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To celebrate national volunteering day, the ISPCC has expressed its overwhelming gratitude to all its extremely passionate and dedicated volunteers.

ISPCC Castlebar will host a Childline coffee morning in Cafe M, Moneen, Castlebar, on Tuesday October 5 from 9am to 12pm.

Of almost 60,000 teenagers across Ireland who received their Leaving Cert results this week, some will be delighted with the results but others may be disappointed and feeling anxious and fearful about the future.

What is better than getting the wedding of your dreams while doing something for charity? Well, a Galway-based businness, IdealWeddings.ie, is offering just that, helping couples to better plan, and afford, the big day while at the same time raising money for children’s charity ISPCC.

A shocking Prime Time Investigates programme this week, which provided a scandalous exposé of online criminals who share images of child rape and abuse, has identified Mayo as one of the counties where many such images are being downloaded. Entitled Evil Online the programme listed locations including Balla, Ballina, Ballinrobe, Ballyhaunis, Castlebar, Claremorris, and Westport as areas where individuals accessed such abuse images.

The ISPCC Childline service is urgently seeking volunteers for its service in Mayo.

Local band The Aftermath are set to feature on a new charity album for the ISPCC.

Editor of Star Sunday Des Gibson, sports journalist Cathal Dervan, and Paddy Power from Paddy Power Bookmakers used their horsey know-how to raise €1,000 for the South Westmeath Hospice recently.

A new sexual offences unit which is to established in the country has been welcomed by the ISPCC in Mayo.

During 2009, more 9,000 calls were answered by the 25 volunteers and 11 trainees at the Childline office in Castlebar, which was only established in March of that year.