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Diageo Ireland has announced that the Kilkenny branch of Down Syndrome Ireland is to receive a grant of €1,000 to help alleviate the cost of running a summer camp for local children with the condition.

Thukolo Gospel Choir is acutely aware of the many people in Kilkenny who have been affected by untimely deaths by suicide and how this devastating event can impact on the lives of so many.

Sharedparenting.ie, a recently established support group based in Kilkenny, is calling for equal rights for separated parents.

Noel Gibbons, road safety officer with Mayo County Council, has won the Road Safety Officer of the Year Award from the Road Safety Authority. At a presentation to mark the occasion by RSA chairman Gay Byrne at the RSA’s Leading Lights in Road Safety awards in Dublin Castle, Mr Gibbons was honoured for his work promoting road safety in Mayo through creative and informative road safety campaigns, and his ongoing efforts to support and complement the work of the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána through national campaigns.

The Friends of Coole has announced a review of its biannual Coole Park Cultural Programme.

The Galway voluntary group of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association will host a race day on Saturday July 31 at the Galway Summer Racing Festival to celebrate the organisation’s 25th anniversary.

The Friends of Coole is a voluntary group “dedicated to celebrating and continuing the creative influence of Lady Gregory and her contribution to Irish cultural life”. From their founding in 1994, they have worked to establish a cultural and heritage education centre at Coole Park.

Snubbed by three breast cancer organisations, an Irish glamour model will now be raising money for Mayo-based breast cancer organisation, Rock Chicks, when she takes part in a television charity event next month.

Voluntary group Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) is looking for Galway men to become big brother for a young person in need.

Galway East Tourism scooped the top prize at the Galway County Heritage Awards, held in Claregalway last week.