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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.

Minister Mary Hanafin is wasting millions of euro every year by leaving people for long periods on a short-term rent supplement scheme, Fine Gael spokesperson Michael Ring TD has revealed.

Over the course of last year Kilmartin N6 Service Station and The Grove Service Station, Baylough have been making a real difference to people experiencing homelessness locally by helping to raise over €5,000 for Midlands Simon Community.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has said the Government policy on adults seeking to return to education was nonsensical. Noting that adults currently seeking to return to education must be six months out of work and in receipt of social welfare, Deputy O’Mahony said the announcement of 50 extra staff by the Social and Family Affairs Minister was a waste of money while this policy persisted.

This week’s announcement by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about assisting families with their energy bills, highlights just how much more we need to do to tackle fuel poverty.

The head of the Galway Simon Community has warned that unless there is State investment in vital services and responses the number of people sleeping rough will rise dramatically in the coming months.

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.