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ARAMARK Ireland’s restaurant team at University Hospital Galway has received the Irish Hospitality Institute (IHI) Diversity Award 2008 for its catering operation.

The Vibe Youth Cafe is an exciting, new, safe place for young people aged between 13 and 18 to meet in Ballina where they can have fun and relax after school. 

The term ‘landed gentry’ conjures up images of The Big House, the Ascendancy, and tally ho-isms, but also absentee landlords, exploitation, rack rents, and the confiscation of land from the native Irish.

Although the run up to Christmas is the busiest shopping time of the year, this week shoppers are being asked to take some time out from consumerism for Buy Nothing Day 2008.

Cosgallen Community Development Project’s Resource Centre has a free information service on social welfare entitlements, health benefits, education and grants, and many forms are available at the centre, e.g. motor tax, driver’s licence, etc. The Resource Centre also has a number of services available such as photocopying, laminating and others at a very low cost. Drop in for a chat or browse at your leisure from Monday to Thursdays from 10am to 4pm and on Fridays by appointment.

International development charity Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland is calling on Carlow business professionals to consider volunteering overseas if they are feeling a little insecure in the current economic climate.

A public speaking workshop organised by the Mullingar branch of Toastmasters will be held in October. The workshop will take place on Thursday October 9 at 8.30pm in the Greville Arms Hotel.

International development charity Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland is calling on Carlow business professionals to consider volunteering overseas if they are feeling a little insecure in the current economic climate.

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.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has welcomed a report from the European Parliament's Culture Committee on the importance of a strong community media presence in the EU. The report, which will be adopted tomorrow, highlights the need for further support from national governments and also encourages the European institutions to do more to consider the needs of community media outlets when drawing up communication strategies in the future.