Make yourself at home in other peopleÕs houses
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A CONNEMARA youth club is in danger of closing due to lack of funds - just six months after it was officially opened in a blaze of glory by President Mary McAleese.Based in Carraroe, Crib na nîg is a lifeline for teenagers in the area, with hundreds using the facility as a safe place to socialise without drugs or alcohol. But the Youth Club should have closed its doors at the end of April, only that it won the Suil Anior drug awareness project, which gave them a welcome funding boost of Û5,000. The group put together a successful project to scoop the prize, allowing them to stay open for a few more weeks at least.ÒThe money will keep the cafŽ open a little longer but it is not enough for the future,Ó said Gearoid McKendrick, the 16 year old Chairperson of the Crib na nîg Youth Committee. But that will only sustain the club in the short-term and the members are calling on the Government to save the youth cafŽ.Their plea comes after Minister of State, Pat Carey, told a public meeting in Galway this month that youth projects and sports groups are one of the best preventative measures against a lifetime addiction to drink and drugs.And the importance of Crib na nîg for the rural Connemara community cannot be .............