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NUI Galway has signed a co-operation agreement with Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU), in which the Irish university will support its Ethiopian counterpart in establishing itself as an international hub of science, innovation, and education in East Africa.

AUGUST MARKS the centenary of the start of The Great War and in anticipation of that, NUI Galway will hold a major international history workshop on the conflict.

Last month, 19 Irish volunteers participated in the Great Ethiopian Run (GER) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on behalf of Vita, an Irish NGO working in East Africa including three Mayo men which raised over €50,000.

Gorta recently launched its 2013 Give: with Lifetime Gifts’ Christmas catalogue and has revealed that a flock of chickens was the most popular gift in Galway last year.

Gorta recently launched its 2013 Give: with Lifetime Gifts’ Christmas catalogue and has revealed that a flock of chickens was the most popular gift in Galway last year.

Trócaire has thanked the people of Westmeath for four decades of life-changing support, as it marks its 40th anniversary this month. The aid agency’s annual Lenten campaign began this week on Ash Wednesday, February 13.

A Galway man has been praised at a glittering business awards event held recently for his “awe-inspiring” vision, innovation, and commercial achievements.

Galway’s ‘Operation Transformation’ contestant Ronan Scully and Galway publican Fergus McGinn along with six other runners from Galway and another 10 from around the country are to take part in the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa on Sunday November 27 to raise funds for the Irish charity Self Help Africa for their work in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

DE DANNAN and singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke will play the Share The Harvest charity concert in Kinvara this Saturday at 8pm.

Operation Transformation star and renowned fundraiser Ronan Scully is undertaking the Great Ethiopian Run this November, and is looking for volunteers to join him. Scully has already signed up close to a dozen participants to run with him on the annual event, a 10km walking and running challenge through the heart of Addis Ababa on November 27.