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The housing crisis persists, and homelessness is up in Galway and nationally. Tens of thousands of uncounted, hidden homeless - couch surfers and over-occupied households - remain precipitously close to sleeping rough. As autumn winds strip leaves from trees, the tented shanty towns at the edges of the city’s parks and wastelands hove into view. To gain an insight, the Galway Advertiser slept rough last week, tagging along with the Simon Community’s industrious fundraisers, service users, SimonSoc university group and a chilly mayor of Galway sleeping outside for her very first time.

Glenamaddy Players have secured a place in the All-Ireland Confined Drama Finals, which will take place in Carrickmore, Co Tyrone, from April 9 to 17, with the awards ceremony scheduled for April 18.

The Board of TG4 has announced that An Spidéal  resident Deirdre Ní Choistín has been appointed as Director General of TG4, with the statutory consent of the Government following a competitive public recruitment process.

A documentary about the infamous Roscommon executioner ‘The Ballad of Lady Betty’ will be premiered on Athlone Community Radio on Saturday, November 18, at 6pm, and replayed on Monday November 20, at 1pm.

“There is always a way to resist.”

What is your earliest memory?

The annual Galway City Tidy Towns Garden Competition results have been announced, illustrating the great range of green spaces that abound across the city.

St Dominics GAA have expressed feelings of deep sadness and sorrow following the passing of prominent club member, Eddie Fallon.

A notable success has been achieved in recent times by the Mount Temple Holy Trinity Graveyard Group as it was announced as the winner of the Heritage Council’s award for County Westmeath, its production of Hatton's Forge in Baylin giving just cause for the attaining of the accolade.

Fred Johnston, poet, author, critic