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SCARY :: IT Sligo 4th Year Tourism students, Laura Cunningham, Lorraine Moran and Orna Flannagan at the joint launch of the ‘Bram Stoker Experience’ and the book, Bram Stoker and the Irishness of Dracula.

NURSES :: Marian Harkin MEP was a guest of the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO) at its annual dinner held in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the INMO, held in Letterkenny. She is pictured (left) at the event with Ann Marie Loftus, Director of Nursing, Sligo Regional Hospital and Liam Doran, General Secretary of the INMO

CHAIR :: The recently elected President of Ógra Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney, a 27 year old accountant from Sligo, chaired a debate on youth participation in politics at the 74th Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in Dublin at the weekend. Kate is pictured leading the debate on encouraging greater youth participation in politics.

PEDAL:: Transition Year students from Sligo Grammar School put in the miles at a marathon cycle ride at IT Sligo which raised more than €800 for three North West mental health charities – and all without an inch being travelled. People of all ages took part in the indoor “Cycle for Positive Mental Health” - from teenagers to an 85-year-old woman - and the organisers say that “there wasn’t a minute during the entire 12 hour long event when pedals weren’t spinning.”

DINING :: Head of School of Science Dr Jeremy Bird, lecturer Máire McCallion (right) and Dorothy Bird (left) from Source Cookery School in Sligo pictured with the students who organised and took part in a recent Come Dine with Me competition aimed at encouraging students to eat more healthily.

DINING:: Marian Harkin MEP was a guest of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) at its annual dinner held in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the INMO, held in Letterkenny. She is pictured at the event with Brenda McHugh, Calry, who nurses at St. Johns.

ONCOLOGY :: Sligo Ógra Fianna Fáil recently donated €450 to Sligo Hospital Oncology Ward. The funds were raised by a raffle held at the National Youth Conference in Sligo, on February 23rd 2013.(l-r) Kevin Burke (Sligo Ógra Secretary), Áine Waters (Sligo Regional Oncology Staff Nurse), Eoghan O’Carroll (Sligo Ógra Chairman), Keith Henry (Ógra National Chairman), and Kate Feeney (Ógra President). Sligo Hospital Oncology Unit Trust is a charitable organisation aimed at making treatment easier and more effective for patients.

CYCLE :: Roz Purcell with Jim Breen Cycle Against Suicide and Brent Pope preparing for Cycle Against Suicide, taking place around Ireland from 22nd April to 5th May 2013. With over 1,000 participants expected to sign up, the event is to help break the cycle of suicide in Ireland and create awareness for the help that is available for people battling depression and their friends and families. Cyclists and support crew will be arriving in Sligo on the eighth day of the Cycle, Monday 29th April. Templeboy, Co. Sligo (2.45pm), Sligo Institute of Technology, Ash Lane, Sligo (4.30pm) and the following morning at Harrisons Pub, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo (10.30am).

HIGH SCORE :: Last weekend Sligo All-Stars sent their U-16 boys to Galway to compete in the All Ireland Club Championships. They were representing the North West region against eleven other teams from other regions all over Ireland. Philip Hamilton the No.8 Sligo for All Stars makes a crucial score which saw Sligo All Stars beat Kubs by 66 to 64.

ARTISTS :: Deputy Mayor Matt Lyons recently met with a unique group of Estonian, Hungarian and Irish artists The Model, Sligo as part of a special pilot initiative led by Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership, Sligo Arts Service and the Model. This exciting project sees the three Irish partners linking with the Ludwig Museum in Budapest and Sally Stuudio in Tallinn to bring together artists who work with children and young people to share and discuss their approaches, and to establish a pilot network that will connect online over the next two months and culminate in a showcase at The Ark in Dublin on June 10th.