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Writers across Ireland are invited to apply for the 2024 John Broderick Residency.

Westmeath County Council has confirmed details of lane closures which will remain in effect within Athlone town centre over the duration of a four-week period.

It’s your wedding day, the most important day of your life, and the team at the Shamrock Lodge Hotel know how to make you and your guests feel truly welcome and very special.

Clifden was not the only town to experience the terror of British forces running wild, shooting, and setting fire to buildings. The previous year, July 19 1920, Tuam suffered a similar experience as Clifden, only mercifully no resident was killed on that occasion.

In 1831 Patrick Broderick, from Loughrea, was charged with insurrectionary crimes at the Galway Assizes, and cruelly sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a criminal colony ‘beyond the seas’ in New South Wales, Australia. He was barred from ever returning to his native land. His wife Mary, son John and daughters Ann and Catherine, were left destitute on the infamous Clanricarde estate, one with more than 2,000 tenants.

‘Tis the season to think about hearing health, Hidden Hearing advised this week, at the launch of their Gift of Hearing Christmas campaign.

The Athlone Castle team have expressed much delight with the response to the programme of activities for Cruinniú na nÓg.

Athlone Castle Visitor Centre will host a children’s creative writing series of events as part of this year’s national Cruinniú na nÓg activities.

THIS WEEK marks the centenary of one of the darkest episodes in the history of Galway as violence erupted on its streets resulting in a “night of terror” that left three young men dead.