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As the jobs carnage in this country is set to surpass half a million by the end of the year, Mayo has felt the full wrath of what it means to belong to the unemployed statistics this week with the announcement of 80 job losses in Belmullet.

A Kilkenny pub has been named Ireland’s Best Country Bar and the locals will not be one bit surprised.

Dear Editor,

“WATCHING BARACK Obama get to The White House was such a one-off experience. For him to go from such obscurity to the highest political position in the world in such as short space time was an unparalleled journey in American politics.”

SHTAX: A Homecoming, a feature documentary about actor and musician Aindrias de Staic, will be shown tonight in the Cinemobile, outside the Town Hall Theatre at 9pm, as part of the Galway Film Fleadh.

The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Oct 27 1914 - Nov 9 1953) had absolutely no interest in school. He attended Swansea Grammar where his father, DJ Thomas, was the much feared English teacher. Both the boys and the staff were afraid of his temper, so much so that when Dylan, frequently bored with school, walked out murmuring that he was gong to write ‘bloody poetry’, if he met the headmaster on his way, the head would only nod, and say; “Don’t get caught, will you?”

NEW YORKER Eddie Brill had originally intended to study science and mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but after experiencing a family tragedy he discovered stand-up comedy.

With a few weeks to go to the most exciting event on the Irish fashion calendar, Anthony Ryan’s Galway, sponsors of the Best Dressed Lady Competition at the Galway Races has announced details of this year’s event taking place on Thursday July 30.

Geraldine Kennedy, editor of The Irish Times, will deliver a public lecture to the Moore Institute in NUI, Galway on Thursday November 26 at 6.10pm.

The Mayo Advertiser are offering €1,000 to any reader who can produce a full hard copy of last week’s paper with the headline “Massive blow jobs for Belmullet”. Internet bloggers have been almost hysterical since a spoofed-up copy of our front page started circulating last Monday. There are still many doubting Thomas’ who think it was the headline of the century that slipped through the proofing process, but alas, our original headline was much more sombre.