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The new Educate Together School in Castlebar, which is due to open on Tuesday September 1, will hopefully still open despite not having a home sorted out just 12 days before it's due to open, according to the group's regional development officer. The new Educate Together school for the town was announced in February of this year and would be the county's second such school after the opening of one in Ballina last year. The school had been given the old Burren National School outside the town as a home, but the building was deemed not up to the required standard by the Educate Together.

Denise Hogan’s popular art classes for adults in oils, watercolours, and acrylics will begin again this September. Morning and evening classes will run in 10-week terms with a maximum of 10 students accepted per class, making pre booking essential. Due to popular demand, there will be a new morning class starting on Tuesday September 8.

The International School of Make-up Artistry has been in business for more than 30 years. The school's trainers are all highly skilled with many years' experience in the industry and are eager to share their knowledge with all the students.

Josephine Cribbin has been synonymous with hairdressing training in the 24 years since she established the College of Hairdressing, Connaught, one of the first private hairdressing training colleges in the west of Ireland, that was dedicated solely to training.

For the many students now happy with their CAO offers – congratulations and well done. But, amid all this excitement, make sure that all acceptance procedures are followed.

There were scenes of jubilation at Yeats College Galway as students received their Leaving Certificate results on Wednesday last week.

The 2015 - 2016 programme gets under way at Galway Study Centre from September 14. Bookings have been ongoing since early June for the weekly after school and Saturday classes which the study centre offers to Leaving Cert, fifth year, and Junior Cert students. Nearly all subjects are offered with a good choice of days and times available at Leaving Cert level. Study skills classes will also commence from Wednesday September 23 and will be run once a week for four weeks. 

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The new president of GMIT, 41-year-old Dr Fergal Barry will start a five-year term in the role in October, bringing with him a wealth of experience in securing funding for international research projects.

The shortage of accommodation in Galway has passed crisis point according to Galway West TD Noel Grealish, who has called for sweeping changes to the planning system.