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ST OLIVER’S SCHOOL
I have more good news for Tuam with the investment of €4.3 million in a new special needs school for St Oliver’s School. I have been informed by officials in the Department of Education that [...]
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL STUDENTS
I want to wish all the Junior and Leaving Cert students the very best of luck in the exams starting today. It is important to bear in mind that you have done a lot of [...]
CHECK IT OUT!
Our most precious commodity is our health and Wednesday June 12 offers everyone in the Headford area an opportunity to check out how they are getting on. The Solas Family Resource Centre is inviting all [...]
VICAR STREET RAILWAY CROSSING
I have received very welcome confirmation from Irish Rail that it has agreed to dedicate a section of ground to allow for a safe pathway to be installed across the railway line at Vicar Street [...]
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY
I chaired the first meeting of the National Advisory Group on Volunteering this week. We have received 130 submissions to our call for papers on developing a National Volunteering Strategy, which is one of our [...]
ENGAGE AND EDUCATE AWARDS
I was honoured this week to present funding awards to five Awardees to develop projects under the Engage & Educate Fund 2019. The Awardees will share €150,000 as part of the three-year €450,000 fund established [...]