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An exhibition with a difference will be on show at the Galway City Library during this month's arts festival.

The High Court has ruled that the heads of two Vocational Educational Committees can retain a €12,500 a year allowance for transport liaison duties despite the fact that they ceased doing the duties two years ago.

The High Court has ruled that Galway VEC CEO Joe McDonagh can retain a €12,500 a year allowance for transport liaison duties despite the fact that he ceased doing the duties two years ago.

Cortoon Shamrocks is one of the most famous GAA clubs in the county.

You may wonder why I am thumbing my way through the list of finalists in next week's Rose of Tralee contest and then gently rocking back and forth with disappointment at the realisation that for the umpteenth time, Galway will not have its worthy representative taking part in the national televised final.

County Galway Vocational Education Committee has been confirmed as the patron of a new second-level school in Claregalway, a move which has been broadly welcomed by public representatives and parents, who see this as vital to protecting the future of education in the area.

A friend once told me that the quality of choral singing in her local church was such that even the most familiar hymns sounded unfamiliar. For those who frequent the Augustinian church on Sunday mornings, the reverse is true as each Sunday is made special by the wonderful four-part harmonies and beautiful singing of the choir there. A century ago they were referred to in the local press as ‘magnificent’ and even then were singing works by Haydn, Mendelsshon, and Weber.

A witness has told a jury that the man accused of a shooting in Galway city earlier this year arrived at the witness’s house that same night asking him to mind a backpack containing a “sawn-off shotgun”, to burn a car used in the incident, and to act as an alibi.

Records taken from the mobile phone of a man suspected of carrying out a shooting earlier this year have shown that there were at least two of the calls made near to the time and in close proximity to the incident.

FOR MANY people getting to the big GAA matches over the years there was only one option - take the train or get the bus, now the links between CIE and THE GAA are explored in a new book.