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The Government announcement that it is to close the military barracks in Castlebar has been roundly condemned this week.

The Samaritans Annual Christmas Concert will be held in the Friary Church Athlone on Thursday December 8 at 8pm.

A Midlands garda found guilty of threatening and abusive behaviour will escape a criminal conviction if he makes a charitable donation.

A temporary pedestrian river crossing has been proposed to link the Long Walk directly to South Park to facilitate the estimated 400,000 visitors to Galway for the Volvo Ocean Race 2012.

Athlone Film Club are delighted to present the deeply moving and profoundly beautiful French film, Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) on Tuesday October 18 at 8pm in the Dean Crowe Theatre.

Government plans to close the historic army barracks in Castlebar, with a threat to 15 jobs, have come under attack.

In a spirited speech in Dáil Éireann this week, Deputy Ann Phelan, defended the retention of James Stephen's Army Barracks in Kilkenny "as a strategic regional Army presence in the southeast".

On Monday morning September 4 1939, the Galway harbour master Capt T Tierney was listening to a radio message from the Norwegian freighter Knute Nelson to say that it was steaming to Galway with 430 survivors from the Athenia, which was sunk by torpedo 250 miles north-west of Inishtrahull Island, off the Donegal coast. There were injuries among the survivors. Many were distressed and suffering from hypothermia. It requested urgent assistance.

The only Roscommon man ever to play rugby for Ireland, Leo Galvin, is one of those featured in the new book, 100 Irish Rugby Greats. Born into a farming family in Taughmaconnell, Galvin’s career with Athlone and Connacht spanned three decades. A former captain and president of Athlone RFC and Connacht, he was one of the driving forces behind the club’s amalgamation with Ballinasloe to form Buccaneers.

Ballykeefe Amphitheatre will be a hive of family fun and activity this weekend as award-winning story-teller, Billy Teare, mountain rescue teams, go-karting and quad enthusiasts all gather for a family-focused festival which is set to be a massive hit.