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Ireland’s Year of Craft 2011 initiative has given a welcome boost to Ireland’s craft industry, and will help to sustain thousands of jobs in the sector into the future, according to the Crafts Council of Ireland.

Before students can start celebrating the holiday season, they must first log in countless hours of studying and numerous homework sessions. “Typically we see that around this time, children become a bit distracted with the holidays and winter break coming up,” said Carmel of Tutor Doctor. “Because of this, it is important to remind students about proper techniques so they can stay on top of their studies.”

More and more people are now looking at the option of self-employment due to the current economic climate. For some people, it is an opportunity to explore a business idea that they may have had in the back of their minds for some time, but never pursued owing to the lack of time or perhaps the comfort of the relatively ‘secure income’ they may have enjoyed in employment.

A novel, but appropriate, fundraising initiative for young people’s support charity Jigsaw will take place next Thursday in Galway.

Allowing sole traders to take on interns under the JobBridge National Internship Scheme will give “the maximum number of people the training and skills necessary to succeed in the workplace”.

Successful students usually have parents who are involved in school programmes and carefully monitor their child's progress. Children who read well in the early grades are more successful in later years; those who fall behind rarely catch up with their classmates.

National Adult Literacy Awareness Week takes place next week from September 19 to 23. South Westmeath Literacy Scheme offers help to adults who have difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, or maths. Students can take part in a group or have one-to-one help from a volunteer tutor. The centre is open 60 hours every week with classes arranged at times to suit tutors and students. All learning is student driven, and all tuition is provided free of charge.

Minister for Small Business, John Perry, has formally launched the National Mentoring Programme for Female Entrepreneurs. The programme is an initiative led by Galway Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the four chambers of commerce in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, and Sligo. The mentoring programme is geared towards early stage female entrepreneurs and sees them matched with a mentor for a 12-month period of mentoring support.

A new mentoring programme for female entrepreneurs, designed to help them through the first challenging years of their new businesses, has been launched in Galway.

Road Sense is a driving school owned by Robert McHugh, which offers lessons to people living in Kilkenny city and the surrounding area.