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Age and Opportunity, the group which encourages greater participation in society by older people in Ireland, has teamed up with the Sports Council to announce this year’s Go for Life grant scheme to encourage Ireland’s older people in their quest to remain fit and healthy.

Mayo County Council Arts Office is working with more than 20 active retirement associations throughout Mayo during Bealtaine 2009. Workshops with professional facilitators will take place in numerous art forms including dance, drama, creative writing, music and memory, samba and percussion, storytelling, and visual art.

Women for Europe is a growing network of women from all strata of society who are coming together to campaign for a Yes Vote in the Lisbon Treaty Referendum on 2nd October next.

With the Local Elections only a couple of weeks away the candidates in each area are busy on the doorsteps putting themselves in front of the people again. With the redrawing of election boundaries causing consternation in a number of areas with areas swapping from one to another and Ballinrobe being extinguished as an electoral area in its own right, the Swinford area was one of the least affected with the transfer of Aghamore into its area from the newly expanded Claremorris area.

There was disappointment among the members of Ballina Town Council when town engineer Michael O’Grady revealed that the Department of Transport had cut the grant for the town from €287,000, as was announced in February, to €177,000 due to national budgetary cutbacks.

Bealtaine Festival is Ireland’s national arts festival celebrating creativity in older age. This year over 55,000 people all over the country will take part in music, art, dance, writing, photography, theatre, and cinema events. As part of the nationwide festival Roscommon Arts Centre has organised events for active age and retirement groups from May 5 to 29.

A deficit of €3.8 million in roads grants for 2009 has left Westmeath County Council with no choice but to postpone certain projects and cut costs in other areas.

Supporting businesses of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway have now passed the 100 mark as the fleet prepares for the in-port racing duel in Boston on Saturday.

When the Volvo Ocean Race departs Boston next week the countdown to the Galway stopover begins in earnest.

Local builder O’Malley Construction is planning to release the last of its built stock at Boireann Bheag, Roscam, this weekend. The remaining 15 units will be available at hugely discounted prices.