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This is an event which promises to be great fun and a great culinary experience while helping four worthy charities. The charities to benefit are Console, Down Syndrome Ireland, Cancer Care West and The Galway Lions Club. The event will take place in The Salthill Hotel on Wednesday November 16. Tickets cost €50 and are available from The Salthill Hotel on 091 548808, and also from the designated charities above.

I had passed the sign for this restaurant a couple of times and wondered what exactly is a Mauritian Creole restaurant and also wondered about the significance of the bird on the signage that looked a bit like a fat turkey. First of all the Mauritian part of the title indicates that the owners and chef are from Mauritius and the Creole part of the name comes from the fact that the French created a huge plantation business in Mauritius during the 1700s and the language that developed among the slaves was a version of the French that was called creole. The slaves were from Africa, Madagascar and India, so as you can imagine the food has many influences. Finally the picture of the fat bird is a dodo, which became extinct in Mauritius around the end of the 1600s.

The string of bad luck which has plagued attempts to load two former Aran Island passenger ferries looks to finally be at an end with one successful lift completed and the second to take place today.

Tributes have been pouring in across the country following the murder of much-loved Michaela Harte who was murdered in Mauritius this week.

RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival’s reigning champions are out of this year’s competition and hopes of being the first group to win three in a row are dashed. The festival, which takes place at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone from Friday April 30 to Saturday May 8, will be an open contest comprising nine groups.

The countdown to the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival has begun. The event, which is now in its 58th year, will kick off at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone on Friday April 30 and will run for nine nights finishing on Saturday May 8.

Is all the snow, ice and rain getting the better of you? If so, check out the holiday fair at MacDonagh Junction on Sunday January 31, from 12 noon to 5.30pm. There will be a variety of exhibitors waiting to enlighten people on the holiday that suits them.

Just four days into leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race, Ireland’s entry has suffered a serious setback.