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Coláiste Néifinn is a newly founded Irish summer college in Castlebar for 12 to 18-year-olds. This college aims to bring life to our native language outside the Gaeltacht. The co-ordinators are two local Irish teachers, assisted by experienced teachers from other schools. All teachers have taught in several Gaeltacht colleges, and bring a lot of experience to Coláiste Néifinn.

Irish is spoken on a daily basis outside the education system by 24 per cent of people in Gaeltacht areas, with Galway having the highest level of usage.

The Learning Curve Institute is bringing French and Spanish for intermediates to Mayo Education Centre, Castlebar in April.

Students from Mayo, Galway, Dublin, and Dundalk travelled to Castlebar this week to receive their FETAC accredited minor awards in addiction, mental health, and languages from Minister of State Michael Ring in an award ceremony run by the Learning Curve Institute.

The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is holding an open evening this evening (Thursday) from 4pm to 8pm at the VTOS campus in Merchants Square, Merchants Road.

It is well known, and entirely understandable, that the overwhelming majority of people aged over 65 wish to continue living in their own homes for as long as possible (Law Reform Commission 2012). Government support of this has also seen a growth in the commercial homecare sector in Ireland.

Coláiste Néifinn is a newly founded Irish summer college in Castlebar for 12 to 18-year-olds. This college aims to bring life to our native language outside the Gaeltacht. The co-ordinators are two local Irish teachers and they will be assisted by experienced teachers from other schools. All the teachers have taught in several Gaeltacht colleges and bring a lot of experience to Coláiste Néifinn.

National FETAC accredited training and education specialists, The Learning Curve Institute, will again deliver its highly popular Leaving Cert French and Spanish oral course on Saturday February 25 in The Mayo Education Centre, Castlebar.

The co-ordinator of an education and training centre for early school leavers in the city is urging young people to view education as the key to surviving the recession.

Togra Mhaigh Eo will be running oral Irish classes for Leaving Cert students starting on February 27.