| JANUARY
2012 |
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| Fingal
finalists feature in local authority awards |
25-Jan-12:
Fingal is well represented on the shortlsit for awards in this years Local
Authority Members Association (LAMA) Awards in association with IPB Insurance.
First held in 2006, the LAMA Awards were created to recognise local projects of
excellence in the areas of infrastructure, community development, recreation and
national impact initiatives. The process commences with nominations being made
by city and county councillors across the country followed by a formal detailed
applications process and then a process of short listing worthy projects. Finalists
from Balbriggan are: Town Bus Service Balbriggan (Balbriggan Town Council); Best
Public Building: AIB Balbriggan (Balbriggan Town Council); Best Environmentally-friendly
Initiative: Balbriggan Fish & Farmers Market (Balbriggan Town Council); Click
here to read the full article |
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Maritime
Museum In Balbriggan
Source: North County Leader
Newspaper |
| 23-Jan-12:
To coincide with the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, Balbriggan Maritime
Museum have come up an unique initiative to mark the occasion. The Maritime Museum
will open its first ever ‘Pop Up’ exhibition for one day only, on Thursday, February
9th in the Bracken Court Hotel. Balbriggan has a rich Maritime history and visitors
will be able to get a front row glimpse into this thanks to the exhibition. Schools
and the community in general will have the opportunity to view a special showcase
of artefacts never seen in public before. The objective of the day is also to
win support for a permanent location to have a viable Maritime Museum. This museum
will be a not for profit tourism and heritage amenity serving the coastal communities
of Balbriggan, Skerries and the wider North County area. Read the full article
here |
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Balbriggan
Schools Excel In Scientist Awards
Source: North
County Leader Newspaper |
| 23-Jan-12:
Three secondary schools in Balbriggan have come up trumps in this year's
Young Scientist Awards. Ardgillan College, Balbriggan Community College and Loreto
Balbriggan all submitted various top quality projects to the competition. Frank
McLoughlin and Ruaidhri Kennedy, two first year students from Ardgillan Community
College, participated in BT Young Scientist with their project - 'To investigate
the effectiveness of homemade detergents to manufactured detergents and hence
reduce our carbon footprint'. They discovered from their project that homemade
detergents containing lemon juice and vinegar were better and more effective at
cleaning oil and limescale than three of the leading commercially manufactured
cleaning products on the Irish market. At the final on Friday 13th January last,
the boys were highly commended for their project. Projects from Balbriggan Community
College also took part in this year's competition. Read
the full article here |
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Opponents
for Christy hard to find
Source: Fingal Independent |
| 17-Jan-12:
RISING Bracken BC star Christopher O'reilly is set for a return to the ring next
Saturday when he fights Castlebar's Kevin Quinn at around 4pm in the Balbriggan
clubhouse. The 13-year-old has become a victim of his own success in recent months
and his scheduled opponent in the recent Dublin League final conceded a walkover.
And attempts to line him up with a fight in Bracken's big show on January 28th
have so far come to nothing, despite coach Kieran O'neill spreading the net to
London and Manchester. In Christmas week O'reilly showed no mercy to Stephen Geoghegan
(Crumlin) and then James Nevin, the Bracken youngster recording two comfortable
wins despite conceding two years to his latter opponent. Click
here to read the full story |
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Timeless
Tommy pulls off masterstroke in Munster
Source: Fingal
Independent |
| There
have been countless highlights in Tommy Caffrey's table tennis career, but last
week provided one of the best as he proved beyond all doubt that age is no barrier
to success. The occasion was the Munster Open Championship, a competition where
players are allowed to enter their own age group and one younger one. Always eager
to test himself to the limit, Balbriggan watchmaker Caffrey entered his own Over60s
section and by-passed the Over-50s to contest the Over-40s group where he went
all the way to claim the title! Read the full
story here |
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Musical
Generosity In Balbriggan
Source: North County Leader |
| 16-Jan-12:
Margaret Woods, a singer and songwriter well known in Balbriggan, has hit all
the right notes and donated ten per cent from the sale of her first musical album
to the St Vincent de Paul shop in Balbriggan. Margaret has been working as a volunteer
in Balbriggan charity shop for the past four years. “I really enjoy helping the
community. I think that St. Vincent de Paul is a great charity which really helps
the community in a practical way. It gives people the opportunity to give something
back.” Her first album ‘Hush Now’ was a great success, so Margaret is working
on its remix that could be another opportunity to support the charity shop. Read
the full story here |
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Balbriggan
