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The work of a paediatrician who worked in Galway some years ago and who went on to set up a childhood cancer charity in Tanzania will be honoured and supported by a glittering Ball to be held in the city this weekend.

The second Irish Vegan Gala will be held in the Western Hotel on Prospect Hill this Sunday from 12-5pm and everyone is invited to attend.

O’Donnellan & Joyce started building its foundations more than 50 years ago when Colm O’Donnellan and Tony Joyce became friends. Little did they know they would celebrate more than 40 years in business.

The first formal meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Galway Workhouse took place in the Town Hall on July 3, 1839, and the building opened on March 2, 1842, one of many such workhouses built around the country. On March 16, the first pauper died from old age and destitution. The numbers of inmates gradually increased to 313 by May 1845, after which the Famine made a huge impact on the project. It was originally designed for 800 destitute persons but this quickly increased to 1,000. Included in the complex was an infirmary for sick paupers but this rapidly became the hospital for the city’s poor.

A series of art therapy workshops, currently being run by Red Door Studio at Galway City Museum, are bringing a positive mental health message to an unexpected setting. The workshops, called Re:Imagine, use the museum's exhibits as a form of therapy - by exploring the space, and creating their own art in response to this, participants can learn to understand themselves better, and heal through self expression in a safe space.

Located at the corner of Eyre Square and Prospect Hill, Richardson's Bar is one of Galway city’s most established licenced premises and is regarded as a landmark building within the city centre. Currently trading as Richardson's Public House, the property comprises of a three-storey corner building extending to approximately 554 square metres.

We have two photographs today of groups from Our Lady's Boys' Club. Firstly, a club rugby team that made history by winning the Connacht Junior League for the first time in 1959, and secondly, some club members taken on the annual camp in Lough Cutra Castle, c1956.

Located in Bresk, Kiltulla, these various lots of attractive agricultural lands are just 3km from Kiltulla village, 7km from Athenry, 12km from Loughrea, and 25km from Galway city. The lands are also only 6km from access to the M6 Galway-Dublin motorway and 10km from access to the M17/M18 to Limerick. The immediate surrounding area is mainly agricultural in character with intermittent development of one-off housing.

Cill Ard is a modern development of apartments, townhouses, and detached home located in a small residential estate overlooking large green areas. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a property within strolling distance of Eyre Square, bringing shops, schools, and amenities to its doorstep.

Now that we are reaching the end of saturation coverage of the World Cup and watching some of the best soccer players in the world, you might wonder where it all began for some of them, how they got themselves on to the world stage, and how much they owe to the unsung people without whom they would never have succeeded, the referees whose dedication to the game make all of those matches possible.