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The Galway Arts Festival Box Office will open in Merchants Hall, 1-5 Merchants Road, Galway at 10am on Monday.

In November 1982, Fine Gael had their biggest breakthrough in Galway West when it took two out of five seats. Since the 1987 General Election, the party has never looked like repeating that success - until now.

Give your children an active and exciting summer around Galway with the help of the latest edition of Family Time, the local guide to families activities in Galway city and county.

Sometimes there can be no hiding from hard facts. And here are two: Firstly, the Galway senior football team have not won an All-Ireland quarter final since 2001. Secondly, they have not won a single game in Croke Park in the past eight years and on the clear evidence provided last Sunday against Sligo, even if they did beat Mayo in two weeks time, which is a big if, that statistic is unlikely to change.

Sometimes there can be no hiding from hard facts. And here are two:

AN ESSENTIAL part of every Galway Arts Festival is productions from Galway Youth Theatre and the company will present two shows this year.

To maintain Galway’s uniqueness, competitiveness in the market place and cultural appeal, it is essential that Galway city maintain, cultivate and use one of its most natural resources - an Ghaeilge. The support of the business community is vital to maintaining this uniqueness and attraction of Galway city and to this end, a number of Galway’s businesses have decided to use the Irish language on their shop fronts.

A new website - www.screenwest.ie - is being launched this week by the Galway Film Centre as an information portal which seeks to attract film makers and television producers to the west of Ireland.

Xtra-vision has announced the launch of a recession-busting offer that should be music to the ears of Galway gamers.

Despite being bitterly disappointed like many other Galway people by our defeat to Mayo on Sunday, and the manner of it, it must be acknowledged that the better team won.