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Leaving Certificate pupils studying the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme at Davitt College, Castlebar, were privileged to welcome Capt Noel Carey (retd) to their LCVP class recently. Capt Carey was on a visit to the west of Ireland from Cork where he resides with his wife Angela.

A meeting took place last night in Kilkenny for those affected by the sudden closure of Empower Training this month.

Eager young students will have plenty of treats in store with the 13th Galway Science and Technology Festival kicks off next month.

A Galway city councillor has slammed the Government for its “lack of detail” on plans to restructure the Vocational Education Committee system, a move that could have serious implications for the future delivery of vital educational services in the city and county.

The inaugural Mayo Ideas Week has been judged an outstanding success and shows what can be achieved when enterprise agencies combine their efforts. Up to 450 people attended 10 events over five days in venues throughout the entire county.

KIlkenny-based Empower Training remains in limbo as the State accreditation body FETAC analyses a report from the centre on alleged irregularities at the centre.

Reports that Leader funding is to be recalled from local development programmes and allocated elsewhere are completely without foundation, according to Beverley Flynn, TD.

FETAC, the statutory awarding body for further education and training in Ireland, has confirmed that Empower Training, based in Kilkenny, has had access to FETAC accreditation suspended following an investigation into quality issues at the centre.

The Learning Curve Institute has announced that its highly popular FETAC accredited courses in addiction studies and French and Spanish language will be coming to Castlebar, Galway, Sligo, and Limerick in September this year.

As next Monday’s deadline for acceptance of CAO offers looms closer, Athlone Institute of Technology has announced there are still places available on six full-time undergraduate courses.