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Fianna Fáil has confirmed that seven candidates have been added to the party’s ticket to contest their respective Roscommon electoral areas in the upcoming local elections on June 7.

The possible introduction of cholera and smallpox from abroad concerned the Government, and so the Cholera Act of 1893 empowered sanitary authorities to enter lands for the construction of isolation hospitals.

Mayo bounced back from two defeats on the bounce to seal a place in this years National Football League final against Kerry after an impressive eight point win over Kildare, that consigned their opponents to division two football after results went agains them elsewhere.

Research conducted by NUI Galway academic Dr John Murray has led to the recovery of a medal, thought long-lost, belonging to a Great War veteran from Dublin who was decorated for bravery.

Hollywood glamour descends on Castlebar this Saturday 22nd February at 8pm as the county town comes together to host its own ‘ A Night at the OsKaRs’ in the TF Royal Hotel and Theatre.

Five Westmeath volunteers were in attendance at the informative and interactive Foroige annual conference which took place in Hotel Kilkenny at the weekend.

What happened in Newbridge leading up to throw-in had been of the GAA’s great soap operas, played out in front of the country for all to throw in their two cents.

1925

The current Corofin football squad is an incredibly experienced bunch of players with the majority of the starting 15 having both won and lost games at this stage of the competition.

An interesting number of medical institutions were established in Galway in the 20th century. In 1908 the Port Sanitary Intercepting Hospital was built near the docks opposite Forthill Cemetery as quarantine for any suspected cases of cholera or smallpox that might have come in on board ship. It cost £1,000, had 20 beds, and happily it was never needed for its primary purpose and only ever housed three patients. It burnt down in 1966.