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Two of Westmeath’s leading GAA stars have jetted off to Africa this week, in a bid to plant a million trees and raise awareness of the impact that climate change is having on some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

While Galway stars Damien Comer and Alan Kerins have been pulling up trees in the form of their storming sporting careers in the maroon and white of Galway, now they are part of a noble drive to ensure that one million trees are planted on the continent of Africa.

Margaretta D’Arcy, Lelia Doolan, Dr Jerry Cowley, and Ronan Scully will receive honorary degrees at next week’s winter conferring ceremonies, University of Galway has announced.

If you’ve been meaning to build a shoebox for the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal, there’s great news as Team Hope has extended the drop off date for physical shoeboxes until Tuesday, November 15.

The Rotary Club of Athlone celebrated World Polio Day on Monday, October 24 and to mark the occasion the White Bridge, which traverses the River Shannon in the heart of the town was illuminated in the colour purple by Iarnrod Eireann.

Some 60 tourism companies from Ireland attended ‘Flavours of Ireland’ 2022 in London last week – including Connemara Wild Escapes, DK Connemara Oysters and Killary Fjord Boat Tours. ‘Flavours’ is Tourism Ireland’s annual B2B tourism workshop, where tourism companies from Ireland meet and do business with top global inbound tour operators.

Mauritius lies in the inviting waters of the Indian Ocean. A country rich in history, having first being colonised back in 1638, it has a fascinating blend of cultures, traditions, customs, and cuisine. English is the official language, but you will hear some French and Creole when you are out and about.

The 2022 Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal aims to deliver as many gift-filled shoeboxes as possible to children, for whom poverty is their every-day reality, and make smiles happen. And they need your help.

Award winning nature photographer Tina Claffey, from Offaly, celebrates the minutiae of our Midland habitats through her macro lens, her photographs capture what the naked eye cannot see and giving a unique perspective of the flora and fauna of raised bogs and wet woodlands.

Humanitarian aid agency GOAL is appealing to people all over Ireland to show their true colours by getting on their kit for GOAL Jersey Day, which takes place on Friday, October 14, in partnership with Folens.