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Q: I've never had a CV before - and I'm 37. Every job I've got over the past 20 years has been by word of mouth - I spent ten years in construction in London and was never out of work. But now I'm applying for a job in a semi-state body and they want a CV. Sure, like a lot of men in construction, I can't even remember half the jobs I was on, or which sub-contractor I was even working for at the time. What will I do? (CD, email).

There were a number of aspects to the market in Woodquay in the 19th and early 20th centuries – there was a crane for weighing potatoes at the end of the park (near the toll booth) and it was there many of the farmers who carried their wares downriver used to gather to sell. Other groups would congregate here to sell scollops for thatching houses, ‘flexible sticks’ cut from hazel trees. These were very much in demand in the city area as so many houses were thatched in those days including in Woodquay. Also in that area you would find basket makers who would weave creels, ciseáins, skibs and baskets of many shapes and sizes for sale to the public.

The Athlone Bus Éireann depot and employee, Trevor Finneran, were recognised at the company’s annual GEM (‘Go the Extra Mile’) awards in recent times.

Q: I've never had a CV before - and I'm 37. Every job I've got over the past 20 years has been by word of mouth - I spent ten years in construction in London and was never out of work. But now I'm applying for a job in a semi-state body and they want a CV. Sure, like a lot of men in construction, I can't even remember half the jobs I was on, or which sub-contractor I was even working for at the time. What will I do? (CD, email).

Aidan was one of 13 children born to John and Lena Heffernan who lived in 143 Bohermore. John was originally from Lower Salthill and worked in the ESB. Aiden went to school in St Patrick’s and later to Moneenageesha.

Irish filmmaker Dónal Foreman’s bold new film The Cry of Granuaile will screen at the EYE Cinema in Wellpark for one week only at 7pm daily from tomorrow Fri September 9.

In November 1920, Jimmy Folan, aged 20, of O’Donoghue Terrace, Woodquay, was sentenced by court martial to six months imprisonment with hard labour for acting as a republican policeman and possessing seditious documents – one of which blamed the local RIC for the killings of Seamus Quirk and Seán Mulvoy. Having served his time, he was released on May 10, 1921. That evening, a benevolent RIC sergeant warned a local volunteer to tell Jimmy ‘not to be at home tonight’.

Anyone who has watched 'The Duchess', the 2008 film adaptation of Amanda Foreman's excellent biography of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, will be aware of the sad parallels between the life of Georgiana and Lady Diana Spencer. Georgiana's maiden name was Spencer; she was Diana's four times great aunt. Spencer Street, Spencer Park and the former Spencer Park House took their names from the Spencer family. In 1781, Lady Lavinia Bingham, daughter of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan, married George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer. George was Georgiana's brother.

In 1862 a Poor Law Inquiry was held at Castlebar into two serious allegations against Dr John Carter Barrett, Medical Officer at Castlebar Workhouse. Workhouse inmate Mary Howard alleged that Barrett had unlawful sexual intercourse with her.

In the realm of healthy eating, portion control is possibly the most important aspect, outside of choosing the right foods to eat.