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KEN BRUEN, the acclaimed and award winning Galway crime-fiction writer has won the Best Crime Novel 2013 title in the annual Stannies list.

2014 promises to be an exciting year for Galway Arts Centre’s visual art programme. Despite funding cuts to the arts for five consecutive years, the Dominick Street gallery is still working with a superb mix of Irish and international artists in solo and group exhibitions. The visual art education programme is also reaching new levels with major projects for young people and older people in 2014.

Fine Gael Mayo TD for Mayo, Michelle Mulherin, has called for the introduction of an apprenticeship scheme to train people for the tourism industry in order to satisfy the demand for staff.

Galway Executive Skillnet (GES) is hosting three events over the coming weeks. Managing Finance is the first of these events on Oct. 2 with Susan Hayes, the positive economist. Ms Hayes is an experienced financial trainer and entrepreneur and shares her knowledge with others in a practical and easily implementable format. Finance is the lifeblood of every business. However, sometimes SMEs find themselves trying to organise chaos coming up to accounting deadlines, suffering lumpy cashflow situations and feeling at the mercy of the bank account balance.

Undiscovered prodigies in Westmeath will now have an outlet to shine with the launch this week of the JUMP (Junior Undiscovered Maths Prodigies) maths programme by the Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring has welcomed the announcement from the Department of Education and Skills to allow for emergency works to be carried out at Glencastle National School, Bunnahowen, Ballina.

Paper Crane is a Russian educational club, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. It educates children and adults, in preserving and promoting the heritage of Russian traditions and the language itself, in bringing together all enthusiasts interested in the past, present, and future of Russian culture.

By the start of next month, Gaelscoil de hÍde in Oranmore, will know whether it has received planning permission for its new school.

Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has welcomed the news that building access works, to provide facilities for special needs pupils, have been approved for Balla National School by the Department of Education under the Additional Accommodation and Emergency Works scheme.

A JobBridge ad for a primary school teacher in Athlone has been branded “exploitative” and “demeaning” by a local councillor.