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There is a small nondescript townhouse on St Augustine Street in the centre of Galway city, it looks the same as many others. But it is not the same, because No 4 is special, and the work which is being carried out there is making a significant difference to the lives of many teenagers and young adults living in Galway.

GALWAY’S FREGOLI Theatre Company makes its first appearance of the new year at the Town Hall Theatre Studio next week with the world premiere of Maria Tivnan’s one-act play, Let Me Be.

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald will officially open The Vault Youth Space in Ballinasloe next Monday March 5 at 4.30pm. Formerly known as D’Cube, the space provided by Youth Work Ireland Galway for local youth services has recently been refurbished following extensive flooding damage during January 2011. Located in Marino Point, the facilities in The Vault include meeting and seating areas, pool table, table tennis, flat screen plasma TV, DVD player, XBox, Wii, and DJ box.

We are now entering the business end of this presidential election.

Four Westmeath students were among a group of nearly 300 young adults from across the world who attended the Albert Schweitzer’s Leadership for Life (ASLFL) conference last week. The conference was run by Foróige, the National Youth Development Organisation, and ICCUSA Foundation Inc (Irish Chamber of Commerce, USA) at NUI Maynooth. Nathan Byrne (Kinnegad), Deirdre Campbell (Moate), and Sarah Claffey and Grace Farrell (both from Rosemount) secured a place for the week-long conference based on the strength of their written application supported by a nomination to attend from a youth worker or volunteer leader from the county.

Four Kilkenny students were among a group of nearly 300 young adults from across the world who attended the ‘Albert Schweitzer’s Leadership for Life’ (ASLFL) conference last week.

The much anticipated Kilkenny Youth Music Awards, organised by Ossory Youth, was held in Desart Hall Youth Centre. The competition drew talent from all over the county with 10 acts participating on the day.

The Rahoon Youth Project will begin its new programme of after-school activities for secondary school students shortly with most events taking place at Rahoon Family Centre in Droim Chaoin.

A Kilkenny youth group has asked the local authorities in Kilkenny to fund them to the tune of €50,000 in their bid to set up a youth council for Kilkenny city and county.

Cllr Marie Fitzpatrick is indeed a force to be reckoned with.