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Tue 07 Jul 2010Minister welcomed with open arms as arts festival kicks off

“THERE’S NOTHING sinister about this, Minister, I love you Minister, I love you, I do . . .”

A serenade by performer Little John Nee and a tango by members of the Galway Contempo Quartet marked a warm welcome to Galway for Minister for Culture Mary Hanafin yesterday. Ms Hanafin was in town for the first night of the Galway Arts Festival.