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When I was a lad the really cool thing to drink was Irel coffee. This came in a bottle and was a sticky black treacle like substance which you mixed with sugar, hot water, and a lot of milk. Later came Nescafé powdered coffee in a tiny tin, not much bigger than a tin of shoe polish, and if you used more than a half teaspoon you were in mega trouble. As time marched on pubs started to serve food and we had Cona coffee machines, which were good if your cup was served directly after it was made, however it could be (and often was) two, three, or four hours old. I have several memories (some quite recent) of sending coffee back while complaining that it was burnt/old only to be served a new ‘fresh’ cup from the same disgusting brew. The ‘fresh cup’ was inevitably accompanied by a comment like, nobody else complained!

The efforts by Mayo’s Fairtrade towns have helped secure Government funding of €15 million to support farmers in East Africa, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD.

TV presenter Kathryn Thomas, the Blackbog Road native, has had some awfully big adventures.

Playing for Life was founded by well-known sportswoman and broadcaster Tracy Piggott following a visit to Ethiopia in 2004. Tracy was determined to set up a project that would use sport as a tool to help young people in some of the world’s poorest places, since sport has always played such a huge part in her own life.

Carlow native and face of RTE’s No Frontiers, Kathryn Thomas, was in Carlow at the weekend for a signing of her new book Off the Beaten Track.

Galway has always been a town to do things a little differently, and raising money for a good cause is no exception. Instead of a restrained black tie affair, Galway's Monster Organic Ball is a thoroughly enjoyable celebratory event, combining an enormous as-much-as-you-can-eat organic banquet, full free bar, and 10 hours of live music, entertainment and dancing.

The African country of Ethiopia consistently ranks among the poorest in the world. Since 1984, when pictures of desperate famine raced around the world, the country has become a byword for poverty. But when journalist Liam Horan visited recently with Irish humanitarian agency Self Help Africa, he was pleasantly surprised to find many signs of progress. Here he focuses on the work of the agency as it tries to bring about improvements in the lives of people accustomed to living on the edge.

The Friends of Fr Kevin Doheny, in conjunction with Vita, recently held a sponsored walk to raise funds and awareness for their twinning projects with Chencha, in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. The walk was from different points, namely Ballyouskill, Ballyragget, Castlecomer and Ballinakill.

Lady Captain Marie Gannon celebrated her end of year with a gala dinner in the Clubhouse Hotel on Saturday night last. The night was a great success and the entertainment was fantastic for all who attended. There was a charity raffle held on the night which raise €355 which will be donated to the Vita Ethiopia and Flood Relief Ireland.