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Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh is to move to the next stage of architectural planning which will eventually see pupils no longer having to take classes in portacabins.

The Junior Certificate stifles creativity and a spirit of enquiry in the next generation, IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, has claimed this week, as results of the exam were released.

Join the Gaisce Gold Award group being facilitated by Iorras Le Chéile. The award also involves taking part in a group visit to Estonia during summer 2009 to assist in a community project.

The world premiere of Young Irish Film Makers latest film The Suitors is taking place on Monday, March 23 at 8pm in Langtons. Shot last summer, this light hearted feature film will be screened to cast and crew as well as invited guests. It will be shown along with a new short comedy film called Attic.

Efforts to establish an Educate Together school for Athlone will take a significant step forward this weekend when a pre-enrolment day takes place in the town.

What do Tommy Walsh, John Tennyson and James “Cha” Fitzpatrick have in common?

The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition has broken all records with 1,616 projects entered into the 2009 exhibition, including 11 entries from Westmeath.

Five Westmeath students were among the 224 scholarship recipients for 2008 announced by Dr Philip Nolan, deputy president of University College Dublin, recently.

The announcement of a €300 million fund for research in higher education institutions (HEIs) has been welcomed by Athlone Institute of Technology.

Transition year students in Coláiste Mhuire, Tuar Mhic Éadaigh, are organising a BcoolCycle2School competition, designed to encourage students to cycle to school. A bicycle is up for grabs by one of the students who “gets on his bike”.