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Keelings this week launched their Great Rewilding initiative in an effort to address the reduction of Ireland’s bee and pollinator population. As a first step in this campaign, they will be giving away 100,000,000 wildflower seeds.

Just days before her historic win aboard Minella Times in the Aintree Grand National, Rachael Blackmore took time from her busy schedule to send a quick support call-to-action to the facilities development committee at Athenry Camogie Club. Just over one month ago, the club launched a very ambitious plan to buy, build and develop their very own facilities. Their WinAHouseAndCar initative has garnered a lot of interest locally and nationally.

In the early hours of Friday April 21 1916, two days before the Easter Rising was scheduled to begin, a German submarine surfaced off the Kerry coast, and three men set out for the shore in a small dinghy. On board were Sir Roger Casement, and two other men Robert Monteith and Daniel Bailey. As they neared the shore the dinghy capsized, and the men arrived on Banna Strand in Tralee Bay, drenched and exhausted.

How would you like to grow your own food and share the experience with others in your family or with your friends? Well now you can, courtesy of your local library, and a new Grow it Forward programme.

Lifestyle blogger Geraldine Grealy from Roscommon has used lockdown to focus on growing an Instagram lifestyle blog. ‘Geri’s Closet’ is an affectionate nod to her lifelong passion for fashion, beauty and skincare topics. Lockdown has paused her day job as marketing and public relations manager at the Abbey Hotel Roscommon, so Geraldine decided to use this time to focus on growing her blog.

Russia is willing to supply Ireland with the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, all that is needed to start the process is an expression of interest from the Irish Government.

ESTONIA WILL be the next stop on the ConTempo Quartet’s journey through the classical music of the 27 EU member states, as part of its From Europe with Love concert series.

The Mincéirs Whiden Society at NUI Galway has made its founding member Owen Patrick Ward an honorary life member.

Anne Brindley, a retired French lecturer from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), has been awarded the prestigious title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes académiquesby the French government in recognition of her innovative approach to the teaching and learning of French throughout her career.

NUI Galway student Sukanya Saikia has been selected as a Climate Force Ambassador for the upcoming International Antarctic Expedition in November 2021.