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Hotel prices in Mayo increased three per cent in 2010 according to the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI). The average price for a hotel room in Mayo in 2010 was €81 per night compared to €78 in 2009. This increase makes Mayo the only place in Ireland to see its room rates go up in 2010.

Kilkenny locals remain optimistic that US President Barack Obama will include a visit to Kilkenny city as part of his itinerary when he arrives in Ireland on May 23.

US President Barack Obama has confirmed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny, at a St Patrick’s Day reception in the White House, that he is to visit Ireland in May and it is hoped that he will come west as part of that trip. Former US President John F Kennedy visited Galway during his reign in office in 1963 and Galway City councillor Padraig Conneely extended the same invitation to President Obama during a visit to the US in 2009.

Gardaí were yesterday awaiting confirmation that the buildings destroyed in a fire at Riverside Commercial Estate on Saturday night are safe enough to allow a technical examination to get under way. Four premises were gutted in the blaze, which was the biggest fire in Galway since the Farah factory fire of 1986.

To say the Galway West count centre in Leisureland was an epic drama which made War And Peace and The Lord Of The Rings look like minimalist short stories is an understatement.

Bad news may have been the order of the day for some time now, but this week it must be acknowledged that a definite sense of the sun peeking out through the clouds to lift our spirits is palpable.

Tony O' Malley attributed to Callan a quality of inwardness. “It was a feudal town with a wall around it”, he noted, speculating that this helped create a sense of detachment.

An inspired performance from all 16 players used by O’Loughlin Gaels’ joint managers Mick Nolan and Andy Comerford saw O'Loughlin Gaels secure a deserved victory in the semi-final of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship.

BARACK OBAMA was born on August 4 1961 in Honolulu to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya. His parents met at the University of Hawaii, where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.

Angelina Jolie is back in top gun-toting ass-kicking form in this action packed spy movie which is fast-paced edge of seat stuff, but unfortunately it gets a little lost in the chaos leaving many unanswered questions, but hey, maybe I’m just being picky.