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The Galway Comedy Festival has revealed an ambitious line-up for its latest bout of autumnal amusement from October 22, to October 28, and this year it will break out of the city to what lies beyond.

Our Lady’s Bower Transition Year students recently attended an insightful talk from Barbara Connolly from GreenThread, an organisation that aims to inform students of the environmental hazards associated with fast fashion.

There will be Government presence in Athlone on Friday morning (December 9) when Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drugs Strategy, Deputy Frank Feighan, visits St Kieran’s Community Centre in Tormey Villas to launch Sláintecare Healthy Communities Westmeath.

Galway Science & Technology Festival will run from November 13-25 celebrating 25 years of inspiring young people and the public about the world around us. The Festival commenced in 1998 and over the years has grown to become the largest event in Ireland for the promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).

In addition to hosting full-time tenants, Leeson Enterprise Centre is also a hub that offers short-term rental of offices, hot desks and meeting space to businesses and entrepreneurs. One such self-starter is 31-year-old artist Maitiu Quinn - who has been making a name for himself for his unique and lovely card design business.

Due to a large reduction in the numbers of people presenting at Covid-19 vaccinations centres, the HSE has opted to close the administering facility in Moate, on Wednesday, June 8.

Covid-19 is once again transmitting rapidly in local communities and the HSE is urging people to continue to adhere to the public health advice as the rise in cases is placing huge stress on our healthcare services.

A walk-in Covid-19 testing centre will open at the Regional Sports Centre in Athlone tomorrow (Friday). The clinic will be open for five days and offer testing to people who have no symptoms from 11am to 7pm daily.

He was one of those people who was known to all by just the one name, Danno, and that was not even his actual name. He was born Francis Brendan Heaslip in Knocknacarra in 1938. Because he looked very like a boxing champion of the times, Danno O’Mahoney, he was given the nickname and it stuck. He was one of six siblings born to Joe Heaslip from Cork and Maureen O’Donoghue from Tuam; Minnie, Jimmy, Michael, Danno, Helen, and Phil. They lived in Lenaboy Gardens in Salthill,.

Comedian Des Bishop brings his latest show Mia Mamma to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday February 13 at 8pm. The show is inspired by the 'star' of his life, his mother, who died in March 2019.