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Castlebar is to get its own adventure race which organisers are hoping to develop into a premier event on the adventure calendar in the west of Ireland.

Preparations for the Castlebar Music Festival 2012 are now under way with a new committee being recently formed after a series of public meetings that were held at Bar Ritz in Castlebar. The newly elected committee consists of Adrian Ryan (chairman), Paula McDonnell (secretary), Gary Monaghan (treasurer), and Finbar Hoban (public relations).

Achill Event Management held a presentation evening within the Achill community which saw nine local projects being awarded with funding raised from the proceeds of the 2010 Achill Half Marathon.

It’s looking likely that Kilkenny will not be hosting a St Patrick’s Day parade this year and as I write this I know there are not going to be any cries of disappointment.

€160,000 has been raised for local groups by C&C Cellular, with management from Mid West Radio, in a recycling mobile phones campaign for defibrillators along with a recent Charity Ball held in Breaffy House Hotel last weekend.