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A public event which aims to promote awareness of Fairtrade and encourage people to buy Fairtrade products will take place in the Amnesty Action Centre in Galway next week. The talk is part of a series of events taking place around the country during Fairtrade Fortnight.

The Galway Rape Crisis Centre, which officially opened its new premises in Forster Court this week, has revealed how the move had been necessary as staff had been forced to turn people away due to lack of space.

People from Westmeath spent €16,730 on gifts for the world’s poorest people last Christmas, that is according to overseas development agency, Trócaire. The charity thanked the people of Co Westmeath for remembering families in need overseas when planning their Christmas shopping, as it launched its 2012 Christmas gift range.

Survivors of sexual violence and abuse knew the perpetrators of the crimes in nearly 80 per cent of cases, according to a new study, just published.

Members of the St Colmans Business Network International Chapter, Claremorris, had cause to celebrate recently after they were recognised as being among the top BNI chapters in Ireland. The group of local business people were announced as the most improved BNI chapter in Ireland south and west, and were also awarded first place in Ireland west in a European wide competition which focused on “Doing the basics brilliantly”, a word of mouth marketing programme which ran throughout the summer months.

Two of Galway’s best known restaurateurs have been chosen as food champions to represent the west of Ireland as part of a food tourism delegation due to visit Canada next month.

New cars sold in 2011 were 3.3 per cent more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010.

A local BNI group has generated more than €1m in revenue in the last two years.

A summer camp for students with dyslexia or dyspraxia will take place at AIT from July 2-6.

The Midlands branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is pleased to announce details of an upcoming event: Embedding a Coaching Culture in an Organisation/ CIPD Midlands annual general meeting. The event, which is kindly sponsored by Vhi Healthcare and Wineport Lodge, will take place in Wineport Lodge at 6pm on Wednesday, April 18, where the principal speakers will be Ray Byrne, president, Midlands Gateway Chamber; Paula King, executive director, Kingstown College; and Tom Ryan, chairman, CIPD Midlands Region.