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As an engineering graduate, I was really pleased to see a report recently showing Ireland leads the way in Europe for the number of STEM graduates it produces. It is testament to the hard work of people following careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields in this country.

Coláiste Néifinn is an established Irish college in Athenry, Glenamaddy, Castlebar, and Ballina. The college caters for the learning of the Irish language for 12 to 18-year-olds. It is a very successful coláiste Gaeilge with students attending from all around the county.

A landowner has been convicted of a breach to the Water Pollution Act in Glenamaddy, Co Galway which resulted in a fish kill. At a sitting of Tuam District Court, Michael Conneally of Boyounagh, Glenamaddy pleaded guilty to permitting silage effluent to enter the Yellow River, a tributary of the Clare River, on June 15 2016.

A Latvian man has been found guilty of murder after he strangled a fellow Latvian who had filed a complaint against him to the gardai. It was the prosecution’s case that 31-year-old Andresj Krauze murdered Juris Buls (30) after he refused to withdraw his complaint.

Glenamaddy District Ploughing and Agricultural Show looks set to top last year’s wonderful success with an exciting range of attractions, competitions, and activities for all visitors. A dedicated committee and team of volunteers, and generous sponsorship from local businesses mean the 2016 event will rival many more established farm shows around the country.

O’Donnellan and Joyce’s next auction, which will take place this Friday November 13 at 2pm in the Harbour Hotel, Galway, is set to attract the highest numbers of online viewers to date.

STOLEN CHILD, the story of a young woman’s journey to find her natural mother, will be staged by the Glenamaddy Players at Glenamaddy Town Hall Theatre in February.

The lack of roadside barriers on a stretch of the main Glenamaddy to Dunmore route is a serious threat to public safety and also places a local farmer’s livelihood in jeopardy, according to Fianna Fáil Tuam local area candidate Nora Fahy.

St Enda’s of Salthill took the silverware in basketball’s All Ireland Schools League U19 C Girls final when they saw off local rivals Glenamaddy CS. In what began as a tightly fought contest, the guard play of sisters Ailbhe and Megan Davoren proved vital for the city side as they ran out winners by 43-23.

An Taisce has called for immediate action to be taken in relation to the “totally unacceptable health and environmental hazard” Glenamaddy where the town’s sewage is being piped into a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) turlough.