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Google and Age Action are once again joining forces in the search to find Westmeath’s top silver surfers.

WHEN THE Pixies reformed a number of years ago and started touring again, the welcome was warm and the verdict positive.

So wrote Henry Adams in his study of the 12th century European Renaissance, Mont-Saint Michel and Chartres, of the great Romanesque church and monastery perched on a high rock off the coast of Normandy. Like so many churches set on high places throughout the Christian world, it was dedicated to the archangel Michael, who makes his most memorable appearance in Revelation:

This summer why not participate in a summer camp which explores your creative side.

A surfing website designed by two students, which has the potential to develop tourism in the west of Ireland, has scooped the top prize of €15,000 at the NUI Galway Student Enterprise Awards held this week. The creators of WestCoastSurfer.com were presented with their prize by Minister of State for Small Business, John Perry T.D., NUI Galway President, Dr James J. Browne and NUI Galway Students’ Union President, Peter Mannion.

For an action packed break with a difference, set in stunning scenery and located not too far away, take a break to the northwest, where located on the shores of Sligo Bay and below the shade of Ben Bulben, the Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa, Sligo, is the perfect base to repose in luxury before encountering fun, tailor made, activities for you and your family — which are all organised through www.activitynorthwest.com.

DREADLOCKED ACOUSTIC guitarist Newton Faulkner started his music journey in a Green Day cover band but he soon found his own voice and his unique style of guitar playing.

STEVE ALBINI must rank as one of the most significant figures in rock music over the last 30 years. Through his own bands like Big Black and in his production work he has shaped and brought to life countless important alternative music albums.

REDMOND O’TOOLE plays a most unusual guitar in a most unusual way. The Limerick born classical guitarist performs on an eight-stringed version of the instrument and he doesn’t play it across his lap. He plays it upright, as though it were a cello.

A new film from the Coen brothers is always greeted with deserved anticipation, and their latest, Burn After Reading is no exception, as evidenced by a packed cinema last Friday.