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Eileen Collins from Luimnagh, Corrandulla became Galway’s newest centenarian over the weekend. Her landmark day, a well-kept secret was celebrated with family friends and neighbours last weekend at the Arches Hotel, Claregalway. Family travelled from near and far with the longest journey being made by her grandson Chris who travelled all the way from Brazil.

The Greenhills Hotel on the Ennis Road was my destination of choice and the place was packed full of Tipperary and Galway supporters. You certainly would not have thought you were just 400 metres from the clubhouse of Na Piarsaigh – All-Ireland winners in 2016 - when the roof nearly came off the place after 14-man Dublin produced a monumental shock to unceremoniously dump the Treaty out.

Galway showed they had shaken off the last-gasp disappointment of the Leinster Final to put in a dominant performance against Tipperary in Limerick this evening.

It may be a cliché but the old adage that the happiest days of our lives were the ones we spent at school would be true for most people. When we were in school, we probably thought that it was all lies, but later we gradually realised it was true. Life changes with time but memories of our school days remain the same all the time, days of laughter, smiles, great friendships, games in the school yard, no worries of bills, taxes or finances, desks with flip-tops and inkwells in the middle, heavy school bags, the glantóir, headline copies, the poems we learned, the sheer joy of the last day before the holidays, the imaginative excuses for being late … “The two wheels fell off me bicycle, sir”.

Tipperary 2-19 Galway 0-20

The task facing Galway hurlers when they take on Limerick in next Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final at Croke Park is a major one, but one which the Tribesmen are looking forward to, manager Shane O’Neill said this afternoon after their nail biting 3-23 to 2-24 victory over Tipperary.

A 21 point second half blitz saw Galway overcome a seven point halftime deficit to defeat Tipperary at Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

A ceremony to mark the unveiling of a new Athlone Chamber of Commerce President took place within the surrounds of the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone in recent times.

I know that last week I struck a positive note, thinking that maybe we were out of the worst of the coronavirus.

A new President has been announced at the Athlone Chamber of Commerce following the appointment of local businessman, Alan Shaw, to the prominent position.