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People in Co Kilkenny bought €28,281 worth of Trócaire Christmas gifts last year and the Irish development agency is hoping that more people in the county will make buying a Global Gift part of their Christmas traditions this year.

The efforts by Mayo’s Fairtrade towns have helped secure Government funding of €15 million to support farmers in East Africa, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD.

Cleeres will present an 80s night (tonight) Friday, April 3 for fans of that decade.

Schools and businesses around the country are getting ready to show their true colours for GOAL Jersey Day on Friday October 3.

This weekend will see a jam-packed night of music take place in The Pumphouse in aid of the Uganda School Project.

Trocaire has revealed that Westmeath people place gifts for the developing world at the top of their Christmas shopping lists, spending €36,421 on Trocaire’s Christmas gifts last year.

Pictured offering their support to the ‘Metre to a Mile’ fundraising event to be held in the Kingfisher Clubs next Friday November 21 were Matthew Clancy of the Galway Senior Football team and Eugene Cloonan of the Galway Senior Hurling Team. ‘Metre to a Mile’ is held in aid of GOAL with in excess of €42,000 being raised last year. The funds raised from this year’s event are going towards building houses in Uganda for people affected by AIDS and homelessness in one of the poorest countries in the world.

Amnesty International is to host a public meeting on how people in Ireland can make a difference to human rights in Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Galway hurlers and GAA enthusiasts are once again backing GOAL’s efforts to raise funds for AIDS-ravaged Uganda.

Kilkenny student Karen Reidy has been announced as the winner of the ECHO ‘Crisis Correspondent – Reporting from Uganda’ competition.