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Athenry’s only public amenity is falling apart, and the community has been left footing the bill according to a local group set up to oversee it.

Play therapy is a gentle intervention that utilises the power of play that allows children to resolve emotional and behavioural difficulties. Often children don’t feel comfortable communicating how they feel using words, but they mostly always feel comfortable expressing how they feel through play, as “play is their language and toys are their words.” Just like adults attend therapy to talk out their problems, children attend therapy and use the space to play out their feelings and release their anxieties.

FG local election candidate Shane Forde has hit out at the City Council and the current East Ward Councillors over lack of playgrounds in the area.

Prior to the Christmas rush, it’s time to treat yourself to a great night of laughter, fun and top class drama in Athlone Little Theatre.

A number of Mayo county councillors have raised concerns that a newly drafted play strategy could halt the development of playgrounds in the county for the next ten years.

The Galway City Council has confirmed that communication boards will be installed in a number of playgrounds later in 2021 and in early 2022.

Fine Gael Spokesperson on Tourism and Sport, Deputy Alan Dillon, has welcomed confirmation that approval has been granted for the refurbishment of one of the existing Community Playgrounds at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar.

A motion calling for the installation of communication boards within local playgrounds to allow for inclusion and independence for non-verbal children was raised by Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, at a recent virtual sitting of Athlone-Moate Municipal District.

Twenty-two staff from St Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union are setting off on a virtual challenge to walk up and down the length of Ireland over the coming weeks — a distance of 2,000km — all to fundraise money to upgrade the playground in St. Bernadette’s Children’s Unit in University Hospital Galway. Can you help them reach their fundraising target of €2,000, a euro per kilometre?

Galway Community College's QQI Level 5 acting and theatre performance course has been established for more than 15 years now. It offers school leavers and adults looking to return to education a solid foundation in the performing arts and more.