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The award-winning world of Nicole and Martin returns to Ireland for the second time with three days of performances in Castlebar. With them they bring to the Harlequin Centre Car Park, (beside Boots) the renowned White Tent and a plethora of canvas and wood marquees that together create a magical world of tents, flags and lights, old-fashioned circus caravans, and modern glossy-red horse power.

The fisherman who drowned off the coast of Connemara earlier this week has been named as Gearóid O Cualáin, from Carna.

AMONG THE many illustrious guests who will converge on Galway for Cúirt this month is Basque poet and novelist Kirmen Uribe whose books have been attracting international attention and accolades.

A man who persistently drove with a counterfeit Romanian driving licence, once driving into a roundabout while drunk, has been jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for six years.

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Ireland’s Leading Game and Country Fair gets a ‘family makeover’ while countrysports enthusiasts will have more than ever to see and do. That’s the message from Fair Director Albert Titterington, who invited the Irish rural and sporting public to ‘come and see the difference between ‘our fairs and other country fairs.’ He also unveiled some of the new attractions at what is recognised as the Republic of Ireland’s National Game & Country Fair

The Front Door, located in Cross Street and High Street, Galway, is a pub and restaurant with two addresses; it is called The Front Door if you access it from Cross Street and Sonny’s if you enter from High Street. It must be pretty confusing for tourists and visitors who perhaps call in to the two different addresses and wonder why it all looks familiar. The name Sonny’s is taken from the original Sonny the Tailor’s that was in High Street for many years. It has the look and feel of a pub that has been there for many years and has a great atmosphere.

The man whose conviction for farmyard theft in March led to a judge praising the Mayo farmer who shot dead a Traveller trespasser, avoided jail in the District Court this week (June 22) after his father promised the defendant would deliver a “lorryload of turf” to St Vincent de Paul as a community service alternative.

International cruise liners and yachts boosting the local economy as well as major enhancements and growth in port business activity could be a reality in just over six years if the €200 million redevelopment of the new Galway Harbour gets the go-ahead, and the public will have the chance to play their part in the future of the port this weekend.

The answer to this question is like many other questions, it depends; it depends on which side of the counter you are. For consumers, I think it has been a good year, prices for most items are better than before and I don’t believe quality has suffered. For business owners, it has been tough; however most have survived and hopefully most will survive through 2011.