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Athlone native, Lavinia Connell, and her partner, Jason Hassett, both of whom are members of the Irish Defence Forces, are hoping that their collective years of army experience will prove beneficial as they prepare to ascend the world’s tallest freestanding mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.

An Athlone native was one of 10 friends who united during during Covid-19 with the sole purpose of scaling Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for three charities.

A group of friends from Galway is about to take on the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Mary Ann Mc Gowan, Ailish Flaherty, Vivienne Molloy, Máirtín Óg Mc Donagh and Coleman Mc Donagh will fly out to Tanzania later this month on February 25 in aid of the Galway Hospice.

Have you ever dreamed of walking the Camino or climbing Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain? Why not make 2014 the year to do it?

Have you ever dreamed of walking the Camino or climbing Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain? Why not make 2014 the year to do it?

Have you ever dreamed of walking the Camino or climbing Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain? Why not make 2014 the year that you do it?

The Irish Cancer Society in Mayo launched its 2014 trek destinations with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The treks which will raise money for cancer research include exciting destinations such as the Himalayas, the Grand Canyon, and Mount Kilimanjaro.

The next screening at Linenhall Film Club is the heartfelt French film The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Inspired by a Victor Hugo poem, director Robert Guédiguian introduces us to the world of Michel and Marie-Claire, a couple who have lived happily together for 30 years. Upstanding middle-aged factory worker and socialist shop steward Michel has just been forced into early retirement, but soon after they are attacked in their home, beaten, tied up and robbed of everything including their wedding rings. However it transpires that one of their attackers is a co-worker also made redundant, a young man who is attempting to support himself and his young dependents. An eloquent and quietly gripping film about the politics of everyday life.

THE GALWAY Film Society’s winter/spring 2013 season opens this Sunday at 8.15pm with French film The Snows of Kilimanjaro.