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Friday night was awards night for the County Kilkenny athletics community. Athletes, family members, and friends gathered in The Parish Pump, Rosbercon, where they dined lavishly on the fine fare laid on by host club, St Joseph’s, under the guidance of super-cook Trudy Power.

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The official opening of Gorthaganny School is taking place at 2pm on Thursday September 24. This is as a result of substantial structural work carried out on the school, which was completed earlier this year. It will be a very big day for the area and this region of the west of Ireland.

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has announced that it will seek applications for six new community and community of interest radio services during the course of 2009. The Commission had sought expressions of interest in new and existing community and community of interest services in September of this year. A total of 16 submissions were received.

Kilkenny and Wicklow clashed at Jenkinstown last Sunday in round 2 of the Bord Gáis Energy ladies football national league. While both sides have had their share of good fortune in recent meetings lady luck was on the side of the visitors on this occasion. Wicklow were in a determined mood having lost to Antrim three weeks ago while the Cats had every right to be confident after a resounding 13 point win over Derry in round one.

Ireland is facing its worst economic crisis since World War II. Yet the Government is floundering in a sea of incompetence, totally bereft of ideas and imagination.

Pembroke Communications, one of Ireland’s leading PR firms, has formed a strategic partnership with Slí Nua Communications, run by former Irish Independent journalist Liam Horan.

Westmeath’s 74 primary schools are to receive grant funding this week to carry out small-scale structural and mechanical works.

Fine Gael TD Deputy Michael Ring this week hit out at the Department of Education for the lack of progress on the upgrading of Our Lady’s secondary school in Belmullet. “Once again no date was given for the start up of works,” said Deputy Ring, “I am calling on the Minister to use the funding that we know is available to the Department to get this much needed upgrade off the ground.”