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Following their second public meeting and after a number of behind closed doors sessions the elected members of Ballina Town Council finalised their budget for 2013 on Wednesday evening. Following the protracted discussions, the members agreed to keep the commercial rate the same in the town as the previous year at a figure of €64.52 in the euro, but made a number of changes to the spending priorities in the budget.

Winners of the Mayo Emigrant Liaison Committee’s Irish Diaspora Awards will be honoured at the awards ceremony on September 9 in Castlebar.

The vocal star of the Oscar-nominated movie, The Secret of Kells, Christen Mooney (13) has agreed to be the Grand Marshall for this year’s St Partick’s Day Parade in Kilkenny.

As part of their heritage awareness programme, Athlone Architectural Heritage Group entered a float in the 2010 St Patrick’s Day Parade, commemorating the hardship endured by the citizens who had to reside in the town’s workhouse during the Great Famine.

The Athlone St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee have announced a full schedule of events for St Patrick’s Day this year, and now all they need are the people of Athlone to come out and support the events.

Well-known Robeen man Pat McGovern has won the prize for the best photograph taken at this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Ballinrobe.