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Connacht Rugby has signed a new prop to replace the long-term injured former English international Robbie Morris.

A County Galway cyclist, Seán Ó hIarnáin, has claimed third place in the recent 1,300 miles Race Around Ireland.

Two Galway rowers have been included in the Irish team to compete in the European Rowing Championships at Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, next week.

This summer, World Cup winners Spain have not only given us some stunning football and entertainment, but they have also given us some world class new wines.

IT WAS a time when the world was opening up. Our World, the first satellite television production, broadcast The Beatles performing ‘All You Need Is Love’ to 400 million people across the globe in 1967.

It’s not too often I start my column with a football theme but the scenes that followed last Sunday’s Leinster football final will have repercussions for every GAA supporter.

For those suffering from World Cup saturation, the focus is starting to turn towards glamour, and just in time to get ready for the just finished Film fleadh, Arts Festival and famous Galway Races, during which the g Hotel is hosting a Best Hat Competition. The fashion world is buzzing about what’s coming over the next few months.

THE APRÉS Match team provided great post match entertainment at this year’s World Cup with their satires on soccer punditry and politics.

“Don’t focus on the one guy who hates you. You don’t go to the park and set your picnic down next to the only pile of dog s**t." That’s just one piece of advice given by a 73-year-old father, Sam Halpern, to his son, Justin Halpern.

ARGENTINA ARE proving to be a thrilling team at the South African World Cup, and are among the favourites to lift the trophy, but it is also a good time for Argentine film making.