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Sligo County Enterprise Board was allocated €62,000 as part of the national CEBs’ €3.3 million funding package recently announced by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen, rather than the zero funding reported in a story in last week’s Mayo Advertiser story.

Sligo -based artist Sue Morris plays with the boundaries of what defines a drawing in her forthcoming exhibition The Obsessive Compulsive Drawings in the Watergate Theatre, Upstairs Gallery from Friday September 3 - October 8.

THE TEMPLE House Festival takes place in Co Sligo from Friday September 10 to Sunday 12.

ACCLAIMED IRISH group Republic of Loose have just been confirmed for the Sligo Live Sessions which takes place over the October Bank Holiday weekend.

I get an odd gig doing commentary for RTE Radio One and last week I was given my choice of four games. I opted for the Down v Sligo match in Cavan as it was the nearest to home. I left in good time and had the luxury of arriving at Breffni Park with time to spare. I enjoyed the company of Joe O’Connor from Ballintubber (Cillian’s uncle) for the best part of an hour before the game. Joe is a garda based in Ballinagh and understands the nuances of Cavan football inside out. We chatted about the Cavan football scene, as like us here in Mayo, Cavan are on the look out for a new manager after the departure of Tom Carr. Tom Reilly from Belmullet is the County chairman up there and has the onerous task of selecting a new man to take charge. The word is that there aren’t too many jumping out of the woodwork looking for it.

With the Galway Racing Festival soon to get under way Galway gardai have devised a strategic traffic plan to ease traffic congestion, and to direct festival goers to the racecourse as smoothly as possible. Access to the racecourse will be possible through three entrances, there will also be temporary road closures during Race Week. Traffic measure will be in place throughout the week long festival from Monday July 26 to Sunday August 1.

For an action packed break with a difference, set in stunning scenery and located not too far away, take a break to the northwest, where located on the shores of Sligo Bay and below the shade of Ben Bulben, the Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa, Sligo, is the perfect base to repose in luxury before encountering fun, tailor made, activities for you and your family — which are all organised through www.activitynorthwest.com.

Westport based The Learning Curve Institute, one of the west’s fastest expanding training and education providers, is now enrolling students on a host of internationally recognised, FETAC accredited courses and workshops in Castlebar, Sligo, Galway and many other areas all over Ireland.

Westport based The Learning Curve Institute, one of the west’s fastest expanding training and education providers, is now enrolling students on a host of internationally recognised, FETAC accredited courses and workshops in Castlebar, Sligo, Galway and many other areas all over Ireland.

Over the past four weeks the HSE Mayo Community Games have completed all of their indoor activities in different locations throughout the county. While many teams and individuals will qualify automatically from the county finals, many more will have to undergo a further challenge when they compete in the HSE Connaught Community Games finals in Sligo on Saturday April 10.