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The two Midland underage teams will play each other on the grounds of Athlone Institute of Technology to mark the launch of the initiative which is set to see Gaelic Games restored to Argentina.

Two under 12 teams, representing Ballymahon National School and Ballymore National School participated in a symbolic football match this week to mark the launch of a unique initiative aimed at reactivating Gaelic games in Argentina.                                                                              

The commencement of a GAA coaching programme in Argentina is a “groundbreaking” event that has resonance for business, education, cultural, and diplomatic relations between Ireland and Latin America, according to president of AIT and Midlands Gateway Chamber president, Ciaran O’Cathain.

The prohibitive cost of securing a “ticket” which enables workers drive machines on construction sites is forcing self-employed drivers away from the industry. That is the view of the Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony, who has called on the minister with responsibility, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan TD to review the pricing structure which has rocketed since the course was taken over by FÁS last year.

NUIG’s digital research centre is to benefit from a €23 million cash injection which will be phased over five years and is hoped will create new jobs.

The Government has established a €4 million scheme to assist apprentices who are out of work, according to Fianna Fáil TD and member of the Oireachtas Enterprise Committee, Dara Calleary.

Tanaiste Mary Coughlan’s Department came in for some criticism in the District Court this week (January 14) after it pursued an action against a Moate chipper for employing a 16-year-old breadwinner after 10pm.

A number of Galway politicians have called on the Tánaiste to provide a replacement industry and retraining for the 180 workers who will lose their jobs when the US-owned Cigna health care company pulls out of Loughrea.

What kind of reception awaits Fianna Fáil on the doorsteps of Galway city and county once canvassing for June’s Local Elections really takes off?

IN THE late 1980s, Johnny Duhan wrote a song that would make his name widely known, become a hit single for Christy Moore, and be sung at countless weddings across the world.