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Máire and Seán Stafford were a touchstone of Irish language culture in this city for more than 60 years. They each had many and different talents and, when they were together, they made a formidable team. They were always together. It took him a whole three weeks after he met her to ask her to marry him. They kept Conradh na Gaeilge going for years, they kept Feis Ceoil an Iarthar going for years, they kept Féile Drámaíochta na Scoil going for years, they were the mainstay of An Taibhdhearc from 1950 for many years, their contribution to the quality of life in Galway was immense. They also reared a very talented family, many of whom were on the stage for the first time while still in their mother’s womb.

The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, has announced that the Children's Referendum will be held on Saturday November 10; only the second time that a referendum will be held on a Saturday, the other one was the second referendum on the Nice Treaty, which was held on Saturday October 19 2002.

The Summit Seekers - Galway women Laura Rigney, Sinead Coughlan, and Sarah O’Toole - who are climbing Kilimanjaro in October for charity, are holding another fundraising drive.

This year’s Annual Gala Christmas Cabaret in aid of Croí, (The West of Ireland Cardiology Foundation) will take place next Wednesday night (Dec 3), in The Inis Mór Ballroom, Radisson SAS Hotel, Galway, and the line up of performers is spectacular.

Belcarra native Canon Seamus Cunningham is to be the next Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in the UK.