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In his interesting biography of Eamon de Valera*, Diarmaid Ferriter reports that in December 2000 gardaí seized 24 love letters from de Valera to his young wife Sinéad, which were being advertised for auction by Mealy’s of Castlecomer. It was believed that the letters were stolen in the mid 1970s from the de Valera family home. The owners, who had bought them in England some years previously in an effort to ensure their return to Ireland, were unaware that they had been stolen.

Mayor Malcolm Noonan this week offered his sympathies on behalf of Kilkenny Borough Council to Nessa Childers Labour Party MEP on the death of her mother Rita Childers this week.

It was a nail biting election for candidates over Sunday and Monday as the Euro election hopefuls waited to hear their fate.

There was deep and profound sadness in the Claregalway area as the news spread on Friday morning of the untimely passing of Claregalway Parish Priest, Very Reverend Noel Canon Mullin. A humble man, he was Fr Noel to everyone.