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A Ballina man was fined in the local district court on Tuesday for trespassing at a building site at Quignalecka.

A representative for Bus Éireann told a Mayo district court this week that the death of a man at its Ballina depot three years ago was a “source of profound regret” for the entire company.

By the late summer of 1861, the city of Houston had become a hive of activity, and excitement. Texas and a further 11 southern states had withdrawn, or seceded, from the United States. Now groups of volunteers crowded into Houston to answer the call to arms. As well as recruitment queues and military bands, there were concerts and parties. Ballrooms were packed. Apparently, southern girls never looked prettier, nor young men handsomer in their new uniforms. There was an air of intense animation, and pride. An officer class quickly emerged, many of them adding personal flourishes to their uniform. The new Confederate ‘Bonnie Blue’ flag was unfurled to cheers and impassioned speeches.

Renmore man Pat Creaven has just released his debut solo album, entitled Pat Creaven, which features the Galwayman’s version of a number of country and western classics.

Week III

Padraic Hynes passed away this week. For those of us who knew him the sense of disbelief is still stark. He was so full of life that we all took it for granted that he would outlive many of us. He was an ordinary man but in his own way and to many of us he was an extra-ordinary man. It is easy sometimes to say a few nice words about those who have passed, but in Padraic’s case the words come naturally. As long as I knew him and as long as I was privileged to call him a friend I never heard anyone utter a single bad word against him.

The area we know today as Highfield Park was originally a place of green fields and rocky granite outcrops and it was ‘out in the country’. There were very few people living there. Mostly situated in the townland of Rahoon (Rath Ún or Ún’s Fort), it was bordered by two of the main roads into Galway, the Taylor’s Hill road and the Rahoon road. There was a small granite quarry there, (near the grounds of St Helen’s) and a couple of stone turrets which probably served as watchtowers.

Horse Racing Ireland held the last of a run of six successful schools education days at Gowran Park Racecourse on Tuesday last. This initiative brought the education days to the following race courses: Dundalk, Navan, Limerick, Naas, Cork, and Gowran.

With the World Cup out of the way I had time to bring myself up to date with the rest of the goings on in the sporting world last weekend.

With the World Cup out of the way I had time to bring myself up to date with the rest of the goings on in the sporting world last weekend.