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Moate native, Fiona Bracken, is one of 20 Westmeath artists who have generously donated their art for Incognito 2022 in aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation.

Q: I’ve been offered six months in a company where I would really like to build a long-term career. It is a temporary project with a September deadline. Once that’s over, I’ll be gone. Any tips for how I can make a name for myself and possibly stay on after the six months now that I have my leg in the door? (AR, Email)

Q: I’m going for an interview in my own company next week. I’ve been working here for ten years and, to be honest, I have been kept down by my boss, despite my best efforts to get involved in various initiatives. She has now retired, and I fear that in the interview I will be asked why I haven’t made more of an impact on my department over the year. The reality is I couldn’t really get a look-in, but will that reason cut it in the interview? (CD, email).

On Friday June 11, 2021 Annaghdown youngster Alex Murphy, at a mere 16 years of age, was introduced to the SSE Airtricity League first division.

A total of €798,584, for the redesign of Market Square and Cannon Quinn Park in Gort has been allocated under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund.

After her Connemara tour Maria Edgeworth kept up a correspondence with the Martins. She followed their fortunes and misfortunes with all the attention of an enthralled novel-reader. There was plenty to hold her attention. In the spring of 1835 the Martins travelled to London where Mary was presented at court and moved in fashionable society, attending dinner parties and charity events, of which a cynical Lord Byron remarked that these galas were nothing less than a marriage market.

Q: They asked me what challenges I find most difficult in my current role. To be honest, while my job is tricky and at times challenging, there's nothing in it that I really struggle to do. I get through things well. They kept pushing for more detail and it felt like they wanted me to show something that I had completely failed on. Why would I say that? I don't want to sound like I'm not able to manage a challenge. Why should I shoot myself in the foot?

Progress has been made on the new single campus national school for Gort, the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, confirmed this week.

Q: I went for promotion in my own company. The interview panel surprised me by asking a lot of technical questions about my current role. I work in a highly regulated sector with countless items to check, documents to complete and reports to file. I found it difficult to articulate what I do, even though I am very attentive on the job. It felt like they were trying to catch me out. Any tips? (EN, email).

Q: I went for promotion in my own company. The interview panel surprised me by asking a lot of technical questions about my current role. I work in a highly regulated sector with countless items to check, documents to complete and reports to file. I found it difficult to articulate what I do, even though I am very attentive on the job. It felt like they were trying to catch me out. Any tips? (EN, email).