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On Saturday night, August 31, Marie Duffy, Edel Horan, and Tommy and Annette Daly will hold an 80s fancy dress night in aid of CanTeen Ireland in P Egan’s pub in Moate. Entry is free and it starts at 9pm.

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I have fond memories of the summer of 1985. The Mayo football team was managed that year by Liam O’Neill. He was an excellent manager and coach, a driven man who really wanted nothing more than a Mayo team to express themselves in a meaningful way on the national stage. The former Galway player left no stone unturned in generating a self belief in the players in order to shake off a perceived mental weakness of the Mayo team back then. He was working with the nucleus of an All- Ireland winning under-21 team that had claimed the title in 1983. We were blessed at the time with a number of great footballers, players like Willie Joe Padden, TJ Kilgallon, Martin Carney, Eugene Lavin, Frank Noone, Jimmy Burke, and Jimmy Browne to name just a few, all talented footballers that in hindsight should probably have won lots more. We lost the Connacht final in the old Pearse Stadium in 1984. I remember big Tom Byrne scoring what appeared to be a perfectly legitimate goal in the dying minutes of that game that would surely have won us the final, but for some reason the goal was disallowed by the referee Mickey Kearins, he of Sligo fame.

 “London calling to the faraway towns,

“London calling to the faraway towns,

Westmeath’s minor footballers face a major battle this weekend as they face Meath in the Leinster minor football quarter-final. Ger Heavin’s young charges face the added difficulty of having to travel to the lions’ den to take on the reigning provincial champions. Having easily accounted for Carlow in the opening round this will be a much sterner test.

Shane Lowry, the golfing sensation from Clara and holder of the Mullingar Scratch Cup turned professional yesterday (May 21) and will make his debut in next week's European Open at the London Club in Kent.

It’s that time of year again when the annual Ballinamere National School Autism Golf Classic takes place in Esker Hills. This year’s Classic is on Friday July 24 with the option of time slots the previous day if required.