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THE NORTH Beach Poetry Nights will host the Connacht heat of All-Ireland Slam on Monday at 9pm in The Crane Bar.

Hotel prices in Athlone fell 17 per cent in the first six months of the year according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index. Despite experiencing the steepest price fall in the country, Athlone was still ranked as Ireland’s third most expensive destination with room rates averaging at €97 per night, after Wexford and Kilkenny where room rates are €104.

The people of Galway were shocked and excited by the arrival of 430 survivors who were brought ashore from the Athenia which was sunk by torpedo off the Donegal coast only hours after war was declared on September 3 1939. The town was galvanised into action. An impressive and practical plan was put into place to receive the survivors, to ensure they were comfortably accommodated, and to care for the wounded. There were 10 stretcher cases, numerous minor injuries, and distressed children. The passengers, who included Americans and Canadians, and refugees fleeing a deteriorating political situation in Europe, were bound for Montreal.

Some 80 talented young musicians from Rochester, New York State, will give a concert at the Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, in aid of the Ballytobin Camphill Community in Callan.

Kavanagh Travel is a family owned and operated company based in Urlingford, County Kilkenny.

The Republic of Ireland stands at a crossroads, not only economically, but in terms of what it stands for, its values, and the entire make up of its political system and Constitution.

NUI, Galway lecturer and former dean of the faculty of law, Donncha O’Connell has become the latest person from Galway to stand for election to Seanad Éireann.

Junior Chamber International Galway hosted its annual Christmas ball and awards ceremony in the Harbour Hotel recently where the voluntary activities and efforts of members were recognised and the end of a successful year for 2010 branch president Victoria Whelan was celebrated.

JOHN O’CONOR, the internationally acclaimed Irish pianist, returns to the Town Hall Theatre next week to play the music of Beethoven, Chopin, and Field.

JOHN O’CONOR, one of the most respected and popular Irish classical musicians, and arguably this country’s leading pianist, is coming to Co Galway.