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The Galway senior football squad fly from Shannon Airport today (Thursday) to JFK airport ahead of the start of the Connacht Championship against New York on Sunday evening (8pm Irish time).

The number of Galwegians out of work, who have dependants relying on them “to put food on the table”, is increasing every year, a situation a local TD has described as “disturbing”.

The proposal by a Crossmolina based councillor for Mayo County Council to buy four premises in the town and demolish them to help with traffic congestion in the town was called “architectural vandalism” by a senior council official this week.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has said that the 53 extra jobs created by Mayo companies supported by the local enterprise offices is proof the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs is delivering locally. Deputy O’Mahony also said he was confident that local employment would continue to increase as the economic recovery takes hold.

O’Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a wonderful four bedroom detached family home in one of Knocknacarra's most sought after residential addresses. No 47 Seacrest, Ballymoneen Road, Galway, is ideally located at the entrance to a quite cul de sac. It is located on an excellent road and bus network, bringing all of Galway’s amenities within easy reach. The property is within moments of Joyce’s Supermarket, local schools, Knocknacarra church, Salthill, Barna, and a host sports and recreational facilities.

LIAM O’FLAHERTY, had the dubious honour of being the first novelist to endure the wrath of the Free State censors, when his The House Of Gold was banned.

“STEPHEN YOUNG & The Union are the cream of the crop in Ireland when it comes to Americana/Folk-rock.” So said Radio Nova about the band that plays Galway next week.

ONE OF Ireland’s greatest comedians David O’Doherty, makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh next month, with his new show David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything.

GEORGE ORWELL’S first full-length book was Down and Out in Paris and London, his classic account of living on the breadline in France and England in the 1920s. More than 80 years after its publication in 1933, the book’s vivid portrayal of people struggling to survive from one day to the next has lost none of its power. Indeed, with homelessness again a headline-making issue, the book has gained fresh topicality.

GALWAY WRITER Claire-Louise Bennett will launch her debut collection of short stories, Pond, this Saturday at the Hotel Meyrick, as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature.