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20 SHADES Of Pencil Grey, an exhibition of pen and ink drawings by the Galway artist and writer Jim Ward, is currently running at the Renzo Café and Gallery on Eyre Street.

The Acer palmatum, or Japanese maple, seems to be high on the wish list of trees for gardens and often when I meet clients to discuss their garden plans it’s one of the plants they’d like included. I’m not surprised as it’s such a pretty, elegant tree – but if you’d like to grow one there are a few things it’s useful to know.

Often maligned, rather unfairly, as a dog track overlooking a cemetery, the Galway Sportsground can now be the province’s “shining light”. Hardened fans love it just as it is, and former captain John Muldoon refused to contemplate moving big games elsewhere, but in many ways it is past its sell-by date, particularly since the game went professional.

Continuing its 164-year-old tradition of making wedding dreams come true, the Hotel Meyrick invites all newly engaged couples to its New Year wedding open day on Saturday January 14 and Sunday 15 from 12 noon to 5pm, as the expert team announce the exclusive wedding package for 2017 and 2018 dates.

THE RUSANGANO Family are from Zimbabwe, Togo, and County Clare; they are based in Limerick; their bass-led sound fuses hip-hop and world music; Nialler 9 said they "continue to impress everywhere they play"; and they are coming to Galway.

MOTHS ARE generally regarded as pesky little creatures who get into your wardrobe and fly too near lightbulbs. However, one Galway photographer believes they deserve better than the whack of a rolled-up newspaper.

A local family whose lives have been made a misery by an infestation of moths are warning other households to be on the lookout for what they term these destructive pests.