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Offaly native, Margaret Bolton, claimed the prestigious Miss Westmeath accolade at a well attended Karma Athlone venue on Thursday night last and will now represent the county in the Miss Ireland pageant to take place in autumn.

PAUL CURRIE'S comedy is like few others on the circuit right now - a compelling mixture of sketch comedy, absurdism, puppetry, slapstick, and mime, delivered with great physicality and energy, and often without the comic uttering a single word.

Galway man Richard Donovan is something of a superstar in the gruelling sport of ultra running. He has made truly epic runs across many of the world’s most extreme climates including the Sahara Desert, Mount Everest, the Inca Trail, and the Amazon jungle. In 2002 he became the first runner in the world to run a marathon at both the North and South poles and in 2009 he was the first athlete to run seven consecutive marathons on seven continents in less than seven days.