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News last week of St Anne’s Boxing Club’s Ray Moylette’s progress through the early stages of the World Youth Boxing Championship to guarantee himself a medal was greeted with joy and pride. But as the weekend progressed the remarkable young boxer kept the good news coming all the way to the gold medal.

A top international heart surgeon is jetting into Kilkenny this weekend to take part in the Chernobyl Children’s Project annual conference.

The presentation ceremony for the annual Mayo People of the Year Awards took place on Friday last in the Castlecourt Hotel in Westport, Co Mayo.

Geraldine Butler, Chairperson of the Chernobyl Children’s Project in Westport, welcomed an historic inter-governmental agreement between Ireland and Belarus, announced last week, which will allow children to travel to the Westport area again—with two children arriving here for the Christmas holidays.

Kilkenny holidays for child victims of the Chernobyl disaster have been secured after months of negotiations between the Government and the Government of Belarus, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin.

It's been over twenty years since the world's worst nuclear accident occurred in Chernobyl in northern Ukraine.

The Irish Senior International Wheelchair Basketball team has left for Latvia as favourites to win Division C of the European Championships. The team, which has been training for the tournament since last September, represents Ireland’s best ever chance of coming top of the league and progressing to the prestigious Division B. Wheelchair basketball is the largest and most organised of wheelchair sports in Ireland.

Children from Belarus will continue to spend summer holidays in Galway following an agreement between the governments of both countries after several months of negotiations.

This weekend Trig Promotions host's two gigs in aid of the Krystina fund (Chernobyl child) in Cleere's Theatre, Parliament St.

Mayo holidays for child victims of the Chernobyl disaster have been secured after months of negotiations between the Government and the Government of Belarus, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin.