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The annual convention of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann will take place in Sligo for the first time this weekend. The convention, or Comhaltas Congress, will take place at the Clayton Hotel in Sligo between Friday - Sunday 3rd-5th May and will feature a number of interesting lectures, discussions and musical performances throughout the weekend that are free to the public.

The annual convention of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann will take place in Sligo for the first time this weekend. The convention, or Comhaltas Congress, will take place at the Clayton Hotel in Sligo between Friday - Sunday 3rd-5th May and will feature a number of interesting lectures, discussions and musical performances throughout the weekend that are free to the public.

Jimmy Somers, who has died aged 84, was a leading figure in the trade union movement and four-time Labour candidate for Dáil Éireann. Born in Cabra, north Dublin, on November 2, 1939, he was from a family of six boys and two girls. His father, Jimmy Sr, who worked for CIÉ, was a life-long labour activist whose values were shared from an early age by his son of the same name.

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