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La Maison Chic is now offering an intensive 12 weeks course for students eager to be able to design their own home efficiently. The course syllabus has been designed by expert designer and owner of La Maison Chic interior design Galway and Dublin, Laurent Billiet. The course content and skills taught are practical and fully up to date as well as developed by a working professional.

The best little record store in the south-east, Rollercoaster Music on Kieran Street, has signed up for international Record Store Day, which takes place this Saturday, April 18. Established in 2008, Record Store Day celebrates the culture and unique place that the independently-owned music store occupies in its local and national community.

Westport is feeling the recession like the rest of Ireland but an article in last Friday's Irish Independent drew “an inaccurately dire picture of Westport's economic status” said Labour's Keith Martin, who is also a member of Westport’s Job Creation Taskforce.

A “dramatic” change in situation in the case of Edith Orumwenes, who claims to be the victim of human trafficking, was heard in Castlebar District Court on Wednesday, after a Garda investigation may have identified her as a woman who was working under the professional name of “Joy Jolly” in Clonmel during the time she claims that she was held captive in a house in Castlebar.

The countdown has begun in earnest for the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in May, and the organisers are calling on the city to “pull together” to showcase Galway for the long-term benefit of the local economy.

The Irish Independent was accused of “gutter” journalism at this month’s meeting of Westmeath County Council (February 23) after it accused a councillor of laziness when he’d actually been bereaved.

Reports in a national newspaper last week detailing possible cuts in child benefit by the Government, have been criticised by Athlone’s Cllr Austin Berry, who now urges Fianna Fail and the Green party not to implement such cuts, which he said would attack the very poor in our society.

GALWAY CHILDREN and youth will be handsomely catered for at this year’s Cúirt Festival Of Literature from April 21 to 26, with a packed programme of events aimed at them.

Two of the most successful managers of the past decade, Mickey Harte (Tyrone) and Brian Cody (Kilkenny) are to launch their autobiographies in early autumn.

Went to Omagh last Saturday night for the Tyrone v Derry game, it’s no joke of a trip from the city of the tribes and took the guts of four hours. Indeed!!! “Boo-hoo for you” - I hear you say. Get out the smallest violin in the country and we’ll play you a tune. “We’ve no sympathy for you, Silke. And you getting well paid to go”.