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O’Donnellan & Joyce is offering a tremendous variety of properties throughout Galway city and the surrounding area in its forthcoming auction on December 18.

There may be no better time than now to upgrade to a new Renault or Dacia at Bradley Renault on the Tuam Road in Galway.

O'Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a prestigious five bed detached family home on 1.5 acres located just a mile from Ballyhaunis town. The distinctive and attractive property is offered for sale by private treaty with joint agent John Higgins auctioneers, Ballyhaunis.

Athlone Chamber of Commerce has announced  that Grovelands Childcare is to host the next Business After Hours event at their premises in the IDA Park in Garrycastle.

I am just back from my recent travels from Galway to Uganda. It takes two days to travel from Galway to travel to the poor homes of Kayunga and Ndeeba in Uganda but, in a very real sense, the journey is one of thousand upon thousands of miles. After two days of travel, your eyes are heavy and your legs are stiff but, in Kayunga, your mind is racing. Your first thought is to wonder how people could live in such poverty; your second is to wonder how you can help them out of it.

Under pressure landlords in Galway whose properties are being repossessed by the banks are being forced to evict tenants, as banks are insisting on vacant possession for sales to go ahead. This is according to Tuam based councillor Sean Canney who says he knows of five or six incidences of this occurring in his local area.

Bank of Ireland was facing a backlash this week following proposals to restrict cash withdrawals and lodgements in its branches.

Also recently turned one year old is Hooked on Henry Street. It’s difficult to imagine a street less imposing than Henry Street. One thin stream of traffic meandering down by a canal in any other town would be a one way system. Hooked sits among the row of terraced houses and like most of the architecture round here, it’s a building that could only be described as ordinary. But Henry Street despite its banality, has a charm of its own and a warm sense of community.

Back in my school days when everyone was thick and nobody had allergies, getting a job in The Bank was The Thing. It was as if being good at sums and living in a provincial town was the be all and end all. It was as if all your ills would be sorted if you could get a good job in The Bank and settle down. The Bank was the paragon of all that was respectable about small towns, like the one I hailed from.

Perched above the busy main streets in the centre of Athlone sits this welcome addition to the town’s foodie scene.