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CIAN Ó Cíobháin, presenter of Raidió na Gaeltachta’s An Taobh Tuathail, will launch the programme’s third compilation CD at the Róisín Dubh next week with live bands and a DJ set.

Mayo Education Centre are presently organising a course for primary teachers wishing to prepare for An Scrúdú Le hAghaidh Cáilíochta sa Ghaeilge, the Irish language qualification.

The Irish language is worth in excess of €136 million annually to the economy of Galway city and county, supports more than 5,000 jobs, and more than 90 per cent of city businesses believe that it is a unique selling point for Galway’s image and cultural identity.

Galwegians in line for the interview for the Graduation Diploma in Education (primary teaching) can get help with the important Irish language element of the interview from Conradh Na Gaeilge.

Goodnight Ballivor, a new documentary based on the book Goodnight Ballivor, I’ll Sleep In Trim, by John Quinn will be broadcast on TG4 on Sunday at 9.30pm.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, has announced that a total review will take place regarding funding and organisation of community-based, state-funded organisations in the Gaeltacht, in the near future. This review will provide for realigned and restructured state-funded groups with a role in language planning, community, enterprise development, and social inclusion.

If your ambition for 2010 is to learn Irish, improve, or gain an internationally recognised qualification in the language, then Conradh na Gaeilge has the class for you.

Visitors to www.logainm.ie can now listen to sound files that have been added to 713 placenames in Mayo. Sound files in Irish and English have been added to the names of the baronies, civil parishes, and electoral districts as well as the names of some physical features.

Fine Gael leader Dep Enda Kenny has welcomed funding sanctioned by the Department of Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs to Mayo County Council for providing and upgrading rural recreational projects in north Mayo. This funding will be used to extend the North Mayo Coastal Trail and develop a linear cycle route as part of the national cycle network as well as improved signage, parking, and toilet facilities in certain areas. It will form part of the €750,000 investment by Fóram Pobail Iarthuaisceart Mhaigh Eo’s plan for the area.

Rith 2010, a relay run around Ireland to promote the Irish language, will be coming to county Mayo, on Tuesday March 16 2010. The Rith 2010 runners will travel through 100 kilometres in Mayo from Claremorris, Knock, Kiltimagh, Bohola, Bellavary, Turlough, and Castlebar, finishing up in Westport.