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GEFILTE FISH and Chips, the award winning show by theatre maker, songwriter, producer, and broadcaster Daniel Cainer, opens tomorrow in The Cellar Bar, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

THE SECOND annual Furbo Art exhibition returns to the meeting hall of the Furbo Baptist Church, displaying work by 17 professional artists, drawn from the Na Forbacha area and the Baptist congregation.

The emergence of racist and neo-Nazi graffiti in Galway has been linked with vandalism on the city's main mosque this week. However the public has stood firm with the Muslim community against any form of Islamophobia, while politicians have condemned the attack as "cowardly" and "dreadful".

Crisis situations can often lead to unresolved issues being brought to the fore, and while the worst extremes of the financial and political crisis facing Ireland have been temporarily papered over, a host of other issues have reemerged to expose the social, political, and operational contradictions of the State.

The right of people to practice their religion freely without interference or repression from the State is an important right in any democracy, and equally no religion should have a privileged position in the State or inform government policy and legislation.

These are probably the best known and best worn set of steps in Galway. They were built in the 1855 - 59 period while the present Augustinian Church was being constructed. The site was slightly higher than the road level so the steps were required at the front and the back of the church. The Augustinian connection with the city goes much further back than that.

Communion season has rolled around again, and while undoubtedly a time for celebration, it can also be a very stressful time for parents, grandparents, and even the children. Financially, the rising cost of clothes, hotels, and entertainment for the big day can put significant financial strain on parents already stretched by their household budget. It is important that families in the local area know that the credit union is here to help - whether it is to set up a savings or budget plan in advance of the big event or to assist families with a small modest loan.

The line above is from Little Gidding, the last of the four long poems TS Eliot called Four Quartets.

KATIE O'CONNOR, the Kerry born, Galway based singer-songwriter, will launch her new album, Fuel For Dreaming, and play live at Seven, Bridge Street, this weekend.

Fr Pat Connaughton, Bishop Casey’s secretary for a while, recalled a time when he and the bishop were going to a meeting in the archbishop’s house in Thurles. “Our car broke down. No matter. We were near Thurles. We left it on the side of the road, and walked the rest of the way, the bishop’s arms swinging by his side. We were passed by Bishop Kevin McNamara, in many ways the very antithesis of Casey. McNamara looked out the window, and remarked to his driver: ‘There goes Eamonn in drama again.’