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St Patrick’s Ballyragget v Ballygar (Galway)

The sense of relief is palpable this week as the October Bank Holiday rolls in and finally, the 2011 Irish presidential election campaign comes to a close. For better or worse we have now elected our new president and whatever political elections, by-elections, local or national arise in the next seven years, all going well, we won't have to worry about who will occupy the Áras for that period at least.

RoolaBoola, the Linenhall Arts Centre’s annual arts funfest, is back for young people of all ages and their families over the coming October Bank Holiday weekend, from Saturday October 29 to Monday October 31.

It is like a jungle sometimes unless you invented DJing with two turntables and a microphone back in the late seventies. Without the Grandmaster there would be no MC busting loose over your favourite hip hop jams, nobody scratching or mixing records and no grooves on the radio. The godfather of this genre, Grandmaster Flash, is coming to Castlebar this October 30 when he takes to the wheels of steel at Choice at the Royal. Grandmaster Flash introduced us to the seminal classics ‘White Lines’ and ‘The Message’ and in 2007 became the first hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame.

Kilkenny All-Ireland hurling star, Michael Fennelly, swapped his hurling helmet for a chef’s hat to line out with the county’s top cooks to launch details of the fifth annual Savour Kilkenny Food Festival, which takes place over the October Bank Holiday weekend, October 27 – 31.

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald will be in Castlebar today (Friday) to officially open the Paper Tales exhibition by artist Maeve Clancy as part of the RoolaBoola Children’s Arts Festival.

FAWLTY TOWERS is not your average hotel. It is known that one guest had cream poured over his head simply for being mistaken for a hotel inspector while the dead body or another resident was dumped in a laundry basket.

A 10-day programme of events celebrating local heritage, art and creativity is promised for this year’s Abhainn Rí Festival in Callan, Co Kilkenny.

A public meeting will take place next Tuesday, June 28, in Bar Ritz, Main Street, Castlebar, at 8pm about the prospect of replacing the Blues Festival with a new music festival in Castlebar.

Gardai and the Road Safety Authority along with AA Roadwatch are stepping up their life-saving campaigns this weekend in a bid to halt the trend of deaths on the country’s roads during Bank Holiday breaks. In a concerted effort between the parties to ensure it is a weekend to remember for all the right reasons, pedestrians and cyclists using roads around Mayo are also to be issued with complimentary high-visibility vests by gardai who are to carry a supply in their vehicles.