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There is less than a week to go until this year's Leaving Certificate class sit down to take the first written paper.

In a year that has been so challenging to artists and creators of artistic work, Roscommon Arts Centre is once more reinforcing its commitment to supporting artists in their creation of work by continuing its 'Artist in Residence' programme throughout 2021.

Athlone native, Luke Carty, has been named in an extended USA squad ahead of fixtures against England on July 4 and Ireland on July 10.

There is less than a week to go until this year's Leaving Cert class sit down to take the first written paper. It has been a two-year programme like no other in the almost 100-year history of this examination.

THE VIBRANT colours and abstract forms of the paintings of An Post worker Jeffrey Hirst have been gaining positive attention in recent times - from buyers, curators, and the public - and it comes during an unprecedented period, the most intense and busy he and his colleagues have ever known.

What's going on around the county away from the headlines?

It is still too early to say if confidential patient information, either recent or historical, has been compromised as a result of the cyber attack on the Health Service Executive’s IT systems, according to the chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group which runs the seven public hospitals in the west and north-west of the country.

Westport GAA, organisers of the hugely successful Win A House In Westport fundraiser in 2019, have just launched their latest fundraising campaign - “Win a House in Westport 2”. The club is offering one lucky person the life-changing chance to win a home worth €325,000 for just €100, in the much-loved west of Ireland seaside town.

After 147 long days, Gaelic football is finally back. It's difficult to get your head around the fact that the last time we watched our Mayo team was in the All-Ireland final the week before Christmas - a lot has happened since, both on and off the field.

Roscommon-Galway Fine Gael Senator, Aisling Dolan, has welcomed the allocation of funding towards the enhancement of business shopfronts in Ballinasloe, the relevant finance being afforded to the project by the local authority.