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More than 3,500 people have registered with Galway Volunteer Centre seeking volunteer work since the service was set up in 2006.

The collapse of the Celtic Tiger and the focus on the disaster in Haiti has had an unexpected effect on the street children and orphans of Africa. An inability to access help and funding is crippling the efforts of orphanages and rehabilitation centres to help some of Africa’s most vulnerable children.

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.

Mayo Immigrants Forum and Poetry Ireland have announced details of an intercultural poetry competition for students of fifth and sixth classes in primary schools and for first year students in secondary schools.

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce has organised a speed networking event which will enable its members and non-members to speed date their way to a better business.

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.

Since free market capitalism imploded dramatically just less than 18 months ago, political pundits have been writing articles and publishing books saying how they saw the crash coming first.

Does Galway have a bigger social conscience than any other city? Is that why more people care about more things to do with their communities and their environment than in towns and cities of comparable size? That certainly seems to be the case as is evidenced from the 400 people who turned out to attend this year’s annual Mayors Awards on Tuesday night.

O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers are delighted to offer to the market Number 156 Cartur Mor, a spacious and bright four bedroom semi detached home. No 156 Cartur Mor is located along a quiet cul-de-sac and is presented in excellent order; having recently been repainted the property the residence requires no further work.

Ard Fraoigh, Clybaun Road