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Hello to all the Advertiser readers in Athlone, Mayo, and Galway.

According to the property price register at the end of August, the number of property sales for both Galway city and county is showing a dramatic increase year on year. The register gives the exact selling price of properties and so is the most accurate record of actual sales that have taken place.

The race to fill the late Nicky McFadden’s Dáil seat will begin in earnest on Wednesday (April 30) when the Government is expected to call a by-election for May 23 to elect the 40th TD to represent the Longford-Westmeath constituency.

The race to fill the late Nicky McFadden’s Dáil seat will begin in earnest on Wednesday (April 30) when the Government is expected to call a by-election for May 23 to elect the 40th TD to represent the Longford-Westmeath constituency.

Eurona Brisknet, a local broadband provider is delighted to announce new satellite broadband services to anywhere in Ireland. Eurona Brisknet are part of Eurona Telecoms Group, one of Europe’s largest wireless telecoms providers. Eurona Brisknet’s head office in Ireland is on Racecourse Road, Roscommon town and currently supplies internet for many businesses and thousands of domestic homes.

When we were growing up, we never thought that people like the county council employee or the teacher or the guard ever cared about the filthy lucre. They were people who did the job cos it was part of what they were. In our minds, they were the salt of the earth, who came to their jobs because they had a calling, a sort of vocation brought to them on the road to Damascus, when they were struck by a strong light and told by a booming voice “Son, your future is in forward planning and Section Fours. Now go forth.” Young gardai then were not reared on diets of CSI and Midsomer Murders. No, they were hewn from Connemara rock, with necks like a jockey’s b.. ahem, like a jockey, and with a chest that ensured the silver insignia on their shoulders sat two yards apart. Teachers were normally the lucky ones in a family who would have the good luck to have had a grandmother or an aunt wealthy enough to send just one of them to third level while the rest stayed at home, fought over the farms and descended into a lifetime of alcoholism and inappropriate thoughts.

There was much to celebrate in Kilkenny this week following the return home of our very own special Olympians who between them boasted a tally of three Olympic medals and two ribbons.

Wines Direct understand the importance of choosing the right wine to compliment summer food, yet it can be tricky deciding which wine, there is a fabulous variety available at in Wines Direct, Mullingar and they are on hand with expert advice for selecting superb wines to add to and further enhance your barbecue experience.

Despite the release of a second report into the Loughloe House nursing home showing 80 per cent of recommendations suggested in last month’s damning report that precipitated the announcement of its closure had been achieved, the HSE said it is still to go ahead with its closure.

The mentality of the Julio Bouchon winery is of family tradition and a passion for wine. At Julio Bouchon, above all else, they believe in tradition and quality.