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Padraic Pearse, the self-identified President of the Provisional Government, and Commandant-General of the Army of the Irish Republic was rushed to the gallows, or in this case to the grim stonebreakers yard at Kilmainham jail.

A number of Mayo candidates are seeking election to the 25th sitting of Seanad Éireann next month, with both the Universities and the vocational panels nomination proceedings closing recently.

There was a humorous mix-up when Pádraig Pearse first visited Ros Muc in 1903. He was 24 years of age, and already imbued by a passion, and a vision for the Ireland of the new century. *

A target of €400,000 in business and private contributions has been set by the campaign to rebuild Ballinrobe Town Hall. Locals have been urged to support the effort to build a town hall on the site where the previous one existed from 1886 to 1996. A variety of support options was outlined at the campaign’s fund-raising launch in Flannery’s Bar and Restaurant this week.

It’s that time of year again when Claregalway Leisure Centre is transformed into a theatre for the 32nd Annual Claregalway Festival of Drama. This year the festival runs from tonight Thursday March 10th to Friday March 18 inclusive.

Moate Museum and Historical Society will host a lecture entitled The Women in 1916 by author and historian Ruth Illingworth in Moate on Monday, March 7.

An 82-year-old city man, who survived three heart attacks and has been volunteering with the local heart and stroke charity Croí for 19 years, has received a prestigious international award.

Voters in the Ballinrobe area have been asked to keep the rebuilding of the local town hall an election agenda item over the coming fortnight. As General Election D-day draws closer, Ballinrobe Town Hall committee want to ensure the reconstruction of the facility remains a top priority in the coming years.

DANNY MORRISON, the former national director of publicity for Sinn Féin, and now an acclaimed novelist and playwright, reads at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday February 25 at 6.30pm.