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This bank holiday weekend will come alive to the sounds, smells, sights, and feel of Cuba and its capital city Havana with the Little Havana Festival.

Laois and Carlow had the honour of kicking off the hurling championship in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise last weekend. It was a game that the Laois men eventually won with a bit to spare.

A 40-year-old Westmeath man is awaiting sentence for a serious drug dealing offence.

The new €1.65 million footbridge in Ballina which was officially opened last October has finally been given a name. Ballina Town Council adopted The Salmon Weir bridge as the name for the bridge by a vote of five to two, which was against the will of the majority of the people who made submissions on the naming. Cllr Michelle Mulherin along with her party colleague Cllr Mark Winters to name the bridge after Mary Robinson, with Fianna Fáil councillors Willie Nolan and Frances McAndrew, and Independent councillors Mary Kelly, Peter Clarke, and Gerry Ginty voting against it. Both Cllr Johnny O’Malley and Cllr Barry McLoughlin were not present at the vote as they had to leave the meeting early to be part of a guard of honour for the late John Forde, whose funeral was taking place that evening.

Teachers’ unions meeting in Galway and elsewhere this week were deeply divided on the issue of the controversial public service pay and reform deal with a small majority at the INTO conference accepting the deal while both the TUI and ASTI delegates rejected it.

As the war progressed, rumours swept the country of foreign incursions and sinister hostile action. Seamus O’Brien was “off-duty” on a warm autumn evening in 1940 when a “Red Alert” invasion scare sent shock waves through Callan.

Keane’s Garden Centre, Kilcolgan, has all you need to produce your own tasty potatoes this season. The centre can provide you with everything from the seed potatoes, farmyard manure, and fertiliser to fungicidal spray and protection fleece. Keane’s also has easy to use grow bags for customers who are limited in space or just want to try growing their own.

Keane’s Garden Centre, Kilcolgan, has all you need to produce your own tasty potatoes this season. The centre can provide you with everything from the seed potatoes, farmyard manure, and fertiliser to fungicidal spray and protection fleece. Keane’s also has easy to use grow bags for customers who are limited in space or just want to try growing their own.

It was an historic occasion for Calasanctius Oranmore as Galway schools celebrated multiple title wins in this year’s All Ireland schools basketball finals.

Tigh Standún in An Spidéal will celebrate Clíodhna Standún taking over from her father Dónall as manager tomorrow by having a sale and seeing Raidió na Gaeltachta broadcast from the shop.