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It’s now or never for the retail industry as we approach Christmas 2010 and the busiest time of the year for sales. Hit by the bad weather in recent weeks which is tipped to return again over the weekend, those determined to succeed are already staking their claim for survival through to 2011 by announcing that doors will reopen immediately after festivities for St Stephen’s Day and also on New Year’s Day.

Last week I mentioned Mary Hanafin, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. To be honest, if I’d been asked in a pub quiz what was Mary Hanafin the minister for I wouldn’t have had a clue. Thanks to Google the information was readily available.

•The first annual general meeting of the Galway Hurling Supporters Club will be held next Thursday (February 25) at the Lough Rea Hotel, Loughrea, Co Galway at 8pm. The club, which was set up last year, already boasts more than 600 members, and chairman Eamon Bradshaw is hoping this will increase to more than 2,000 this year. Bradshaw is calling on everyone interested in hurling to attend the AGM where officers will outline its activities during 2009, financial support for the Galway hurling reams, members aspirations for 2010, planned events during 2010, and benefits for members. The club has its own website, www.ghsc.ie, which has attracted hits from all over the world.

THE FIRST volume of The John McGahern Yearbook, published by NUI, Galway, was launched at the John McGahern International Seminar, which is currently taking place in Co Leitrim.

The community of Ballyhade on the Carlow/Kildare border was shocked on Tuesday to hear of the untimely death of one of their own.

Those who thought that the lifting of Sam Maguire was the signal to finally put away the county colours for another year would be very much mistaken. With the launch of the National Rehab/Powers Whiskey Pub Quiz in association with the Vintners Federation of Ireland, there is still one more chance for Mayo to be crowned All-Ireland champions and you can even be a part of the glory.

When Barack Obama made his victory speech after last week’s US presidential election, he said: “Change has come to America”.

Dicksboro GAA Club celebrated their Centenary Year in style when they launched their history Up the Boro in the Ormonde Hotel recently. Written by Gerry O’Neill who was ably assisted by archivists and historians Ned Buggy, Noel Deevey and Tom Beirne, the superbly produced book covers the clubs History at a rate of a chapter per decade.

What a week in international politics?

Setanta Ireland announced its provisional list of live and deferred games for the National Football and Hurling Leagues this week.