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HID Global has announced it is consolidating its electronic passport, or government passport inlay, production into one manufacturing campus at HIG Global Ireland Teoranta, formerly Aontec Teo, in Indreabhán.

With local schools opening their doors for a new school year, children and parents are being reminded of dangers associated with the return to school and to take the necessary precautions. Maurice Buckley, CEO, National Standards Authority of Ireland, says there are a number of safety issues that parents need to be aware of. “The start of a new school year can make many parents nervous as they will not be able to keep as close an eye on their children as they were during the holidays. As Ireland’s official standards body, NSAI aims to inspire consumer confidence and to help protect the public. The following safety tips will help ensure you and your kids have a safe return to school.”

Boyzone star Keith Duffy, the patron for Irish Autism Action, will be on a tour of Mayo today (Friday) where he will meet Jordan Kearns, the young boy who was the inspiration behind the hugely successful Croagh Patrick Seven Day in a Row Challenge.

The Wheel, the national support and representative body for community and voluntary organisations, will be hosting a special workshop in Athlone on Thursday September 17, to help local community and voluntary organisations through the recession.

An audience with novelist and playwright Dermot Bolger, a reading by human rights activist Colm O’Gorman, a workshop on how to write your memoir and a debate on the burning questions of the day are just a few of the key attractions of this year’s Athlone Literary Festival which takes place from Friday September 25 to Sunday September 27. Organisers of the festival have compiled an intriguing and diverse schedule of events for the annual event, which is now becoming a fixture on the cultural calendar of the region. For those excited by the cut and thrust of debate and discussion on some of the vital questions in this turbulent time, The Big Question on Friday evening is tailor-made.

Following Kilkenny’s magnificent display in Croke Park this year, Brian Cody’ s new book Cody must be the most eagerly anticipated sporting book of the year and it is to be made available early to ploughers next week.

A review of Galway football is currently being undertaken by a special task team appointed by the Galway Football Board.

The countdown is on to the 2009 Impact Media Elevate Award, which this year offers a launch pad of €120,000 to two of the best business start-ups.

The Monksland-based phamaceutical firm Elan has been summoned to appear in a Federal court in the US after disclosing two cases of a brain disorder related to its trump product, prior to a €605m ($885m) share sale earlier this month.

Crucial works to prevent sewage overflow into the Shannon in times of heavy rainfall will not be completed until 2011 at the earliest, it has emerged.