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This year supporting Simon Community and The Samaritans, The Rotary Club of Athlone has launched its annual Christmas fundraising campaign – The Tree of Remembrance.

Research commissioned by Applegreen has revealed the most difficult family member to buy for, the most popular time to open Christmas presents, driving and shopping habits and much more.

The Win A Home In Oranmore team is delighted to kickoff the holiday festivities with the launch of their 24-day Christmas Advent Calendar in support of Maree Oranmore Football Club. Starting Friday, December 1st, ticket holders will be in with a chance to win 24 bonus prizes, with values ranging from €100 to an incredible €10,000.

Thousands are expected to flock to the city centre in the coming weeks as the official opening of the Galway Christmas Market tomorrow (Friday) signals the beginning of the festive period in Galway. The market will have an extended run this year, bringing cheer to the city centre right up to January 7.

In just 15 days time, the festive spirit will hit Galway when the Christmas Market Galway opens in Eyre Square, kicking off eight weeks of fun and frolics in the city centre.

Clonberne native, Gerard Heneghan, has been fundraising in support of Firstlight, a charity that supports bereaved parents and families after the loss of a child up to, and including, the age of 18, since 2015, raising more than €20,000 in memory of his elder brother, Noel, who passed away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in January 2001.

The regular use of the words ‘litir’ and ‘post’ in 15th century Irish manuscripts suggests that by that time a postal system was already in existence in Ireland. The English postal system was completely reformed by a man named Witherings in 1638 and he was then invited to do the same in Ireland. By the 1650s, mail was being carried by post boys who walked 16 to 18 miles a day between towns. It is believed the Galway Post Office was set up in 1653 when the Cromwellians were still here. In those early years, the local postmaster was expected to provide the premises, so every time a new postmaster was appointed, it meant a new main Post Office.

eir, Ireland’s superfast broadband network, has revealed its ‘2022 Year in Data’, an annual snapshot of home broadband and mobile data usage across its national customer base across the year.

You might have heard about the German pickle stories where adults hang a pickle in a Christmas tree and the first child that finds it gets an extra gift. Now if you thought that was unique and culturally different, then you ought to know that Ukrainians put spider webs in their Christmas trees.

Gardaí investigating the single car fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the R347 near Ballyglunin early on Chjristmas Eve have appealed for information that may help their investigation.