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Following the success of last year’s event, Salerno Secondary School, Salthill, will host its second Inter-schools showjumping competition on Sunday March 8 at Duffy’s Equestrian Centre, Claregalway.

• Galway sports stars Ollie Canning, Sean O Domhnaill and Ja Fallon are taking part in the 148km first stage of the ‘Race The Rás’ charity cycle in aid of GOAL and The Irish Cancer Society from Dunboyne to Portumna on Sunday. The three will begin each of the stages three hours before the professional riders begin their leg of the tour, which finishes in Skerries on Sunday week. In total, almost 100 members of the public will join more than 50 current and former GAA personalities to cycle at least one stage of the tour. They are hoping to raise in excess of €100,000 for the two organisations. Other GAA stars who have confirmed their participation include Sean Og Ó hÁilpín and Brian Corcoran, ex-Kilkenny star DJ Carey, Clare’s Tony Griffin and ex-Irish rugby international, Mick Galwey.

This impressive detached property, built in 1990, is situated on a magnificent landscaped site of just under one acre. This is an extremely well maintained family home, located adjacent to all amenities including schools, church, Rockmount Riding School, Duffy’s Equestrian Centre, and Galway Airport, and under one mile from Claregalway village on the Galway side of the village.

The Aftermath take a break from recording their sophomore album with a couple of shows across Ireland in June and July. The band have been holed up in their own Transmission Rooms studio for a month with producers Ger McDonnell and Karl Odlum working on the follow up to debut Friendlier Up Here. The first single from these sessions, ‘Lost Possession’, will be released in early August.

The St Patrick’s Festival committee would like to thank everyone who participated in and supported this year’s festival. It was a great day, with fantastic weather that brought the streets of Athlone to life.

For the second week running Ballindine’s young riding sensation Eric Glynn stole the headlines by winning the Claregalway McDonald’s Drive Thru Grand Prix on Sunday in superb style.

A 61-year-old Athlone man, who is living rough since his house burnt down, has been convicted of threatening behaviour.