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Fine Gael’s Brian Walsh is to become the new ‘big name’ in Galway West politics, while Fianna Fáil’s Frank Fahey, a major name on the national stage, will lose his seat, according to a new opinion poll for Galway West carried out by the Galway Advertiser.

IF YOU still feel all loved up from Valentine’s Day, then check out Dreams Of Love, a new theatre show which looks at love, through different, spectacular, and unusual acts.

Smart Travel Castlebar (formerly Iompar Castlebar), encompassing the HSE, Mayo County Council, Castlebar Town Council, Mayo Sports Partnership, An Taisce Green Schools Programme, Mayo VEC, Iompar Mhaigheo, and representatives from community and voluntary groups, wants to hear what the election candidates in Mayo think about sustainable and safe travel for all of us.

This evening’s meeting of Mayo and NUIG in McHale Park in the home final of the FBD League will bring together two of the men who put their name in the hat for the Mayo manager’s job last year. James Horan was the choice at the end of the search to fill the spot left vacant by John O’Mahony, but John Maughan who is now over the students was right in the running until he decided to withdraw from the race not long before the finish.

Anglo Avenger developer Joe McNamara who famously drove his cement mixer into the gates of Dail Eireann on Budget Day will not be walking in the main door of Leinster House in March as an elected TD after he dramatically decided not to put his name forward for election in Galway West.

THE TOWN Hall Theatre will launch a pilot programme for new work this May called Studio THT.

To help you prepare for spring and summer the Galway Hat Shop is receiving fabulous new accessories daily for the current season.

Galway ladies face a second difficult tie at the start of the National Football League when they travel to face last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists Tyrone.

The Galway footballers were 5/2 in the bookies to be relegated from division one this time last week, but following their poor and inept second-half performance last Sunday against Monaghan (the other team expected to go down), they have been made outright favourites at 4/7 to make the drop to the second tier.

GALWAY ARTIST Megs Morley has been appointed as the curator of the TULCA 2011 visual arts festival, which will take place from November 4 to 20.