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A Westmeath journalist has been awarded funding under a prestigious media fund, run by Irish Aid, the Government’s programme of assistance to developing countries.

Mullingar’s Oxfam store has made a desperate plea to members of the public to donate goods they no longer need as stock in the shop has seriously diminished.

This is an event which promises to be great fun and a great culinary experience while helping four worthy charities. The charities to benefit are Console, Down Syndrome Ireland, Cancer Care West and The Galway Lions Club. The event will take place in The Salthill Hotel on Wednesday November 16. Tickets cost €50 and are available from The Salthill Hotel on 091 548808, and also from the designated charities above.

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As part of Mayo County Libraries’ celebration of the Bealtaine festival, Sr Hillary Lyons will appear in Castlebar Library on May 17 at 1pm.

As part of Mayo County Libraries’ celebration of the Bealtaine festival, Sr Hillary Lyons will appear in Castlebar Library on May 17 at 1pm.

CUBS - A kind of Irish avant garde supergroup - will release their debut album, The Whispering Woods, tomorrow on Rusted Rail and Deadslackstring.

A fundraising event in aid of Waterford Cheshire was launched on September 15. The event, a play titled The Good To Suffer by Willie Egan will be performed in the Theatre Royal on Friday October 1, at 8pm.

The Mullingar women’s rubgy team are to participate in this Sunday’s Ability 5k Fun Run in Belvedere.

There’s less than two weeks to go now before runners and revellers alike gather in Belvedere House and Gardens to participate in the Ability 5k Fun Run. Already primary and secondary school students, footballers, hurlers, rugby players, and members of Mullingar Harriers are getting ready to take part in what will be a great morning to raise funds for people with disabilities in West Africa. The run takes place on Sunday September 19 at 11am.