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Moate Golf Club recently hosted its men's AGM at which the 2024 committee was duly elected.

What memories do you have of your schooldays? Here are some reminiscences of a few old ‘Jes-mugs’.

The first anniversary of the MAHA KUMBHABHISHEKAM (Consecration) of the Ireland Murugan Temple was hosted at its Monksland base in recent times.

A ceremony to welcome and incorporate the new statue of Lord Shiva into the Holy Altar took place in the Murugan Temple in Monksland in recent times.

It is not a general practice anymore to have a paying student living in your house. But in earlier years a live-in student was generally seen as a blessing. He or she paid a modest sum for a bed and three meals a day, the parents of the young prodigy were delighted that he or she was safe in a ‘good home’, and it was handy pocket money for the lady of the house who looked after them. It was a common practice all over the town but for a time was concentrated in the areas of Salthill, College Road, Canal Road, Fr Griffin Road and Newcastle.

Eight winners including a first appointee to the Oireachtas, an Institutional redress campaigner, an inspirational student, a TV musical finalist, a 16-year old multi titled boxer, a female youth leader, a women's drama group and a suicide and mental health activist, were honored at the annual Traveller Pride Awards in the Pillar Room, Dublin, last week.

On a recent tour of the Longford/Westmeath constituency, Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald allowed for a number of hours in Athlone where she met with a number of local community groups and organisations.

Michael Power from Athlone has won the Enterprise Award at the annual Traveller Pride Awards, which took place recently in the Pillar Room, Dublin.