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It was evident to anyone who encountered Albert Dolan four years ago that he was a political figure destined for success. Even at that early stage, his ambition, maturity, and measured patience suggested that he would bide his time, waiting for the ideal moment to claim a seat in Dáil Éireann. That moment arrived on his 26th birthday, marking another beginning of a promising political journey.

Above in the stadium, you hear the growl. Of your people. Of their people. 82,000 of them, here to see you, to honour you. You check your socks, your laces. Tight, like your muscles. The final pull on them like the starting cord on a lawnmower.

It takes two days to travel from my home in Galway to the rural poor families with whom Self Help Africa works with in Uganda. But in other respects it’s a journey that may as well be a million miles. After two days of travel, your eyes are heavy and your legs are stiff but your mind is racing. You cannot but question how come there are people living in such poverty. It is inevitable then that you ask ‘what can I do to help?’

Are you struggling with fertility issues? Are you having trouble starting a family? Many couples in the same boat have turned to Denise Christie from Health and Harmony in Loughrea, Co Galway. And for many she made their dreams come true.

1972 WAS one hell of a year for music. It was the year of Roxy Music's debut album; David Bowie's breakthrough with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars; and Bowie also wrote a hit song for Mott The Hoople and produced Transformer for Lou Reed.

THE CREATIVE lives of teenagers in hospital, will be revealed in Cloudlands, a new exhibition which opens at the Galway Arts Centre, tomorrow at 6pm, along with a new project from The Red Bird Youth Collective.