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"A Thaoisigh, A Phríomhbhreithimh, Airí, Baill Chomhairle an Stáit, Baill an Oireachtais, Ambasadóirí, Ceannairí Eaglaise, agus dhaoine uaisle ar fad, chomh maith le an Chéad Aire an Tuaiscirt, Michelle O’Neill, agus ceannairí eile ó gach cairn den Tuaisceart.

Forty-six years ago, Cathal Dunne stood under the lights of Jerusalem’s Eurovision stage, charming Europe with his self-penned song Happy Man. This week, under very different skies, he stood once again in the spotlight—this time in the medieval town of Athenry in County Galway, promoting his deeply moving historical novel, Athenry – A Famine Tale of Love and Survival.

A new community-led initiative is set to bring one of Ireland’s finest medieval Franciscan foundations to life for visitors. Ross Errilly Friary Guided Tours will officially launch during National Heritage Week, offering in-depth, engaging tours of the historic site in the Headford area.

“I’m young enough” he maintains, as the 53-year-old steeples his hands thoughtfully, sitting in the boardroom in City Hall. This prayer-like posture comes naturally for an ordained deacon of the Catholic church, who ranks his family, faith and a community-development based approach to his work, as the three pillars of his worldview.

Expectations that a bypass for Claregalway would be funded this year were dashed when the traffic bottleneck was not included in a €633 million allocation for new national roads announced this week.

A new opera partially based on the life of Savita Halappanavar will premier in Kilkenny this summer.

The Inis Meáin Blackberry Festival, Féile na bPuiteachaí, returned to the Aran Islands this week for a third year running.

The prestigious ‘2023 University of Standford list of World Top 2% of Scientists’ has recognised the major research activities and contributions of Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Athlone campus based Professor Neil Rowan, in his specialist subject matter disciplines from the Faculty of Science and Health.

A mayoral reception was held on Monday to celebrate the historic achievements of Galwegian athletes Katie Dillion (Athletics), Henry Cloran (Football), Kevin Hardiman (Golf), Máire Connolly (Gymnastics), Michelle O’Keane (Kayaking), Liam Hynes (Kayaking) and Patricia Larkin (Swimming), on their return from the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin.