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As more than 9,700 secondary school students in Mayo wake up to a new school year this week, Focus Ireland is calling on them to set their alarms as a reminder to sign up for the charity’s annual Schoolmates Sleepover.

Mayo is to receive funding for five housing units to meet the needs of persons with specific types of housing needs.

A number of local businesses are showing real community spirit and also showing that a real difference can be made to the lives of those in our community who need our help and support.

Eighty thousand euro is spent annually in the county dealing with homelessness, county councillors were informed during their monthly meeting on Monday.

Today, Friday July 16, friends Detective Garda Fergal Flynn of Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station and Paul Kelly, prison officer at Mountjoy Prison, will set off on a charity cycle from the Capuchin Day Centre, Dublin to Belmullet. Joined by a number of colleagues, Flynn and Kelly will cycle a total of 300km to raise much needed funds for The Capuchin Day Centre.

A backbench Government TD asks his not very bright 10-year-old daughter what she wants to be when she grows up. I want to be a politician like you, I want to be Taoiseach some day, she says. Her father was delighted. Political life had been good to him. Most especially so considering he had failed in everything else he had tried his hand at. He knew that it paid people disproportionately to their abilities. Where else could an absolute oaf get such a salary and associated benefits? To be elected would secure his daughter’s future and that of all belonging to her. Oh yes, becoming a politician was a very good idea indeed. After all, it’s not as if you need any qualifications or ability.

This coming bank holiday weekend, on June 5 and 6, the Clik All-Ireland and International Sheep Shearing Championships will be held in Portlaoise Rugby Club, with over 20,000 people expected to attend.

One of the city’s oldest businesses has teamed up with Galway Simon Community in a bid to help the homeless people of Galway.

Next Friday, April 16, Athlone Lions Club is holding a bowling night in Athlone Leisure World. All proceeds from the night will go to Midlands Simon Community and their efforts to end homelessness right across the Midlands.

On Tuesday April 20, a group of mature students from Athlone Institute of Technology are taking to the streets of Athlone to raise awareness and much-needed funds for the Midlands Simon Community.