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Three out of four local women consider themselves to be overweight, according to a survey conducted by a Galway based company.

Is all the snow, ice and rain getting the better of you? If so, check out the holiday fair at MacDonagh Junction on Sunday January 31, from 12 noon to 5.30pm. There will be a variety of exhibitors waiting to enlighten people on the holiday that suits them.

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The clock is ticking down fast on tomorrow’s deadline for Galway’s bid to be chosen as a stopover port for the 2012 Volvo Ocean Race and what is our Government doing about ensuring that we get this — practically nothing.

The suggestion by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that the Irish would have to vote on again on Lisbon has met with an angry response in Ireland and left many questioning the EU’s commitment to democracy.

Carlow soccer star Padraig Amond of the famed Shamrock Rovers and a former county Carlow hurler, has been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for next week’s friendly match against Lithuania.

There was further positive pre-season tidings for Connacht as news filtered through that powerful Samoan centre Niva Ta’auso will join the western province.

The president of the ICMSA Jackie Cahill has said that the Irish electorate made a huge mistake in rejecting the Lisbon treaty.

As part of Roscommon Arts Centre’s Inside Out programme of events this summer there is an enormous pig is making its way to the town this August.

Us cute hoors of Irish people just love to talk about our “place” abroad. We don’t do it in an openly boastful way like our American friends might be accustomed to but we’re mighty at slipping it into conversation that we’ve taken the plunge. Sure why not, you couldn’t be dealing with the rain and the wind which is now part and parcel of our Irish summer as well as our winter. We seem to have only one season these days apart from the odd showing by the summer sun.