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Last September I wrote a number of Diary entries on the wonderful reception that Galway extended to the survivors of the SS Athenia, torpedoed off the Donegal coast on September 3 1939, the very first day of the war. The ship was sunk by Fritz Julius Lemp, the commander of the U-30. The Athenia was obviously a passenger boat on its way with refugees from Europe to Canada. This wasn’t the start to the war that the German government wanted. Initially it denied that any of its submarines sank the Athenia, and suggested that it was sunk by the British on orders from Winston Churchill in the hope of getting America into the war.

THE AMAZING adventures of a young French woman, a tiny girl who lives under the floorboards, the lives of three young street dancers in Germany, and making sculptures from other people’s rubbish - it is all in this year’s Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

Bordeaux is one of the most famous and iconic wine producing regions in the world, with many of the wines from the region being highly sought after the world over. However, there is often a perception that all wines from Bordeaux are expensive or that you have to spend a lot of money in order to get something enjoyable. Our friends at Wines Direct, Mullingar’s wine specialists, assure us that this is not the case.

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Maybe it's because it is so close to this week's comedy festival, but the town and pubs weren't packed out for the Heineken Cup final last weekend.

Nothing adds instant glamour to an occasion like cocktails. Unfortunately there is nothing instant about all the chopping, juicing, and blending that goes with making them. So if the thoughts of preparing a cocktail at home from scratch leaves you feeling a little shaken and stirred, well relax and sit back with the new bartender-inspired collection of ready-to-serve cocktails from the makers of Smirnoff vodka. Available in both mojito and cosmopolitan, both varieties are prepared using super premium ingredients to bar standards yet are perfect for enjoying at home.