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2015 marks 20 years of Science Week: a national, annual event that celebrates the fascinating worlds of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Luan Gallery will host an exhibition featuring the portrait of John Count McCormack by Sir William Orpen, on loan from the National Gallery of Ireland.

Capes and cowls on this weekend for a Halloween fancy dress party you won’t forget at The Snug Bar. There will be spot prizes for the best costumes, and if that wasn’t enough of a reason to raid the hidden depths of your wardrobe (or maybe that of your younger relatives!), there is plenty of good music planned too. 

An Athlone-based Roma family whose two-year-old blond son was removed by gardaí, in what their lawyer described as a case of “hysterical” and “overzealous” policing, has secured €60,000 damages under a settlement of their legal action.

Make time for music this week with plenty of great acts at The Snug Bar, before the sport takes top billing on Sunday. 

The new SuperValu store on the Ballymahon Road, Athlone, officially opened last week creating 55 new jobs in the locality.

The above famous line, from Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, comes to my mind when I look at the world today, which is certainly in a state of chassis. The refugee/migrant situation is dominating the media and so rightly it should. Huge numbers of refugees from war-torn Syria and Eritrea are pouring into Europe.

With the rugby world cup well underway, it’s time to watch the points stack up and the pints go down at The Snug this coming weekend! And of course there’s plenty of live music action to catch between sporting events too.

What do London, Sydney, Copenhagen, Capetown, and Athlone have in common? Well, these are some of the wonderful locations worldwide that host a parkrun event.