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First foes, and then firm friends on the rugby pitch, Galway's Damian Browne and Fergus Farrell are now brothers in arms undertaking a non- stop Atlantic rowing challenge.

I was asked a question some time ago that stopped me in my tracks, “What, for you, would be the seven wonders of Galway?” It made me think long and hard and I decided to draw up a list. It might be the sunrise on the bay on December mornings, the sunset on the bay on November evenings, the atmosphere on the streets, hearing Irish spoken on the streets, the Druid, An Taidhbhearc, the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue, the tower at Blackrock, the Saturday market, the River Walk, Lynch’s Castle, the Arts Festival, Galway oysters, the Garden of Remembrance, Cúirt, and so on. All of these are important to me, a source of joy to me, parts of the fabric that make up this city I am proud to live in.

Monivea native Monsignor James J. Loughnane Protonotary Apostolic, Vicar Forane & pastor of St. Denis in Diamond Bar, passed away at the age of 81 at St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton on Monday evening the 17th of September following complications post emergency surgery.

The new Skoda Karoq compact SUV has gone on sale here from €27,715 for the 1.0 TSI (115 bhp) petrol in the entry-level Ambition specification.

If the pre-Christmas fear that we would have a general election achieved nothing else, it did flush a few Dáil hopefuls out into the public domain, resulting in a bit of competitive electioneering, particularly from two of the city's more testosterone loaded FF hopefuls.

The Skoda Karoq is the second model in the brand’s SUV offensive.

Skoda Ireland has revealed full details of the eagerly-anticipated Karoq, the second model in the brand’s SUV offensive.

Skoda Ireland has revealed full details of the eagerly anticipated Karoq, the second model in the brand’s SUV offensive.

Following on from the launch of the Kodiaq earlier in the year, Skoda unveiled their new smaller compact SUV, the Karoq, at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week.

The new Octavia Scout 4X4 prices and specifications have been revealed for Skoda’s off-road Octavia derivative. It is based on the Octavia Combi estate version which was launched in 2004. Skoda claims that with prices starting from €35,495, its Octavia off roader has very few direct competitors in this class.