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On Sunday September 4 Galway will host the first Ironman 70.3 event to take place in Ireland. This inaugural race, scheduled to finish in Eyre Square, will allocate 35 qualifying slots for the Foster Grant Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Florida.

An online initiative by Mayo County Council with the Western Development Commission (WDC) will see millions of people in the global Mayo family get connected through an innovative and exciting online project, www.mayo.ie. The new website launched by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, at The Museum of Country Life on Friday last, will bring together a wide range of information on all aspects of Mayo from business and social interaction to genealogy and local history.

There was positive news for the tourism industry in Mayo this week after Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar announced that the Government will continue to provide funding for Ireland West Airport Knock for 2011 and beyond. IWAK will be one of the four regional airports — along with Donegal, Kerry and Waterford— to be funded in 2012.

THE ARD Bia restaurant at the Spanish Arch will host an exhibition of paintings of the west coast of Ireland by José María Yagüe Manzanares.

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Boyzone will play The Royal Theatre on Thursday, March 17 2011. Tickets priced from €44.50 including booking fee went on sale yesterday morning. This new tour will see Boyzone hit the west coast of Ireland where they played some of their first live shows. It also gives the boys the chance to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Louis Walsh’s old stomping ground in Castlebar.

It’s that time of year again and Mount Temple Drama Group are very busy putting the finishing touches to their production of A Wake In The West by MJ Ginnelly.

LookWest.ie, the Western Development Commission’s (WDC) online guide to living, working, and doing business in the western region, has launched a campaign to find the ‘7 Wonders of the West'.

Boyzone will play The Royal Theatre on Thursday, March 17 2011. Tickets priced from €44.50 including booking fee went on sale yesterday morning. This new tour will see Boyzone hit the west coast of Ireland where they played some of their first live shows. It also gives the boys the chance to celebrate Paddy’s Day in Louis Walsh’s old stomping ground in Castlebar.

The Ironman 70.3 Ireland competition will be flexing its muscles in Galway next year, bringing athletes from across the country and pumping €25 million into the local economy.