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Connacht have a great opportunity to cement a qualifying place in this year’s Amlin Challenge Cup when they host Worcester in the second of their back-to-back fixtures tomorrow (7pm) in the Galway Sportsground.

Gobus, the transport company owned by Galway businessman, Jim Burke, have this week, been granted approval by the Department of Family and Social Affairs to accept the Free Travel Pass from commuters travelling on their non-stop service between Galway and Dublin and Dublin Airport.

If you are looking for a large property with an extremely high quality finish, then Castleview will tick all the boxes.

Renville Court is a quaint development nestled in the scenic surroundings of the Galway Bay Golf and Country Club, located only five minutes from Oranmore village and within easy access of Galway city centre. The development comprises detached homes and terraced townhouses within small courtyards.

Six community groups in Ballinasloe are to benefit from some €64,554 in funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund.

Six community groups in Ballinasloe are to benefit from some €64,554 in funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund.

Three Shell to Sea protesters who were involved in a protest in September 2008, while taking part in a vehicle protest throughout the Erris area in support of Maura Harrington’s hunger strike, blocked in and surrounded an unmarked Garda car, were each sentenced to six months in jail after they refused to undertake community service.

The ninth and final race of the Vodafone C&C Cellular Mayo Road Race League takes place in Westport on Sunday December 27. It looks like being an exciting finale to another successful race series. Ninety eight men and 112 women athletes have won points in the eight races so far. The 2009 Race League has proved an excellent testing ground for the Fit4Life members who started their programme back in February. They have been training weekly at the five group sessions organised by clubs in conjunction with Mayo Sports Partnership. The Westport 5k will include a Fit4Life team challenge among the five groups.

There will be a puppet-making workshop in Áras Inis Gluaire on Monday December 28 from 1pm to 3pm by Pignut Productions, followed by a performance of Monsters and Things at 4pm in Áras Inis Gluaire in Belmullet.

Setting – and achieving – goals for 2010 will be the theme of a talk by former Ireland West Airport chief executive Robert Grealis, at the January meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club (MOCC).