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This morning's planned meeting in Galway between Sinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness with Britain's Prince Charles is a great moment of "national reconciliation", a Galway senator has said.

A spokesperson for the famous Birds funfair says it is planning to light up the sky over Castlebar this evening with the most impressive fireworks display ever seen in Mayo.

A sod of turf from Mayo has warmed the Queen of England’s heart.

THE INCREDIBLE story of Alan Turing is almost impossible to believe. This man invented the computer and, with a small team, ended WWII two years earlier than was thought possible, and in doing so saved the lives of 14,000,000 people.

Mary Byrne, the Tesco supermarket checkout woman who shot to fame on the X Factor is to play an intimate concert in the Ruby Room at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, next weekend.

A new book on the 1916 Rising, written by a lecturer in GMIT, details the influence of the event on modern Ireland.

BRIAN KENNEDY and Paddy Casey, two of Ireland’s most popular singer-songwriters, will both play Monroe’s Live in November.

With Ireland thrust into the spotlight over the past 12 months as a top visitor destination, helped along by recent high-profile visits from Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama, it is now time for local businesses to shine. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Ireland is calling on all businesses from all over the country to enter the acclaimed CIM Marketing Excellence Awards Ireland 2012 to showcase their winning marketing campaigns, before the deadline on September 11.

Britain’s Prince Harry is expected to visit Galway city this summer for the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race, in what would be the first visit by a British royal in more than a century.

Hotel prices in Athlone fell 17 per cent in the first six months of the year according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index. Despite experiencing the steepest price fall in the country, Athlone was still ranked as Ireland’s third most expensive destination with room rates averaging at €97 per night, after Wexford and Kilkenny where room rates are €104.