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Next month sees publication of the 60th edition of Crannóg, Galway’s international literary magazine, and the milestone will be marked by launching a new prize for writers.

Applications are now being invited from young singers and musicians in the Midlands region who are pursuing a career in professional performance in the classical field.

Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Further and Higher Education, Rose Conway-Walsh TD, has called on the government to end the unfair practice of removing disabilities supports from students who are awarded scholarships in third-level education.

Ninety GMIT students were awarded scholarships in recognition of their academic, personal, sporting, and cultural achievements at a virtual ceremony last week.

Last week, Dr Martin Naughton and his wife Carmel, announced the winners of the 2020 Naughton Foundation Scholarship Awards. County Mayo Student, Ewan Duffy, was awarded a scholarship worth €20,000.

Thirty one students across Athlone Institute of Technology’s Department of Sport and Health Science were recognised for their outstanding academic achievement this week at an annual ceremony intended to celebrate high achieving students in the company of their peers, friends and families.

Six third-level Agricultural science students, including Mairead Fox from Moate, have received The Agricultural Science Association’s (ASA) professional work experience travel bursaries.

Since its establishment in 2008 Naughton Foundation Scholarships worth over €4million have been presented to 175 remarkable young people in the fields of science, engineering and technology in publicly funded third level institutions in Ireland, north and south.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe presented the first Budget of the Minority Government Fine Gael-Independent Coalition. Ministers Noonan and Donohoe announced that the total Budget package of €1.3bn favours expenditure increases over revenue reductions by three to one reflecting the Government’s commitment to rebuilding and investing in public services. More detail will be included in the Finance Bill to be published later this month.

The 2015 Martin Sheridan Bursary awards were presented by the Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Cllr Michael Holmes, to the recipients recently at the Martin Sheridan Memorial Community Centre. Now in its third year, the awards are for sports people who have excellent potential, outstanding ability, and the desire to perform at the highest level possible in their chosen sport and have the potential to bring recognition and success at national and international level to Mayo. The awards are designed to assist in the cost of education, training, travel, and equipment.