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Galway’s top distance runner, Gary Thornton of Galway City Harriers, heads to Berlin this weekend in a bid to secure Olympic qualification.

Galway athlete Gary Thornton produced one of the best performances by local athlete when finishing second in Sunday's National Senior Cross-Country Championships in Dundalk IT.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will today attend the opening of the new Galway offices of financial services company Grant Thornton.

A 30-year-old woman has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of a man in Galway city last year.

The man who was fatally stabbed in Galway last weekend is believed to be a Ballinrobe native, originally from the High Street area of the town. The Mayo Advertiser also understands that the deceased has relatives still living in the area, although he spent decades residing in the USA himself.

A 30-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a man who bled to death after being stabbed several times at an apartment complex in Salthill during the bank holiday weekend.

A 32-year-old man who used his ex-girlfriend as a ‘punch bag’ during a drink-fuelled tresspass and assault incident at her home has been sentenced to 10 months in jail with the final five months suspended with strict conditions.

A very eventful wedding took place at Castlebar Tennis Club on February 19 where two distinguished tennis players came together to tie the knot.

A man who threatened to slit the throats of car occupants following a vehicle incident appeared before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

The Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim in aid of Cancer Care West takes place this Saturday August 9. Andrew Flanagan, Ronan Collins, Kevin Thornton, Michael Heffernan, Simon Flatley and Colin Duffy, seen here presenting the proceeds of last year’s swim to David O'Donnell from Cancer Care West, along with twelve others will set out from Augnish, Co Clare, at 11am.