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Have you always wondered just how fit you are and if you have what it takes to be crowned ‘Davy’s Fittest Superstars’?

Eight year old schoolboy Charlie Sweeney, who is a pupil of Radharc a Mara Primary School, Mervue, will represent Ireland at the famous Millrose Games indoor athletics meet in New York on February 11.

Patrick O’Flaherty bought an old thatch cottage in 1901 and converted it into a two-storey house which would become Numbers 15 and 16 Upper Dominick Street, part of which became a small shop operated by his wife Aggie (née Staunton) and part became O’Flaherty’s Garage. They operated a hackney service and advertised “Galway’s leading hire service in luxurious charabancs and motors (touring and saloon). All tours through beautiful Conemara radiate regularly from O’Flaherty’s”.

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Fahy Travel has seen a growing interest in coach touring holidays this season. This type of holiday offers several advantages, allowing you to explore and relax at the same time.

Charles Bianconi is generally regarded as the man who put Ireland on wheels. He developed a network of horse-drawn carriages that became Ireland’s first integrated transport system, building on the existing mail roads and coach roads that were already there. There was a general tax on coaches at the time, which precluded the middle classes from using theirs, and a relatively peaceful period after the Battle of Waterloo meant that a great many horses, bred for the army, became cheap on the market. His system offered connections with various termini, his prices were cheap and so he was well patronised, in spite of the discomfort felt by passengers. Often, when going up a hill, some passengers would alight to make the carriage lighter for the horses.

The Connacht Hospitality Group has announced two new additions to its Board of Directors: Group Operations Director Wayne Neilon and Group Finance Director Brian Lynch.

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Faced with the prospect of a sixth successive defeat in all competitions, Connacht overcame a New Year downpour when JJ Hanrahan’s accurate right boot saw them overcome injury-ravaged Munster in a 22-9 win at the Sportsground. The win breaks the duck of losses and boost the team ahead of next week’s Investec Champions Cup clash away to Lyons in France.

The Galway Tai Chi Academy was founded more than 25 years ago by coach of multiple champions, Niall O Floinn, currently one of Ireland’s highest qualified tai chi instructors and renowned both nationally and internationally for his expertise and excellent teaching skills that has led him to lead the Irish team to victories in China several times.