Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Win-Win for Students / Ireland West Airport Knock / Grange N.S. Cultural Evening / Boyle Curlew Walkers - Open weekend / By-Election News / Nude Selfies - Amanda Brunker

Win-Win for Students, Employers / Organisations

Students who are currently working towards a Major Award Level 5 in Information Processing at Roscommon Learning Links, Elphin St., Boyle  are looking for 2 weeks Work Experience late Oct/November time.
This Work Experience is an essential part of their course and we are appealing to Businesses and organisations in Boyle to make contact with us if there are any areas that a Student could assist them with. A business may have a backlog of paperwork, filing, promotional work, restaurant work or any office applications updated. An organisation may be in need of updating databases or help organising forthcoming events.
If you see an opportunity to offer a student the chance to gain two weeks Work Experience which can be included on their CV and allow them achieve a Major Award, please contact Siobhan at Roscommon Learning Links on 071 966 4510 or e-mail info@roscommonlearninglinks.com. Many students are restricted to locating this experience in the Boyle area due to lack of transport.

Ireland West Airport Knock

Ireland West Airport Knock recorded another major milestone last month experiencing its busiest ever month with a total of 102,774 passengers passing through the terminal in August - the first time in the 28 year history that over 100,000 passengers have used the airport in a calendar month.

Grange N.S. Cultural Evening next Friday

Grange National School, Boyle, will host a Cultural Evening on Friday 26th September 2014 at 8pm - 10pm with music & dance plus refreshments of tea / coffee. The evening will be a relaxed & enjoyable gathering & a great community feel is guaranteed. All are welcome and for those that can play a musical instrument bring it along to join in the fun.

Boyle Curlew Walkers - Open weekend

Curlew WalkersLogo design Sean O'Dowd

Saturday 27th Castlebaldwin to Boyle 20km
Sunday 28th Keadue to Boyle 25km
Shortened walks arranged for both days. Meet at the Crescent in Boyle 11am on Sat and Sunday. Contact Philip 086 335 3000 or Tom Brown 087 237 9632

By-Election News

Instead of the old idea of 'election promises' it seems candidates now settle for 'calls for...' Shannonside FM reports the latest 'calls for...':
Tom Crosby (Independent) is calling for Property Tax reductions
Ivan Connaughton (Fianna Fáil) is calling on the Taoiseach to support Knock Airport
Maura Hopkins (Fine Gael) calls for money to be spent on school repairs
John Kelly (Labour) is calling for improved broadband access for farmers since they are now moving online to do business
> Reminder from Maura Hopkins: "Deadline to register to vote in the Roscommon-South Leitrim bye-election is today (Tuesday, 23rd September).
> See www.checktheregister.ie and make sure you can vote."

Nude Selfies - Amanda Brunker

Waterford Whispers News: Sunday World journalist Amanda Brunker has expressed concern that her saucy snaps may make their way into the public eye. "Ugh, I just can’t handle computers so I’m not sure my account is even that well protected", said Brunker, who knows Bono. "And the password to my iTunes account, well, I just went with my name in all caps followed by four zeroes. I hope that’s enough to outwit whoever is hacking celebrity phones, if not then pictures of me completely naked could end up online at any time"