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Claregalway National School is currently taking part in its third European Comenius Project, joined by schools in France, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, and Romania.

The children of Gortskehy National School located at Annefield, Hollymount, enjoy all the benefits of attending school in the beautiful pastoral landscape of the rolling plains of south Mayo, surrounded by green fields and ancient stone walls. The only sounds that punctuate the air outside are those of birds singing and cattle grazing in the surrounding pastures.

Independent MEP Marian Harkin this week joined EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding in calling for compulsory gender quotas for listed companies in Europe, noting that “the time for lip service on equality is over”.

Grace Kelly is surely one of the most iconic Hollywood stars of the 1950s. Her beauty and elegance were breathtaking. The fact that her grandfather was a bricklayer from Newport in Mayo just adds to the legend. In September (14 to 16), Newport will be hosting the inaugural Grace Kelly Film Festival to honour her life and glittering career. So how does a town with no cinema host a film festival? That is simple – by bringing in a mobile 100-seater cinema and transforming the local school into a venue fit to honour the Hollywood star and real-life princess.

Lisa McGrath accredited with master colour programme

KARL MARX, author of Das Kapital, co-author of The Communist Manifesto, and the revolutionary thinker, whose ideas on class, economics, and capitalism, remain challenging to this day, will be the subject of a play at the Town Hall Theatre studio.

Galway may yet have a dashing royal prince at the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race in a few weeks time after one of Europe’s most daring royals told a Galwayman that he will be in the city for the finale of the race.

FOLLOWING HIS win at Bob Geldof’s 2011 International YouBloom Music Awards last December, Rob Wade is back with a new EP.

SLIGO’S BLUE Raincoat Theatre Company make a welcome visit to the Town Hall Theatre this month with its acclaimed staging of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros.

Following the sell out success of his show on March 30, Neil Delamere has announced a second date in the Royal Theatre, with the national tour of his highly anticipated new show Restructuring. Equally hilarious on and off script, do not miss this five star comedy maestro as he performs in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Friday March 30 and Saturday March 31.