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It is December which means the Premier League matches are coming thick and fast.

John Quinn has just received instructions to handle the sale of No 82 Corrib Park, Newcastle. The property which is in walk-in condition, is situated within walking distance of the university and hospital, local shops, schools, church, shopping centre, and library, and is very handy for the city centre and Salthill.

O'Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers is offering a three bed semidetached residence in the highly desirable area of Laurel Park, Newcastle, Galway. The estate is ideally located within moments of NUIG, UHG, Salthill, and an array of amenities and services. The estate offers all that one would require in terms of modern day living including beautiful communal lawns and mature trees.

Get your fill of live music and sporting action at The Snug this weekend.

Galway athletes will compete across the 10-race programme of this season National Cross Country Championships in Abbottstown, Dublin.

Back in the 1960s my late mother had a two-door Morris Mini-Minor. The mini, about the size of a dog-kennel on wheels, was our family car for years (dad drove a van used for deliveries). I think the mini won the Monte Carlo Rally at one time and it became famous. Towards the end of the decade it actually became cool to have a Mini-Minor after the film The Italian Job, starring Michael Caine. But my brother and I had long legs, and the car became a torture chamber on long journeys. We hated the car. There was little room for us and later for my sister, and all her stuff, the dog (who went ballistic if he saw another dog on the street), the weekly shopping, and all the detritus that family cars gather.

Do you know that one in three people aged older than 65 in Ireland have a significant or disabling hearing loss?

As I advised last week we reconvened the council on Monday last to ensure that we completed the council agenda for the November sitting. The quarterly reports for both Environment Dept transport Dept and Recreation and Amenity Departments were presented. This resulted in lively debate on a host of issues such as public services and availability to the public of a host of public amenities.

Two decades on for Mocha Beans as the café, roastery and Galway favourite turns twenty

The Ghosts Of Galway, Ken Bruen’s 13th Jack Taylor novel, has just been published and to mark its arrival Bruen met me in the Hotel Meyrick last Monday to range widely over his eventful life and acclaimed work.