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A fundraising coffee morning in aid of Self Help Africa’s work in Kenya will take place on Friday April 26 in the Westside Resource Centre, Westside, from 10am to 12 noon.

The Mullingar St Patrick’s Day parade takes place this Sunday March 17 at 3pm. The street entertainment this year begins at 2pm throughout the town and will include an arts and crafts exhibition, inflatable funzone, tug-o-war competition, display by local dance school, and much more. This year will also see live music in Market Square from 5.30pm onwards.

One of the upsides of the ‘we are where we are” scenario that has engulfed this country for the last few years is that it is forcing more and more people to look for opportunities in the sea of adversity in which we are all floundering. One of these opportunities has come to Galway in the past 48 hours with the news that a greenway trail for cyclists and pedestrians from Oughterard to Clifden has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

The Moate St Patrick’s Day parade will be held on Sunday March 17 at 4pm.

A new report suggests that many older people are experiencing real hardship during Ireland’s recession, but that this remains largely hidden from public view. This suggests caution is necessary when interpreting official statistics, which show deprivation and poverty rates for pensioner households to be at an all-time low.

The Adult Refugee Programme, which runs nationwide, including Mayo, is to be closed after Christmas as part of a massive culling of social inclusion services. The programme, which is open to all those with refugee status was to assist as best possible in a process of integration into Irish society.

The Heritage Council, coordinators of National Heritage Week which takes place from August 18-26 are looking for people to get involved and promote Heritage Week in Westmeath by becoming a county ambassador.

A new tourism initiative targeting adventure travel tourists was launched by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week with the aim of bringing a slice of the $89billion global adventure market to Mayo. Greenway Adventures is a collection of 11 Mayo-based adventure tourism providers that, together, form the county’s first adventure trail.

A Galway TD has accused the Environment minister, Phil Hogan, and his department of displaying an “anti-rural bias” by refusing to provide sufficient council housing in rural areas, therefore forcing people to leave the area.

University students, farmers, environmental campaigners, city residents, cycling advocates, heritage groups, local authority officials and politicians are joining forces to develop an ambitious network of ‘Greenways’ that will link up castles on the east side of Galway city with historical mansions and castles in the north and east of the county.