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This new exhibition, on loan from the National Folklore Collection in University College Dublin, features photographs taken by a number of Swedes who visited Ireland in the early decades of the 20th century.

What a week it has been! I don't think I've ever heard as many rumours about player injuries ahead of an All-Ireland final. The Kilkenny team returned to training last Monday night after their customary weekend away in Wexford.

Kilkenny 1-21   Dublin 0-11

The countdown to the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival has begun. The event, which is now in its 58th year, will kick off at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone on Friday April 30 and will run for nine nights finishing on Saturday May 8.

2fm’s popular radio comedy series the Nob Nation show is coming to the Royal TF Theatre Castlebar tonight Friday March 26. The show’s mimic Oliver Callan who broadcasts daily on 2fm has sold out live shows across the country as part of a nation-wide tour from Wexford to Monaghan and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre. A great night's entertainment is guaranteed. Tickets are available from €28 on www.ticketmaster.ie as well as from The Royal Box Office on 0818 300 000. For further information check The Royal Theatre and Event Centre website on: www.theroyal.ie or www.ticketmaster.ie.

The Carers Association and Petmania Kilkenny are calling all dog lovers to take part in the Kilkenny leg of The National Dog Walk, which takes place this Easter Monday, April 5.

The Tinahely Agricultural Show is preparing for another year of fun and festivities on August 4, 2008 at Fairwood Park, adjacent to the stunning surrounds of Tomnafinogue Oak Wood.

MacDonagh Junction Centre will celebrate its first birthday on Saturday November 8-9.

Delegates at special congress last Saturday gave Galway and Antrim the green light to compete in Leinster for the next three years. There were a number of proposals down for decision but without a doubt this motion was top of the priority list. There has been a lot of changes in the association over the years with this being the most radical on-field change since the backdoor system was introduced in '97. Both Galway and Antrim have now been given the chance to bring the famous Bob O'Keeffe Cup to foreign lands, oh, how times have changed. It may only be for a three-year trial period but I for one feel it's a stepping stone to an open draw or a champions league style championship. Sure Kilkenny are dominant in Leinster at present, but I think this move undermines the great effort that Dublin, Wexford and Offaly are doing to catch up on possibly the greatest Kilkenny team of all times. This move will certainly make it harder for the aforementioned sides to reach the Leinster final- so how this is going to improve hurling in this province is beyond me. Take Dublin for instance, a county that is genuinely trying its best to promote hurling. Their players would look upon it as a huge honour to play in a Leinster decider, the new system could now rob them of that chance. Any player who has won a Leinster senior medal over the years should cherish it. The new championship should in fact be called the 'rest of Ireland championship' during this three-year trial. Everyone will have their own opinion and are well entitled to have it, but the sight of Galway running out on Croke Park for final day doesn't exactly excite me. Call me old-fashioned or set in my ways, but that's the way I feel at present. Maybe I'll feel differently about it after the three-year trial; I wonder what way will the Kilkenny County Board look upon it in three-year’s time if Galway take all three titles during that period? Once again we are victims of our own success! It’s ok for people to mess around with this province, if change was needed, and I'm not so sure it was, but they should have bitten the bullet and brought Munster on board for the champions league style championship.

Two new Aldi stores are planned for Carlow-Kilkenny.