Scoil Naomh Brid, Cullens, Ballina, had lots to celebrate this week and was lauded for giving a lesson in how to conserve water - a topic that is going to become more relevant to all our lives in the years ahead. The school celebrated being awarded a third green flag, the award of Excellence in Science and Maths and the prestigious Digital Schools Award for having achieved excellence in the integration of Information and Communications Technology into teaching and learning. .

Grace Kelly, the Westport actress, plays the lead role in “Hysteria” part in RTÉ’s latest Storyland competition.  The show is one of eight different series which have been selected from hundreds of applicants to take part in  RTÉ’s popular online film competition.

European Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn honoured students from Mayo at the Irish CREST Awards in The Helix, in Dublin, when she presented four Gold CREST Awards to students from Mayo  - the highest  possible accolade in these prestigious awards in recognition of their achievements in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

Fine Gael TD for Mayo, Michelle Mulherin, has welcomed the announcement that all Mayo secondary schools are to be connected to high speed (100Mbps) broadband as part of the government’s drive to rollout the service to all post-primary schools by 2014.

BT Young Scientist Competition award winners from St.Gerald’s College in Castlebar will receive international TV exposure this coming week with a film crew from Irish TV visiting the school to showcase the students’ innovative health app for a Sky TV programme.

“Irish Heroes, Poets and Villains” is a new award-winning radio series, recounting the lives of distinctive Irish individuals and the roles they played in the history, heritage, and culture of their respective eras - be it for good or for evil. The series will begin on Claremorris Community Radio on Wednesday, 25th January at 4pm.

Ceol ‘s Comhrá is a group aimed at secondary school students in Castlebar offering them an opportunity to use whatever Irish they may have while trying out different activities. This year Ceol ‘s Comhrá will be behind the camera, getting involved in every stage of film making, from script writing to costume making to composing a sound track. The group will meet up every Monday from 6.00-7.30 in the NYP in Castlebar.

Ballina may soon have its own mobile phone app to promote the Salmon Capital of Ireland around the world and attract more tourists to the North Mayo town. The app would be a digital portal for the town, offering visitors a colourful guide to historical sites; where to eat - and a what's on listings among other exciting services.

Iorras FM has won a CRAOL Achievement Award at the 2011 awards ceremony for the Community Radio sector, held in Athlone. The Belmullet-based community radio station received a Distinction in the Commissioned Programme Category for the 10-part series “Stand and Deliver – The Irish Outlaw in Story and Song”.

St Gerald's Secondary School, Castlebar, students have won a top award and come second in their category at this year's BT Young Scientist and Technology Awards. The students won the awards for iCollapse - a mobile phone application for assisting those who are liable to collapse. The project won the Google Trailblazers Best Group special award - and  came second in its category for senior technology entrants. Three other Mayo secondary schools were Highly Commended at the awards in the RDS, Dublin, on Friday night.