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Michael Bradbury & Cathal Connolly are the owners of ‘Bradbury & Connolly’ - HotSchoolmeals.ie . It is a Galway family run business set up to supply Galway schools with the highest quality nutritious school meals.

Young people from every corner of County Galway gathered at County Hall for the announcement of the winners of Galway County Council’s annual Anti-Litter Poster Competition.

For the past four years, Róisín Black has been a teacher at Scoil Mhuire, the same primary school she attended in her home town of Oranmore.

“Our Lady’s Boys Club has taught me three things. First it has taught me a better knowledge of my Religion and its principles; secondly it has taught me to seek to improve myself, and thirdly it has taught me that real happiness is to be found in helping others rather than in seeking self.” These words, spoken in 1960 by a young man who had grown up in the club and was by then a member of its committee, summed up beautifully the work the club has tried to accomplish since its foundation in 1941.

A delegation from Scoil Mhuire, Moycullen travelled to Leinster House last week to meet the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan to deliver a petition for permission and funding to replace the school’s ageing, outdated prefabs with new classrooms. 

The curtain finally came down on the FAI Post Primary Schools First Year Futsal finals on Wednesday last (December 4) in Franciscan College, Gormanston. The girls from Sacred Heart School in Westport put in some awesome performances throughout the day to claim their respective titles in fine style. This year’s format saw the participating schools play 15 minute games with schools playing each other twice, resulting in a total of six games each. Thus ensuring that top of the leader board status would guarantee the prestigious title. Some pulsating ties ensued as it was all to play for in the opening battles The girls’ section had a clear cut winner with the Westport girls proving decisive in front of goal. Seamas MacEachmharcaigh’s crew won all six games, scored 17 goals, and only conceded three times to claim top spot on the leader board with 12 points generated.

Mercy Secondary School, Meánscoil Mhuire, Newtownsmith, will mark the 75th anniversary of its founding next September with a two-day celebration.

MOYCULLEN’S CEARLANN An Earraigh traditional music workshops return for 2012 and will take place on Saturday April 14 in Scoil Mhuire in Moycullen village.

Athenry’s vocational school, Gairmscoil Mhuire, and the Co Galway VEC have been given a devolved grant to built a 1,000 pupil school in the town.

A total of 23 schools around Galway city and county will benefit from the €40 million in funding for the Summer Works Scheme announced this week as part of the Government’s new jobs initiative.