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Michael Everson, based in Westport, is an expert in the writing systems of the world. He is active in supporting minority-language communities, especially in the fields of character standardisation and internationalisation. Everson has just published a print edition of Paul Denisowski's ESPDIC, Esperanto-English Dictionary. Esperanto is a neutral, internationally recognised language and is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Everson says: “I trust that this book will prove a welcome and useful tool for students of Esperanto.”

While Galway was caring for some of the survivors of the SS Athenia, torpedoed off the Donegal coast on September 3 1939, America, Britain and Canada unleashed a vitriolic attack on Germany for sinking a passenger ship. Included among her 1,418 passengers and crew were more than 300 Americans. A total of 117 people were killed, some unfortunately as they were being lifted from the sea by the rescue boats including the Knute Nelson (which had brought 430 survivors into Galway), and three British warships, the HMS Electra, HMS Fame and the HMS Escort, which had rushed to the scene. Among the dead were 28 American citizens.