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More than 250 people from community and voluntary groups from all around County Galway were honoured at the County Mayors Awards Ceremony on Tuesday in the Claregalway Hotel. The awards recognise and celebrate community and voluntary activity around County Galway. Eleven Awards were up for grabs after a public call for nominations was made back in October.

Three Mayo stores were rewarded for excellence in retail standards at the 2013 Gala Annual Conference and BEST Awards, which took place at The Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co Laois.

Galway county councillors have given their full backing to the Galway bid to host the National Famine Commemoration 2014 with the town of Portumna being specifically chosen to host a number of events in May 2014.

The lack of a heritage officer in Westmeath is a regrettable loss to the county, says a prominent local historian.

Female entrepreneurs in Ireland are becoming more optimistic about the growth of their businesses. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report for 2012 report shows that the number of female early stage entrepreneurs who expect to have at least 10 employed people within five years has almost doubled, to 23 per cent. Conversely, the percentage of male entrepreneurs expecting to have at least 10 jobs within five years has dropped from 36 to 27 per cent.

National Heritage Week runs until Sunday and Ford tells us its new Kuga model has been pressed into service, touring the country visiting a selection of the 1,700 events that are taking place in the celebration of Ireland’s national heritage.

National Heritage Week runs until Sunday and Ford tells us its new Kuga model has been pressed into service, touring the country visiting a selection of the 1,700 events that are taking place in the celebration of Ireland’s national heritage.

Paper Crane is a Russian educational club, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. It educates children and adults, in preserving and promoting the heritage of Russian traditions and the language itself, in bringing together all enthusiasts interested in the past, present, and future of Russian culture.

National Heritage Week runs until Sunday and Ford tells us its new Kuga model has been pressed into service, touring the country visiting a selection of the 1,700 events that are taking place in the celebration of Ireland’s national heritage.

A two-day event celebrating the history of the McManus clan takes place in Drum this weekend. Both the townlands of Ardnanure and Nure once consisted entirely of families with the surname McManus.