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Castlebar woman Sheila Caulfield, has been shortlisted for a national award for her work to help people understand a test which could save their lives by detecting bowel cancer at an early stage.

The pressures of the workplace, maintaining the household, minding the children, and trying to stretch the last cent makes having a family in Ireland a difficult job to handle. On top of these, finding the time to help out with the homework and to make learning an interesting and enjoyable exercise can often seem impossible.

BreastCheck continues to screen women in County Mayo from a fully accessible mobile unit located at Mayo County General Hospital in Castlebar. Screening of eligible women in the 50 to 64 age bracket in Achill, Clare Island, Newport, Westport and Louisburgh is currently under way. Women who are registered are sent appointments with BreastCheck by post.

After the success of the fly-on-the-wall documentary Written-off?, RTE and the National Adult Literacy Agency are now looking for Galwegians to take part in the next series.

After the huge success of the fly-on-the-wall documentary Written Off? RTE and the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) are now looking for adults in the Leinster area to take part in the next series that will be filmed in early 2009.

A Galway VEC literacy project aimed at the fishing industry is among the shortlisted nominees of the 2008 Adults Continuing Education awards.

‘School Days’, ‘A long way from home’, and ‘Celtic Education’ are just some of the stories that feature in a new book launched by the National Adult Literacy Agency. Called ‘Written Off?’, and based on the TV series of the same name, the book captures the personal stories of 14 Irish people who recently came together to learn to read and write. The book is an inspiring collection of some of their childhood memories, thoughts and poems, and also contains contributions from three of Ireland’s most prominent authors: Patricia Scanlon, Mary Stanley, and Dermot Bolger. Going back to education as an adult isn’t easy but this book proves that the benefits are great and that everybody has the right to read and be read.