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Concern Worldwide says an extra special thank you to the readers of the Mayo Advertiser for their extraordinary support to the aid agency in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.

A backbench Government TD asks his not very bright 10-year-old daughter what she wants to be when she grows up. I want to be a politician like you, I want to be Taoiseach some day, she says. Her father was delighted. Political life had been good to him. Most especially so considering he had failed in everything else he had tried his hand at. He knew that it paid people disproportionately to their abilities. Where else could an absolute oaf get such a salary and associated benefits? To be elected would secure his daughter’s future and that of all belonging to her. Oh yes, becoming a politician was a very good idea indeed. After all, it’s not as if you need any qualifications or ability.

Oxfam Ireland is extremely proud to welcome shoppers to its new Mullingar shop on 3 Oliver Plunkett Street, which is the first Oxfam Ireland shop to open anywhere in the Midlands region. Oxfam’s official opening will commence at 11am next Thursday June 3 when the opening ceremony will be performed by a local celebrity!

Public programme for May

Some €12,000 in funding has been allocated to four groups in County Mayo to promote awareness of poverty and social exclusion during the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, which is being marked this year.

On Tuesday April 20, a group of mature students from Athlone Institute of Technology are taking to the streets of Athlone to raise awareness and much-needed funds for the Midlands Simon Community.

CRH employees take to the streets of Galway for a fundraising day this Saturday April 10, aiming to help raise funds for the Simon Communities of Ireland.

CRH employees take to the streets of Galway for a fundraising day this Saturday April 10, aiming to help raise funds for the Simon Communities of Ireland.

A charity which provides accommodation to more than 100 homeless single men and women is appealing to people to give generously to its appeal for funds.

Golden Island Shopping Centre has once again shown its support for the local community by joining forces with the Midlands Simon Community to help raise some much-needed funds towards the fight against homelessness.