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Local Election candidate for Galway West, Pearce Flannery, has reacted angrily to the news that the board of Leisureland is to only receive an update from the facility’s management at a monthly meeting tomorrow, May 9.

The Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG), a group of executives and technology leaders headquartered in Silicon Valley, and focused on helping Irish start-up companies, is leading a delegation of high level executives and investors to Dublin.

Kilmeen Drama Group from Rossmore in West Cork were crowned all Ireland drama champions for 2011 at the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival gala awards ceremony in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone last Saturday night. The group won the event for the second time in their history with their production of Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark as well as picking up the awards for best actor - Declan Price, and best actress in a supporting role - Irene Kelleher.

The 2011 RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival was officially launched at the Abbey Theatre on Wednesday night at a glittering reception attended by Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Jimmy Deenihan. Guests also included Judge Bryan McMahon, chairman of the Board of the Abbey Theatre and RTÉ director general Noel Curran, as well as representatives from the participating groups, the festival’s organising committee, and other drama personalities. The event renews links with the National Theatre which go back to the early days of the festival when many Abbey notables adjudicated at or officially opened the festival.

The launch of Mr Personality 2011 took place recently in the Springhill Court Hotel, Kilkenny.

The board of Ireland West Airport Knock has announced that Joe Kennedy is retiring from his position as chairman of the airport’s board after a period of six and a half years and that Liam Scollan, former group managing director, will succeed Mr Kennedy as the board’s new chairman.

TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim and Minister for Housing, Urban Renewal & Developing Areas, Michael Finneran, has been informed Cornafulla National School has been sanctioned to re-tender, with a view to works beginning on site as soon as possible.

It may take authorities up to three months to resolve difficulties surrounding the closure of the Watershed municipal swimming pool.

The first steps towards the conversion of the Aras an Mhuilinn building in Mullingar into a regional centre for Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann took place on Tuesday this week, when contracts for the refurbishment project were signed with Bam Builders.