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Students from the Midlands were celebrating this week after taking home a number of awards from the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2011 which took place at the RDS at the weekend.

Junior Chamber International Galway hosted its annual Christmas ball and awards ceremony in the Harbour Hotel recently where the voluntary activities and efforts of members were recognised and the end of a successful year for 2010 branch president Victoria Whelan was celebrated.

Kilkenny and Ireland’s Strongest Man James Fennelly featured on Brava TV this week for his participation in this year’s UK Strongest Man competition. The three day event which was filmed for Brava TV and was presented by Alex Reid saw Mr Fennelly place 4th overall in the competition.

THRILLS, SPILLS, and circus skills galore can be anticipated in Attack Of The Circus, an exciting co-production between the Galway Community Circus and Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre, which plays the Black Box Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm.

The country is insolvent with a deficit of €20bn and national debt of in excess of €300bn. We must find massive savings in current spending leading to a reduction in the deficit and thus a reduction in borrowing. Increasing taxes will have some albeit a limited benefit as they generate diminishing return in line with the increases levied. So we must close the gap elsewhere.

Budding Hollywood star, Carlow’s Saoirse Ronan, will be playing a teenage assassin in two films due to be released in the coming year.

Paulstown boxer Darren O’Neill makes a return to the ring, moving up a division to light-heavyweight for the Ostrava Grand Prix in the Czech Republic this month.

The distinguished violin and piano duo of Catherine Leonard and Hugh Tinney will tour to Roscommon Arts Centre today, Friday October 15 at 8pm. This duo has a special affinity with Beethoven’s music and will perform two of his sonatas for violin and piano (No.3 and No.10). They will also play James Wilson’s Sonata No.5 written for the duo in 2001 together with Debussy’s sonata which Leonard describes as being “full of fantastical elements and jazzy rhythms”.

GALWAY BASED indie-acoustic singer-songwriter Seán Kangataran has just released his self-titled debut album.

Irish dentists have an important role to play in educating patients about their oral health if dental treatments are to be successful long term.