School Wins Top Awards
Source: North County Leader |
| 16-Jan-12:
Balbriggan Educate Together National School has claimed two top awards at the
eircom Junior Spider Awards. The awards recognise Ireland’s most talented and
innovative users of the internet in primary and post primary schools. The school
was delighted to have scooped two awards, the Grand Prix award in the Mega Spiders
section and Best School Blog. Read the full story here |
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Balbriggan's
Anne joins 'Nationwide'
Source: Fingal Independent |
| BALBRIGGAN
NATIVE Anne Cassin has joined the Nationwide team, replacing veteran broadcaster
Micahel Ryan who retired before Christmas. Most recently seen presenting the annual
All Island School Choir Competition in Derry, which was one of the first events
attended by the new President of Ireland, Anne has been a newscaster with RTÉ
since 1998. For a number of seasons she has presented Capital D, a programme about
Dublin and its people. Capital D will not be in the schedules in 2012. Read
the full article here |
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Many
successes in Balbriggan district
Source: Fingal Independent |
BALBRIGGAN
Garda Station has given an indication of some of the successful operations it
has carried out during 2011 in a report given to the Fingal Joint Policing Committee
(JPC). The force in Balbriggan has said that in the past year it has mounted several
operations aimed at the detection of crime through what it calls ' high visibility
policing'. Operations Anvil, Hybrid, Creeper, Lush and Leto all followed this
pattern with designated checkpoints mounted by both uniformed and plain clothes
units in the detection of all kinds of crime. The year has also brought a special
effort on behalf of Balbriggan gardaí to improve security for older people in
the community through its Older Persons Strategy Implementation Plan. The plan
has involved that a personal visit is made by community police to any victim of
crime over 65 years of age. Click
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Clubs
are urged to join forces
Source: Fingal Independent |
BALBRIGGAN
has always been a hot bed for sport, with cricket, rugby, Gaelic games and of
course soccer extremely popular within the area. Not only that, the 2011Census
had Balbriggan Rural as the fasted growing part of the country since 2006. As
such it is disappointing that sporting facilities have not met with demand according
to former Balscadden Boys chairman and current 14E manager Kevin Kimmage. The
former cyclist, who moved to the area in 1995, has seen the area change and has
slammed the county council for dragging its feet on this issue. 'We have moved
from a monocultural community to a multi-cultural community, but between Balbriggan,
Glebe North, ourselves and other sporting clubs, facilities for the community
have totally been neglected. 'It's an absolute disgrace, given that we have many
estates that have over 1,000 people now. 'It would be nice if the various clubs
could join forces to get things done, but at the moment everyone is trying to
paddle their own canoe.' |
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CLLR. Snowe allowed to keep his seat
Source: Fingal
Independent |
| A BALBRIGGAN
town councillor who has spent the last year on tenterhooks to see if he would
be allowed keep his seat as he transferred to the new State agency Solas from
Fás has finally had it confirmed that he can continue to serve on Balbriggan Town
Council. Cllr Frank Snowe (NP) spent his last day in the Balbriggan Fas office
on Friday, December 30th and prepared to take up his new job for Solas, which
replaces Fas this year, in that organisation's Baldoyle offices. Cllr Snowe's
future on Balbriggan Town Council has been under threat because of fears that
Solas would be under the control of the Department of Social Protection and those
working for it would be deemed civil servants who are not allowed to hold political
office. Click
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Council
is tackling litter problem at cemetery
Source: Fingal
Independent |
| THE COUNCIL says
it is making strides in tackling a litter problem on a laneway close to Peter
and Paul's cemetery in Balbriggan. Balbriggan town councillor, Cllr Terry Kelleher
(SP) asked Fingal County Council to keep the area 'clean and tidy' and acknowledged
that 'significant progress' had been made on the issue in recent weeks. The council
detailed the recent work at the site, saying: ' There is regular litter picking
schedule carried out within the burial ground and along the adjacent lane. 'Following
Balbriggan Town Council's October meeting the area in the vicinity of the shopping
centre, Naul Road and Westbrook estate was examined and a litter bin was installed
at the entrance of Westbrook. Click
here to read the full article |
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| Blood
donors turn out in big numbers |
| SOME
107 donors attended the recently held blood donor clinic in St Maur's GAA Centre,
Rush. A breakdown of the total figures show that 10 first time donors and 10 former
donors attended the clinic and this augurs well for the continued success of the
Rush clinic. Meanwhile, some 200 donors attended the recent clinic in the Combined
Clubs Community Centre, Balbriggan, including 20 first-time donors and 17 former
donors. Click
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