Pictured at the launch of Early Childhood Irelands National Pyjama Day 2012 was children from Little Oaks Crèche: (left) Ruth Leon (4) , James Sexton (4)  and Catriona Kelly (3) to look forward to helping raise much needed funds for the Irish Hospice Foundation’s ‘Children’s Hospice Home Care Programme’. Pyjama Day 2012 takes place on the 23rd of March.

Pictured at LauraLynn House in Leopardstown were Lorraine Keane with resident Caoimhe Flood (6) and her sister Aoife (4) from Tallaght  encouraging everyone to brighten up January and bring all waste batteries back for recycling before January 31st as a part of WEEE Ireland’s “Spread a Little Sunshine” campaign.

PwC  have  announced  that they will become an official partner of the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association marking a historic first joint commercial venture between the GAA and the players' body .

Students filling in their CAO forms can log onto the Smart Futures online career fair this week to get an insight into life in the technology industry from people working in the top companies in Ireland.  Students, parents and guidance counsellors can log onto www.smartfutures.ie from Monday 23rd - Thursday 26th January to discover the tech opportunities for young graduates!

HOW TO ELECT MORE WOMEN - A Conference convened by MINISTER OF STATE, KATHLEEN LYNCH, T.D.Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People And DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (with support from European Social Fund).

President Michael D Higgins hosted an event at Aras an Uachtarain for  the presentation to the President of New Year Greetings by the Diplomatic Corps.

US multinational’s stand at BTYS&T Exhibition demonstrates growth areas of cloud, big data and security. EMC, the US high-tech multinational that employs 2,500 people in Ireland, has urged students to choose college courses in information communications technology (ICT) as schools gather in the RDS in Dublin this week for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

Emirates Airlines launched a new route between Dublin and Dubai and the first plane landed in Dublin yesterday.

Waders enjoyed the high winds and sunny spells down at Dollymount Strand yesterday.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) welcomed more than 500 second level students to its Open Day today where the students were given advice on studying medicine, pharmacy and physiotherapy.

ENGINEERS WEEK 2012 IS ‘LANDING’ – ENGINEERS IRELAND CALL ON INDUSTRY TO GET INVOLVED BY HOSTING AN EVENT DURING THE WEEK: Engineers Week 2012, this year themed ‘Connecting our lives’, is ‘landing’ in Ireland on Monday, February 27 and will run until Sunday, March 4, Engineers Ireland has announced. Engineers Ireland are today calling on industry to support the week by hosting an event at their company to showcase the great engineering work happening around Ireland and to enthuse students about a career in the sector. The week-long series of activities across the country is run by Engineers Ireland and is a campaign held annually to promote engineering as a career and the importance of the profession to Ireland.  To date highlight events over the week include an “ethical hackathon” highlighting security issues for third level technology students on Tuesday February 28 as well as the annual Volunteer Day on Thursday, March 1 when engineers go into schools across Ireland to help explain the importance of maths to students.  To see a full list of events taking place during the week log onto www.engineersweek.ie <http://www.engineersweek.ie> . Pictured at the ‘launch’ were astronauts Milly Gannon (5) and Alexander Nevin (6).