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Ireland’s Year of Craft 2011 initiative has given a welcome boost to Ireland’s craft industry, and will help to sustain thousands of jobs in the sector into the future, according to the Crafts Council of Ireland.

2012 IS just five days old and its remaining 361 stretch out before us. It is the time when we make New Year resolutions, plan ahead, and hope for the best. So what hopes and fears does comedian Neil Delamere have for this year?

The funeral of the Taoiseach’s mother, Eithne Kenny (93), took place in Castlebar on Monday, where large crowds of sympathisers turned up at the funeral Mass which took place in the Church of The Holy Rosary.

Westmeath based company Roadstone Wood Ltd, which is owned by CRH, is to donate €7,000 to Simon Community projects in the county this year, through a safety in the workplace initiative with the homelessness charity.

Connacht’s u-18 hockey squad competes in this season’s interprovincial championship in Belfast at the weekend. The Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association is hosts the u-16 and u-18 competitions a the Northern Ireland Civil Service Hockey Club in Stormont Estate, Belfast.

Tomás Breathnach was elected Cathaoirleach of the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly at its recent annual general meeting.

The award-winning National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, will soon reach another major milestone when it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its official opening. On Monday September 19, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will join the celebrations to mark the official opening which took place on September 9 2001.

The Ardrahan Agricultural Show is to be held again this year on Sunday July 10 at its usual location at Labane.

As part of its ‘Springtime of Drama’ season, the Town Hall Theatre is presenting Moment, one of the most exciting new Irish dramas of recent years.

LOVE, SEX, birth, death, dildos and salsa classes: bittersweet comedy Little Gem by Elaine Murphy sees three generations of Dublin women on a wild and constantly surprising journey which has proved an international theatrical smash.