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The one and only Des Keogh delivers a one-man delight of comedy theatre in Confessions of an Irish Publican at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Monday June 8 and Tuesday June 8 at 8pm. Based on the work of one of Ireland’s best known storytellers John B. Keane’s Confessions of an Irish Publican, the lives of the inhabitants of Knockanee are brilliantly evoked in a tour de force performance by Des Keogh. Having premiered off-Broadway at New York’s Irish Rep Theatre, this hilarious one-man show sees the incomparable Des Keogh switch from character to character as he brings the play and its characters to life. Come and meet the publican MacMeer, the parish priest, the Reverend Mother, feisty Dublin woman Grace and many more…

A 20 year old Dunmore man who knocked down an elderly man in Cloonfad and kept going only to crash into the back of another car 150 meters up the road was banned from driving for five years at Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for public assistance in relation to the murder of 25 year old Paiche Onyemaechi Unyolo from Malawi, whose headless body was discovered in south Kilkenny some five years ago this week.

When it comes to planning applications in Galway, whether it is for a new building, or the renovation of an old building, modernisation or improvement, there are two strands of thought that can affect the decision from the local authority. I may not have all the technical jargon, but I understand that one side of the argument insists that pretty well every building that is a few generations old should be preserved. Any additional building must use the same or similar materials so that the addition appears to be a seamless add on.

Bishop Brendan Kelly, Bishop of Achonry, has announced diocesan changes for the Diocese of Achonry. The Catholic population of the Diocese of Achonry is 34,630 with 23 parishes and 47 churches. The following are the changes: