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A 49-year-old Oughterard man, who because of severe financial difficulties agreed in desperation to act as a drugs mule - attempting to transport nearly €6,000 worth of cannabis resin to Dublin - told gardai when charged, “It was the worst mistake of my life”.

GALWAY WRITER Fred Johnston will launch his new collection of short stories Dancing In The Asylum next week.

Údarás na Gaeltachta, the regional development authority, continued to support Mayo businesses and projects throughout 2010, with 601 full-time employment positions in assisted companies supported during the year, according to the newly published Údarás na Gaeltachta 2010 Annual Report.

The Galway District Court heard this week how a 71-year-old woman was left devastated after her home was ransacked by a cash-strapped heroin addict who callously threw items of sentimental value to her in a river, never to be seen again.

It has been announced this week that Galway-based company Smith auctioneers & chartered surveyors will now work in association with Power & Associates, chartered surveyors and commercial property consultants of Limerick.

A Galway widow who owes the HSE West a €100 A&E fee is being threatened with legal action, yet some hospital consultants at University and Merlin Park Hospitals are costing the health authority millions by failing to sign off private health insurance claims promptly, the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum said this week.

The anarchist group, the Workers Solidarity Movement, has formed a Galway branch, marking the first official presence of the group in the city.

A failed asylum seeker who used a false passport to gain employment in a Galway city hotel for nearly four years received a six month suspended sentence this week.

The links between Achill and Cleveland are set to deepen – thanks to a novel student exchange initiative that will see bonds being forged between teenagers from the two places.

After a recent article in the Irish Times praised the Dublin seaside village of Malahide, a meeting of Salthill residents will take place next Thursday to explore whether they can speak with such pride of their area.