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Organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ireland and the Italian Institute of Culture, the fourth edition of this Italian movie showcase will tour four Irish cities, featuring films by some of Italy’s foremost contemporary directors.

The Galway Senior Camogie team travel to Cork this weekend as the top two of Division 1A face-off in a bid to make the league final. Galway can only be caught by Tipperary who sit two points behind going into the last game of the group phase.

Supermac’s will be doing a takeover of Times Square and putting images of Galway supporters on the famous billboard screens throughout the weekend of the New York vs Galway football match.

Rowing ‘matches’ or ‘badge races’ have been taking place on the Corrib for about 170 years. Initially, when there was only one club, The Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club, competitions were confined to members. Then the Commercial Boat Club was formed in 1875, and a meeting was held to promote a regatta at the river beside Menlo Castle. This regatta proved to be a success and was a great boost to the sport of rowing.

The RISE Community Fund has announced plans to award new cash grants to small businesses, farms, social enterprises, schools, charities and community groups in County Galway, with funding available to those who can demonstrate innovative plans to use technology to scale the positive impact of their work and benefit the local community.

The biggest event of the domestic athletics calendar, the National Senior, Junior and Even Age Juvenile Cross Country Championships was held in the scenic but testing surrounds of Castle Irvine, Enniskillen last Sunday,

Galway Community College of Further Education offers more than 40 part-time evening programmes. These courses cover many disciplines and currently cater for approximately 600 learners annually. There is a wide range of relevant accredited and general interest programmes available every September and January. All courses are classroom based and taught by highly professional tutors who are masters in their field.

Black Dragon Kickboxers Evelyn Coffey from Rahoon and Corey O’Malley from College Road won gold at the recent Unified World Championships in Tuscany.

Local TD and Government Chief Whip, Hildegarde Naughton, has revealed that three clubs in Galway are to receive €25,000 each under the Governments Walking Tracks Initiative.