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There will be music and dancing each night of the weekend in The Ard Ri House hotel, Milltown Road, Tuam.

Every generation has its heroes. The people to whom we all look up to for various forms of inspiration. These could be political, literary, sporting, or just in the field of sheer bravery. In most cases we use them as a form of escapism, as a distraction to take our minds off the realities of life. And in Ireland in the post-war period, there was much need for such distraction. The greyness of the fledgling state was mirrored in the lives of its citizens.

There was the end of an era this week in Galway football and in the town of Tuam itself with the death of the great Frank Stockwell at the age of 80 after a long battle with illness.

Zhivago Records in Shop Street will open at midnight tonight (Thursday) for a launch party to celebrate the release of To Win Just Once..The Best of The Saw Doctors.

There was sadness in Tuam and Galway this week with the end of an era for Galway football with the death of the great Frank Stockwell at the age of 80 after a long battle with illness. Frankie was the second member of a foot-balling double act, which was almost as famous and successful as Laurel and Hardy in their prime.

Since I packed in competitive football the most regular question that I have been asked on numerous occasions is:

Gardai in Galway have appealed for help in solving a spate of burglaries in the city in the past week.

Galway’s newest live music venue, Monroe’s Live featuring three bars, two floors, and one stage in one venue, opens tomorrow with a gig by Galway band The Timbertramps.

Went to Omagh last Saturday night for the Tyrone v Derry game, it’s no joke of a trip from the city of the tribes and took the guts of four hours.

Rooney Chartered Surveyors are delighted to bring to the market three of Galway’s most outstanding prime office developments, North Point, The Faustina Centre and The Lyrr Building, which all within only 4km reach of Galway city.