birthday at the same table that Michael Collins reputedly sat at with the first Irish Cabinet in 1922.

Bord Bia, through its Talent Academy, is now accepting applications for its 2023 postgraduate programme with up to 20 fully-funded places on offer. The programme includes a fully funded masters at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, a bursary, and a guaranteed work placement through the agency’s domestic and global network.

Mayo snatched a crucial draw from the jaws of defeat with a last gasp heroic kick from net-minder Robbie Hennelly against Donegal in the first round of the National league.

Mayo left it late, but the managed to earn a hard fought point in their opening league game against Donegal in Sligo on Sunday afternoon.