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A team of local tractor enthusiasts traversed the country on a six day tour of the 26 counties earlier this month, raising an impressive €10,000 for charity.

Over half a million people in Ireland are affected by a chronic condition that affects everything they do; work, rest, and play.

The Autism Team from the Health Service Executive’s Carlow/Kilkenny Community Services area has launched an information brochure.

Women’s risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer will be greatly reduced thanks to plans to introduce a vaccination programme for 12-year-old girls next year and to roll out a cervical screening programme nationally.

New babies are set to benefit from a new childhood immunisation schedule recommended by the Royal College of Physicians, according to local Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey.

Some 25 Kilkenny hoteliers joined with Minister for Arts, Sport, and Tourism, Martin Cullen, to launch the 2009 Be Our Guest Guide and kickstart the Irish Hotels Federation’s international marketing drive for 2009.

• Bow Waves, the only Galway-based maritime training organisation, has launched its winter training programme. The courses, for people who go to sea for a living or for leisure, range from basic sailing and powerboat courses up to advanced. Over the winter there are a number of evening courses, including navigation, GPS, VHF, first aid, diesel engine, and sea survival. Sailing courses include yachts, keelboats and dinghies, with adults, juniors, schools, and groups are catered for. Bow Waves is also running a commercial passenger boat skippers’ course (Master 200 ton - Power), starting in November; a yachtmaster course, and an introduction to navigation starting in the next few weeks. The venue is the Galway Harbour Enterprise Park. For further information contact Bow Waves on 091 560 560 or e-mail [email protected]

Labour Councillor Michael O’ Brien said that the HSE appeal on the flu virus should be taken very seriously.

Whale watchers and would-be whale watchers all over the country will have been inspired and excited by the news of the sighting of a blue whale in Irish waters a couple of weeks ago. The initial observation—the first recorded and confirmed sighting of a blue whale in Irish waters for at least 20 years—was made during a tuna fishing trip off the coast of Kerry, and there were two further sightings in the following few days.

Diabetes will come under the spotlight this weekend when leading experts in the care and management of the condition will meet to discuss the latest treatments and explore ways to achieve better outcomes for sufferers.