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The Technological University of the Shannon’s (TUS) expanded governing body convened for the first time this week at the university’s Athlone campus.

The highlight of the golfing week in Hodson Bay was the final of the Ladies Winter League which was very generously sponsored by The Corner House Bistro.

The Winter League final play-off will take place on Saturday (February 12), the top 16 teams having qualified for this stage of the competition.

A city residents group, which is spearheading a plan to build a community centre in their area but are awaiting Government funding, will meet with the Minister for Housing later this month in a bid to speed up the process.

Newcastle/Dangan residents are calling on local politicians to take action to speed up the allocation of funding for a community centre for the area. It has a population of more than 6,000 people and is equivalent in size to Ballinasloe or Westport.

The Athlone Tidy Towns committee have formally announced the proud accolade recipients pertaining to the estate and gardens awards for 2020.

A decision is expected shortly on whether the go-ahead will be given to build a community centre in Newcastle.

A decision is expected shortly on whether the go-ahead will be given to build a community centre in Newcastle.

The surviving mayors of Galway city have this week stated their committment to becoming ambassadors for the embattled Galway 2020 project. With less than 50 weeks until the city becomes the official European Capital of Culture, the group of mayors have promised to do all they can to ensure that the project is a resounding success.

It is interesting to meet someone again after a long period of time, especially someone with whom you spent five days a week for about six years, but that is what school reunions are all about. People will have inevitably aged and may have gained bellies, more wrinkles, their hair greyer than before, or maybe have no hair at all, so there is often a little tension mixed with the expectation of meeting them again. But the end result is generally delight at reviving old friendships, at the renewed camaraderie, at all the nostalgia, the memories of sporting occasions, the sharing of photographs and, of course, the stories about particular teachers. Indeed, some who were slogged or mistreated by teachers may use the reunion as a kind of revenge. Inevitably, some stories will have taken on legs — “The older we got, the better we were”. The reunion is also an occasion to remember colleagues who have died in the interim.