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On a chilly day in March 1788, John Howard rode into Castlebar on horseback. When he arrived in Dublin days earlier, he noted, ‘I shall set out next week for Connaught and other remote parts of this country, which indeed are more barbarous than the wilds of Russia’.

Team Hope are calling upon the people of Athlone and the Midlands region to support its annual Christmas shoebox appeal.

AN EASTERN European folk song, transformed into a modern, soul-pinching, ethno-pop ballad - this is ‘Vershe’, the new single from Galway multicultural band Baba Yarga.

Galway is celebrating the success of two rowers who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

David McWilliams has worked all over the world, and speaking on the Travel Tales with Fergal podcast, the top economist says that people need to be aware “of the impact of air travel on the environment” — and reckons he was a bad example with all his jet-setting before the pandemic.

Phase two of the FAI Women’s National League kicked off on Saturday evening in Eamonn Deacy Park, but the hosts came out on the wrong side of a 2-0 scoreline to table-toppers Peamount United.

Is Galway’s Extinction Rebellion extinct? Has it fallen victim to Covid-19 or is its silence political due to the Greens going into Government?

The party of European football's finest starts in only eight days time when France take on Romania at the Stade de France. It is hard to believe the tournament is so close on the horizon. However, one must remember that Galway and the rest of the province were so consumed by the exploits of Pat Lam's heroes in green that pretty much every other aspect of life in the west took a back seat.

While COVID-19 has taken centre-stage here in Ireland - including shaping debate about Government formation - and there has been a sense of collective effort by all aspects of our polity, other countries, like the USA, have a rather different dynamic.

Athlone Film Club reels out their first film of the new year when the popular club screens the funny, moving and unique 'Woman at War' in the Dean Crowe Theatre on Tuesday, January 14, at 8pm.