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An exciting line-up of quarter-final ties in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship was confirmed on Sunday evening after the conclusion of the preliminary ties, while the race to gain promotion from senior B and the intermediate ranks has also gathered pace.

There has been only one topic of conversation in the city this week — and that is the fall-out from the incidents that took place over a few days last weekend. Because individuals have appeared before the courts in relation to those events, I am precluded from commenting specifically on them. However, my points this week will be based on the generality of the decline of behaviour on the streets of our main cities and towns, and what we need to do to make sure they are the exception rather than the norm. There is a real fear that someone’s life may be lost, whether a participant or an innocent bystander, as some incidents spill over into the public domain.

The Galway hurling championships hot up this weekend with the preliminary quarter-finals and quarter-finals in both the Brooks senior and WINAHOMEGALWAY intermediate hurling championships.

Supporters of the Julia Morrissey Bridge campaign gathered at Galway’s new bridge to promote the proposal to name the bridge after Galway’s forgotten 1916 woman leader.

Castlegar’s incredibly hard-fought win over Craughwell in Duggan Park on Tuesday evening sealed the last available place in the quarter finals of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

In a repeat of the 2022 and 2021 county finals, Sarsfields once again took victory against Oranmore Maree when they two met in the championship in Loughrea on Sunday.

A petition is gaining momentum to name the city's new pedestrian bridge in honour of Julia Morrissey. Who? Some may well ask.

All-Ireland champions Sarsfields opened their Galway title defence with a comfortable victory over Craughwell at the weekend, while there were also wins for last year’s county finalists Oranmore Maree and Ardrahan in the Windows and Rooflights Ltd Senior A Championship.

Two of the leading challengers in the race for the 2023 Galway senior hurling championship suffered unexpected defeats last weekend as Castlegar and Killimordaly recorded wins over Sarsfields and Clarinbridge respectively.

The second round of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship promises to be an action-packed affair this weekend as the eight defeated clubs from round one look to turn their fortunes around, and Loughrea’s clash with Cappataggle on Saturday in Group 3 is arguably the pick of the fixtures.