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Anglo Avenger developer Joe McNamara who famously drove his cement mixer into the gates of Dail Eireann on Budget Day will not be walking in the main door of Leinster House in March as an elected TD after he dramatically decided not to put his name forward for election in Galway West.

County Galway is normally an unhappy hunting ground for Independents seeking election to Dáil Éireann, but that could all change on February 25?

THE TOWN Hall Theatre will launch a pilot programme for new work this May called Studio THT.

THE GALWAY Technical Institute will hold creative writing workshops for beginners and experienced and bookings are now being taken.

The Garra Glas (The green field or green garden) was an area of the Claddagh which corresponds to where the Fire Station is today. Our photograph was taken in the 1930s when things were changing in the area .. the old Claddagh houses were being gradually knocked down to make way for those that are there today. Kerbstones were being laid down to frame the newly laid road surface. The house we see on the left belonged to the Flaherty family. The building next to it was obviously converted from a cottage into a workshop of some kind with the large beam supporting the double doors. Next door was Cubbards. You can see someone peeping out the door.

To help you prepare for spring and summer the Galway Hat Shop is receiving fabulous new accessories daily for the current season.

Galway athletes have claimed a memorable cross country title, winning the men’s intermediate team championship in Dublin at the weekend.

Galway ladies face a second difficult tie at the start of the National Football League when they travel to face last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists Tyrone.

The Galway footballers were 5/2 in the bookies to be relegated from division one this time last week, but following their poor and inept second-half performance last Sunday against Monaghan (the other team expected to go down), they have been made outright favourites at 4/7 to make the drop to the second tier.

When it comes to location it is difficult to find one to equal Kingston.