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Number 19 Cherrington Place is a ready to walk into three-bedroom semi-detached residence located a mere five minutes walk from Castlebar town. This house boasts a lot of quality features including spacious accommodation throughout, three double bedrooms, a fully fitted kitchen, and one en suite bedroom. This house is beautifully decorated and has been maintained to a very high standard.

Shane Walsh, a fifth year student at Davitt College in Castlebar, was named one of 20 finalists in the annual Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has welcomed the announcement that the Department of Education and Science have made a commitment on the long overdue Davitt College Sports Hall. The announcement was made following a meeting between the Education Minister and a delegation involved with the project from the college.

Castlebar Pantomime Committee wish to remind those under 18 years not in an exam class that their junior auditions will be held in Davitt College, Castlebar at 11am Saturday September 13.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has said that the latest reply from the Minister for Education and Science regarding the provision of a new Gaelscoil in Westport is typical of a Government that has broken every promise in the last ten years.

A 30 year wait came to an end at Davitt College in Castlebar last Friday when work finally commenced on the school’s new sports hall.

The penny pinching by the Government in last week’s budget will have a detrimental effect on the education of young people, according to two Mayo secondary school principals. Ioseph McGowen, principal of Davitt College, Castlebar told the Mayo Advertiser earlier this week: “It will seriously affect the way we run the school and it will make it nearly impossible to keep it running to the high standards we have set for ourselves.” With bigger class sizes being a reality for schools, Mr McGowen is worried that it will affect the quality of teaching that the students will get. “Having bigger class sizes is no good for either the students or the teachers, we’re looking at loosing between one and two teachers here which will lead to less subject choices for both the Leaving and Junior Certificates.”

Knockmore Parish Hall Development Committee are raising funds for a hall for the area and this weekend are presenting a Country Gospel concert with James Kilbane in the Church of Christ the King, Knockmore.

This week at Davitt College, one cannot help but notice the three flags hoisted on its flagpoles - the Irish flag, the Mayo flag and the German flag. The flags were hoisted to welcome their German exchange partners from Realschule Hochstadt and Herzogenaurach, who have just spent six days in Castlebar.

Two teams from Davitt College have been entered in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, the first time the school has entered.