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The 83,000 people who are members of 11 credit unions in Co Mayo with savings of more than €363 million should insist that their public representatives oppose the policy of the Government, the Central Bank, and regulators who are requiring credit unions to give banks preferential access to creditors.

Local primary schools have been invited to participate in the first stage of the nationwide 2013 Credit Union Schools’ Quiz competition, being run by Ballyhaunis Credit Union in the Parochial Hall, Ballyhaunis on Friday, February 1 at 7.30pm.

Local TD Robert Troy has said the latest survey from the Irish League of Credit Unions clearly shows the folly of the Government’s new property tax.

The savings of credit union members in the Galway area are safe and secure, according to the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU).

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Fears for the future operation of credit unions across Mayo and the country have been highlighted by Ballina TD Michelle Mulherin at a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting this week.

THE business of accommodation, feeding and educating students is a big business for cities like Galway and for the families who have to finance them.

The streets of Castlebar are being revived over the coming days with the Heart of Castlebar Street Festival. The three day festival, which commenced yesterday (Thursday) offers plenty of local shopping promotions and super discounts in local stores. Free family fun and entertainment will fill the pedestrian friendly streets and the official launch will take place on Saturday at 12.30pm, at the junction of Main Street and Castle Street, by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Hopefully people will turn out and support this proactive festival, which will generate much needed money for the local economy.

As parents of school going children brace themselves ahead of the back to school shopping season, the Irish League of Credit Unions has taken a look at just what the costs for both primary and secondary school children are. In 2011, a typical Irish family will spend approximately €400 on each child when getting them ready to go back to school in September with back-to-school expenditure for a second-level student is almost 50 per cent higher than for a primary-level pupil.

After a nail-biting two hours St Etchen’s National School in Kinnegad won joint first place in Competition A of the finals of the Credit Union All Ireland Schools Quiz which was held in the RDS on Sunday April 3.