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Mon 07 Jul 2006Prades get Galway Arts Festival under way Wolf-like rats in wheelie bins, worn-out Polish builders, a neat dig at the SSIA classes and the death of green public space - such was the sharp satirical tone to the first of several festival parades in Galway city at the weekend, writes Lorna Siggins, Western CorrespondentMacnas founder Paraic Breathnach and his Project 06 dawn chorus, drummers and salsa dancers even tempted the sun out on Saturday evening as they set off across "The West" - the cross-Corrib area of the city bounded by Dominick and Henry streets.