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This October, Sightsavers Ireland is offering people in Galway the opportunity to make or update a standard will free of charge, with expert guidance from a local solicitor.

Kevin Francis O’Byrne was born in Galway on December 2, 1934, the second son of Seán and Mary O’Byrne. He had an older brother, Brendan and a younger sister, Máire. He received his education at St Patrick’s National School and St Joseph’s College (The Bish). He was a very good student and a brilliant all-round sportsman. He featured strongly in the Patrician Brothers’ Hurling Leagues and in the school’s athletics events. Rugby was his favourite game; he played scrum half for his school, for his various clubs and twice for Connacht, both times against Ulster. He was also a fine soccer player, and with Johnny Dooley starred in the match when UCG won their first ever Collingwood Cup by beating UCD by three goals to two in the final, which was played at the Grammar School grounds in 1955.

Beloved clothing outfitter’s Dervan’s is celebrating ninety years of business, having first opened its doors in Loughrea on October 9, 1936.

Nora Barnacle House is launching a new winter reading series this October, inviting a small group of readers to explore James Joyce’s work in the intimate setting of Nora Barnacle’s childhood home.

When Sr Rose Kelly arrived at the airport in Haiti in 2005, a man who was collecting his luggage, struck up a conversation with her.

Galway Public Libraries is honoured to announce the donation of the Peadar O’Dowd Collection, comprising 110 original drawings of archaeological and historical monuments and sites from Galway city and county, together with sketchbooks, notebooks and related material documenting decades of heritage research and interpretation.

When Sr Rose Kelly arrived at the airport in Haiti in 2005, a man who was collecting his luggage, struck up a conversation with her.

A vigil at the gates of Galway Cathedral will be held in solidarity with activists who will walk from Galway to Cork this weekend to remember children who died in two institutions ran by religious orders.

Somewhere in rural Ireland, a housewife is practising her martial arts, rapping, mime and swimming, but only audiences at the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday, September 3, will discover this legend in her own lunchtime.