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Television personality Ryan Tubridy has the craic at Connemara Golf Club in Ballyconneely, Co Galway, with club captain Brian Hughes of the Abbey Glen Hotel, after he was awarded honorary life membership of the club.

A young student from Westport will be studying her dictionary and fine-tuning her pronunciation skills in the coming months after being crowned the county’s spelling bee champ and winning a place in the provincial spelling bee final.

Thanks to the Supermac’s inspired Bring Them Home competition, the Mentane family living in Kilnadeema, Co Galway, will be anticipating a visit this Christmas from father and husband Patrick Mentane, who has been based in Australia since last June. Patrick Mentane relocated to Queensland in June to work on the motorways. A return trip to Ireland at Christmas was looking to be beyond the family’s financial means which was upsetting for them given that Mr Mentane was forcibly absent from his daughter’s first birthday and his wife’s graduation since the move.

Everybody needs good neighbours and broadcaster Ryan Tubridy and Eileen Colgan, who plays Esther Roche in Fair City’s Carrigstown, Ireland’s most famous fictional neighbourhood, have just launched the Neighbour of the Year award, as part of the 2012 People of the Year Awards, organised by Rehab.

Eason is reminding Westmeath Primary Schools that the closing date for entries into the Eason Spelling Bee with Tubridy is approaching. Westmeath Primary Schools have until Friday May 20 to register to take part in the Eason Spelling Bee, Ireland’s first national spelling challenge in association with Ryan Tubridy on RTE 2FM.

AS ALWAYS there is a huge variety of books available as gifts this Christmas which in an increasingly harsh economic climate offer wonderful value and, when chosen properly, are immensely and deeply appreciated.

The official opening of Regent House which houses the new Rehab Centre in Kilkenny city will be carried out by one of RTE’s biggest personalities, Ryan Tubridy, this week.