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A talented young Athlone man has found himself in demand in his adopted home in Australia.

Ford’s ‘Republic of Football’ campaign is all about bringing the Irish football fans closer to the Ireland team and its players. This Saturday June 9, the Ford Republic of Football Embassy Tour will make its way to Motorpark on the Headford Road, Galway. Motorpark invite the people of Galway to declare their support for the Irish team and become a citizen of the Republic of Football in the embassy while you will also have the opportunity to win many prizes and great giveaways.

A new initiative has been launched encouraging tourists to ‘revive, refresh, rewind’ across the Shannon in county Roscommon.

An Aston Villa Legends XI will play a combined Galway/West United XI at the official opening of Deacy Park in the autumn.

A county-based garda sergeant has said he is lucky to be alive after a motorist hit him as he smashed through a garda checkpoint.

With emigration currently hurting Irish families, it is good to learn this week that some of Mayo’s fine young people are turning heads in Australia, with three young men from the county having been selected as finalists in the St Patrick’s Day Parade 2012 in Sydney.

“Chick was a couple of years older than me, but in our teenage years we both played football. I played for Bohs and Chick played for West United. My memories are that we always ended up on the losing side and that was because Chick was on the opposite team.

An 18-year-old footballer for Dundalk FC appeared before Castlebar District Court this week after he admitted hitting a parked car and then driving away from the scene of the accident.

The inaugural Kilbride 10k took place on Sunday and attracted an excellent field of some 400 runners and walkers. Conditions were calm, but persistent rain overnight carried on until the race start. The one-lap course had frequent splash-through pools and roadside streams over the first 8k and then two tough hills made it a demanding finish over the final 2k. Mark Doyle (Runworx) was first across the line in 35.04. Performance of the day was by women's race winner Sarah Syron (Mayo AC), whose gritty finish enabled her to win by nine seconds in 40.56.

The Clonbur footballers will realise many a footballer’s childhood dream in three weeks’ time when they tog out in their club colours in Croke Park in an All-Ireland final.