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Galway WFC suffered a heartbreaking exit from this year’s Continental Tyres WNL Cup on penalties.

‘Know Your Numbers’ is the important message from local heart and stroke charity Croí which has announced details of a free public talk on blood pressure management which will take place in Croí’s dedicated heart and stroke centre in Galway.

Niall Heffernan’s Mayo u21 side picked up their third win on the trot, with an industrious if not overly impressive display in James Stephens Park in Ballina on Saturday. Heffernan made five changes from the starting 15 that lined out the previous Saturday against Monaghan in the same venue.

Billed as a winner-takes-all contest, Connacht and Exeter meet on Sunday (3.15pm) in this season’s  penultimate Challenge Cup pool fixture at the Galway Sportsground

Billed as a winner-takes-all contest, Connacht and Exeter meet on Sunday (3.15pm) in this season’s penultimate Challenge Cup pool fixture at the Galway Sportsground

Dr Eilionóir Flynn of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy and Martin O Donnell, Professor of Translational Medicine at NUI Galway have both been approved by the European Research Council (ERC) for starter grants.

A new weight management programme being run by the heart and stroke charity Croi will feature regular lifestyle screening.

A Bonniconlon nurse who was one of the main drivers behind the setting-up of Galway’s first dedicated stroke unit in 2006 has been honoured with a national award for her champion work by the Irish Heart Foundation.

The Irish Heart Foundation has issued a final call for boxers – male and female – to take part in its fourth annual Big Heart Fight Night.  The Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa will once again host the event on Friday March 13 and registration is now open for interested boxers at www.irishheart.ie/boxing.

There was an air of healthy competition and rivalry at the launch of the Irish Heart Foundation’s Big Heart Fight Night which is set to take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel on March 13.