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Straide and Foxford United v Charlestown Athletic

A research scientist from Newport has been crowned the 2015 Mayo Rose.

Danceworld is one of the west of Ireland's largest and most successful dance academies and performance stage schools with an enrolment of more than 250 dancers with classes in Ballina, Castlebar, and Wesport. Danceworld has got stronger and stronger, quickly establishing itself as a leader in the provision of entertainment and talent. Danceworld has a proven track record of the highest standards representing the evolving trends of entertainment, fashion, music, styles of dance, and attitude.

Connacht Rugby entertained Galwegians on the streets of the city yesterday to launch their new playing kit for the 2012/13 season.

•Connacht Rugby’s A team enjoyed a successful outing in Edinburgh recently, recording a 56 - 3 victory over the Scottish Students. The Connacht team, coached by Nigel Carolan, comprised a handful of current senior squad members, young academy players, and members of Connacht’s Grand Slam winning u-20 team. It included the up-and-coming Shane Leyden, Robbie Henshaw, Tadgh Leader, Danny Qualter, and Jack Carty.

Reading William Henry’s book Famine - Galway’s Darkest Days*, I was struck yet again by the fact that while thousands of people died of starvation in the west of Ireland, when whole communities abandoned their homes in a desperate search for food, our seas were boiling with fish. The author tells us that in Galway at the beginning of the Great Famine in 1845 the Claddagh fishermen fiercely protected their fishing rights in the Bay, which they regarded as their exclusive property. But as the famine dragged on to the end of the decade the Claddagh fishermen had no means left for catching fish. They had pawned their boats and fishing equipment for food. The historian Cecil Woodham-Smith in her classic account of the Great Famine**, tells us that on January 9 1847, ‘all boats were drawn up to the quay wall, stripped to the bare poles, not a sign of tackle or sail remaining....not a fish was to be had in the town, not a boat was at sea.’

Are you struggling with shifting those extra pounds that have crept on? Are you lacking in motivation to do something about it because of previous attempts (and failures) with diets? Well, if the answer is yes then hypnosis is the solution.

Westport slipped to a five-point defeat in Carrowholly last weekend to the current champions Monivea who were in no mood to loose to Mayo opposition for the second week in a row. They were far from the Monivea of old in the early exchanges but a good second half display showed they still had the class of old within themselves.