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With parents and children back to school, the Road Safety Authority has re-introduced the Safe Cross Code song as part of a package of road safety measures aimed at primary school children.

With parents and children back to school, the Road Safety Authority has re-introduced the Safe Cross Code song as part of a package of road safety measures aimed at primary school children.

As parents and children across the country prepare for the beginning of the school year, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has re-introduced the ‘Safe Cross Code’ song as part of a package of road safety measures aimed at primary school children. The song, written by Chris Darby, has been re-recorded for the new generation of road-users and features showbiz legend Brendan Grace, who recorded the original song, and the pupils of Derrywash National School in Castlebar.

The revelation by the Department of Education and Science that 1,670 primary school children in Mayo are in classes with over 30 pupils “highlights how little trust we can place in pre-election promises”, according to Labour Councillor Harry Barrett.

Labour TD for Longford/Westmeath, Deputy Willie Penrose, has again raised in the Dail the proposed decentralisation of 300 Department of Education posts to Mullingar.

Bus Éireann has agreed to run a Carna to Galway city commuter bus on a trial basis to service workers commuting to the city according to Fianna Fáil Galway West TD Frank Fahey.

A presentation of Advanced Craft Certificates, to mark the successful completion of their apprenticeship training, was made to over 120 craftspeople from throughout the Midlands region by Deputy Mary O’Rourke at a ceremony held earlier last Friday October 9 in Mullingar.

Minister for Labour Affairs, Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has welcomed the Government’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of the Rural Transport Programme in the renewed Programme for Government.

Westmeath County Council has announced that the first instalment of Third Level Maintenance Grants 2009 will be paid to approved first-time grant applicants and continuing approved students by the week ending Friday October 30.

The cost of prefab rental in Galway city and county for both primary and post-primary schools from January to December 2009 is estimated to soar to €1.84 million, according to figures obtained from the Department of Education and Science.