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Fianna Fáil whip for Mayo County Council, Cllr Michéal McNamara this week hit out at the newly slimed down Údarás na Gaeltachta. The council had an item on its agenda to nominate a member to the Údarás. The majority party in the council, Fine Gael nominated Ian McAndrew to the position.

Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley, has announced that his Department is seeking expressions of interest from people interested in being appointed to the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta.

Galway made TV series Corp +_Anam, TG4’s Ó Tholg go Tolg, and Raidió na Gaeltachta were the big winners at the Celtic Media Festival which was held in Derry recently.

Galway-based television and film production company, Abú Media, is this week hosting a series of screenings in New York of the award winning series 1916 Seachtar na Cásca.

THE KINVARA based soprano, Maeve Cairney, will perform a special concert of Irish and Scottish music this Sunday in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street.

A new learning resource, The iTunes U – COGG Channel, developed by NUI Galway for Gaeltacht and all-Irish primary schools was launched this week.

Údarás na Gaeltachta, the regional development authority, continued to support Mayo businesses and projects throughout 2010, with 601 full-time employment positions in assisted companies supported during the year, according to the newly published Údarás na Gaeltachta 2010 Annual Report.

If you would like to practise your Irish and have a bit of craic at the same time, go to Inishturk on Saturday October 22.

The 57th Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival concludes in style on Sunday with a full day of entertainment planned for all the family at the festival marquee on Galway Harbour.

Iorras Le Chéile in conjunction with Údarás Na Gaeltachta is organising a computer course for women who have little or no internet/computer experience.