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St. Thomas’ steadfast determination to etch their name on the Tommy Moore cup for the second time will face a severe test on Sunday afternoon in Croke Park when they take on Leinster champions O’Loughlin Gaels from Kilkenny in the All-Ireland senior hurling club final, which throws in at 1.30pm.

Female entrepreneurs and budding businesswomen from across the Midlands region counties - Westmeath, Laois, Longford, and Offaly are being encouraged to ‘Empower Business Together’ and register for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day after the line up for the event was announced.

Stradbally North, Clarinbridge, €375,000

Ireland’s best-known indie-pop band, HamsandwicH will showcase their latest album, Magnify, at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, November 19. The popular and much-loved group from Meath have become a leading voice in the alt-pop world.

Tuam-based company GH Agri, supported by Local Enterprise Office Galway, were one of over 30 Local Enterprise Office clients from across the country who exhibited in the Local Enterprise Village at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Laois last week as Europe’s largest event returned for the first time since 2019.

The Galway senior hurlers resume their Leinster championship campaign this Saturday evening when they travel to O’Moore Park in Portlaoise to take on Laois in the penultimate round of games in the group stage (5pm).

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Just as you thought the last chance of a proper festival had gone for this year, along comes The Big Think - a festival of talks and ideas - to fill you with inspiration, insight, hope and joy. Galway Summer Garden provides the perfect festival vibe for this Indian summer of enlightenment and laughs. The central outdoor stage is encircled by a panopticon of beautifully-appointed bell tents (each with its own dedicated loo!), from which you can ‘contactlessly’ order your food and drinks delivered to the door.

120 new jobs will be created when the Portlaoise Plaza opens on Junction 17 on the M7 tomorrow Friday, July 31. The jobs were announced at the site this week by the Minister for State at the Department of Finance, Seán Fleming. The Portlaoise Plaza is part of the Supermac’s Group and will be the largest Plaza in the country, and brings the amount of people employed by the group throughout the country to over 4,000. The group consist of Supermac’s, Só Hotels and The Plaza Group.

More than 500 doctors and health care professionals will attend this week’s sold-out dotMD Festival of Medical Curiosity at NUI Galway. Dubbed an “Electric Picnic for docs,” the conference will run tomorrow and Saturday (September 13/14) in the Bailey Allen Hall.