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Buccaneers Rugby Football Club’s mini club ‘SunBuccs’ in Cushla/Monksland began its journey on Sunday, September 19, on the superb astro turf facility. Over 60 boys and girls joined in the fun for an hour and ten minutes of activity on a beautiful sunny morning.

Collins McNicholas, with an office located at Inish Carraig Business Centre, Golden Island Road, Athlone, has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed Companies’.

As a new-look Connacht takes shape for the coming season, head coach And Friend has had plenty of time to think about how to achieve on-field success. Day 11 of a 14 day quarantine in a hotel in Australia, Connacht Rugby coach Andy Friend is counting down the hours before being released. It is the first time he has been 'home' in three years - Covid having stymied any plans to visit family and friends. So when he signed a new contract to stay on at the Galway Sportsground for another two seasons, it was a stipulation that he be able to head home this summer.

It is not every season, year or decade that Connacht head to Thomond Park and return with a win. That they did on Friday evening for the first time since Pat Lam's tenure and only the third time in history, says something about this squad's developing confidence and tenacity.

Connacht created their own piece of history when defeating Munster 24-20 in a nail-biting Rainbow Cup game at sodden Thomond Park on Friday night.

Connacht will be using Monday's final PRO14 fixture against the Scarlets in Wales (8pm) as a benchmark for their upcoming European challenge against Leicester.

Athlone Institute of Technology has joined colleagues in NUIG, MTU and MU in formally acceding to ADAPT, a SFI research centre for artificial intelligence driven-digital content technology research, bringing the total number of academic partners to eight.

Andy Friend expects to name former Australian Sevens player Ben O'Donnell in Connacht's squad to face Leinster at the RDS on Saturday (7.35pm).

Life on the road for Connacht does not get any easier this week.