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Grovelands Childcare, early education centre in the new Corran Riada development in Monksland has been awarded the title All Ireland Centre of Excellence and will be presented with their award by the Minister for Children, Barry Andrews in early February.

aBy Kernan Andrews

Minister Barry Andrews was in Mullingar last Friday to perform the official opening of Grovelands Childcare at Market Point.

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McDonald’s Mullingar has won the Hygiene Restaurant Award at the 40th annual National Quality and Excellence Awards which is organised by Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA), the certification body and the national quality association since 1969 which promotes business excellence across all industries.

A cross community childcare project carried out by the Carlow/Kilkenny local HSE health office was presented with the best overall award for services to children and young people in Croke Park in Dublin on Thursday February 19, 2009.

Child psychology expert Dr Tessa Livingstone - who is the executive producer of the BBC television series Child of Our Time - will address the sixth annual childcare conference on Saturday at the Salthill Hotel. It opens at 9.30am and will be officially launched by Mr Barry Andrews, Minister for Children and Youth affairs.

City councillor Mary Leahy has called for the immediate establishment of an integrated children’s response team for child protection to be made available on a 24 hour seven day week basis.

Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Mary White, has welcomed the Minister for Health’s announcement that the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer will be implemented this year.

Foxford Childcare Ltd and Footsteps Childcare in Kilkelly are celebrating this week after the announcement of funding of €650,000 and €550,000 respectively.