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Castlebar Young Fine Gael will hold its first meeting following the summer break this Saturday. The new committee comprises Darragh Loftus (chairperson), Liam McHale (secretary), Shane Reilly (PRO), Aoibhinn Kenny (treasurer), Jack O’Donnell (vice-chairperson) and Michael Walsh (membership officer for North-West region), are keen to welcome new members between the ages of 15 and 30 to join.

This year CAO applicants had their eyes firmly fixed on the job market as programmes in science and technology were among the most popular college choices at NUI Galway. Points for general science, information technology, and biomedical science all soared in the CAO first round offers from NUI Galway to prospective students hoping to start their third-level education this autumn.

Students coming to Galway for their third level education have made course choices which are in line with national trends with CAO points required for entry to courses in science, engineering, agriculture, technology, computer, and courses with languages increasing, while arts and business courses, which were so popular during the boom years, are experiencing a decline.

Impact Training Consultants has been based in Mullingar since 1991.

After months of preparation, note taking, and revision, more than 6,300 Galway students will put pen to paper during the Leaving Certificate, the Leaving Cert Applied and the Junior Certificate exams which began this week.

The School of Education at NUI Galway will host a series of workshops as part of the University’s new Continual Professional Development (CPD) programme for teachers. The workshops will focus on statistics, teaching and learning plans in Project Maths and GeoGebra. The events will take place on 1, 8 and 15 March in the Education Building in the University from 6 to 8.30 each evening.

The School of Education at NUI Galway will host a series of workshops as part of the University’s new Continual Professional Development (CPD) programme for teachers. The workshops will focus on statistics, teaching and learning plans in Project Maths and GeoGebra. The events will take place on 1, 8 and 15 March in the Education Building in the University from 6 to 8.30 each evening.

From April 25 to April 30, revision courses for both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate students will take place in GMIT, Castlebar.

The inaugural Mayo Ideas Week has been judged an outstanding success and shows what can be achieved when enterprise agencies combine their efforts. Up to 450 people attended 10 events over five days in venues throughout the entire county.

Evergreen Healthfoods has once again gained industry recognition for their commitment to training and education when staff member Kate Malascova placed top of the class [Ireland] in the Diploma in Health Food Retailing exams for 2009, certified with the Health Food Institute in the UK.