News

SPARK campaign response to Minsiter Joan Burtons’ new proposals

May 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of our Kids) is a diverse group of single parents who came together after Budget 2012 to campaign against various cuts that attacked our families. Yesterday, Minister Joan Burton announced that fathers must be named on the birth certificates of all children born in Ireland to lone parents. SPARK believe that this sweeping generalisation by Minister Burton is an attack on lone parents and strongly criticises her motivation in this decision bring forward this legislation.  We see this as further stereotyping of both men and women parenting... [Read the full story]

GAA

Brosna Gaels Hurling

May 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Senior Hurling Championship Brosna Gaels 2-13, Shamrocks 1-9 John Egan, Trevor Phelan,  Danny Kelleher, Karl Daly, Chris Mc Donald (1-1), Alec Moony, Lee Colgan, Alan Lynam (0-1), Tomas Spain (0-2), Jason Devery (0-4), Eamon Mc Cabe, Richard Fox (1-0), Barry Buckley, Des Egan (0-1), Fergal Daly (0-4) U16 They defeated Seir Kieran on a scoreline of Brosna Gaels 2-7, Seir Kieran 1-4 U14 They play Shamrocks away on Friday 25th May at 7.30pm Underage Coaching Coaching for all national school children will take place in Pullough on Tuesday evenings from 6pm and in Doon on Friday evenings... [Read the full story]

Entertainment

The Garden Sessions Monday 6th/ 7th/ 8th August 2012, BIRR, Co.Offaly

April 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Here comes the summer… Here comes the summer ……and also The Garden Sessions 2012, which will take place from Monday the 6th thru to Wednesday the 8th of August. This amazing affair takes place over 3 days in the beautiful setting of the rose walled garden of The Chestnut, Birr, Co. Offaly. In aid of the Offaly Hospice, we gather a motley crew of talented, gifted and masterful musicians, some who are established and some on their way to a ‘coup de grace’! Tickets :25 euro / 60 euro 3 day – in Aid of Offaly Hospice. Follow us on : The Garden Sessions on Facebook, The Garden Sessions(@ TGardenSessions) on Twitter, thegardensessions.blogspot.com www.thegardensessions.com ... [Read the full story]

Events

Walk from Darkness into Light for Pieta House

May 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

What?          Darkness into Light – the annual fundraiser for suicide and self-harm crisis centre Pieta House   When?         This Saturday morning, 12th of May at 4.00am   Where?        The Scout Hall, Abbey Street, Roscrea, and 13 other locations around the country   Who?           Thousands of Pieta House supporters     Suicide and self-harm crisis centre Pieta House’s annual fundraiser, Darkness into Light, will take place in Roscrea and 13 other locations around the country at 4am on Saturday morning, 12th of May. Thousands of... [Read the full story]

Sports

Asthma Society of Ireland Launch New Sports & Exercise Toolkit at European Conference

May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Reach Your Peak with Asthma’ Pack is a Vital Resource for Adults and Children with Asthma Who Want to Take Part in Sport Louis Coyne, Asthma Society of Ireland Research and Education Officer and Professor Stephen Lane pictured at the Reach Your Peak launch. The Asthma Society of Ireland launched a new toolkit, Reach Your Peak with Asthma to help and encourage people with asthma to take part in sports and exercise. The launch took place on Saturday 12th of May as the Asthma Society hosted the AGM of EFA, the European Federation for asthma and allergy patients, held in Dublin. Asthma patients from... [Read the full story]

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Get Your Shorts Out for the Chance to Win €1000 with Offline Film Festiva

May 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Get Your Shorts Out for the Chance to Win €1000 with Offline Film Festival OFFline Film Festival has just announced a new strand to their dynamic festival. Alongside the (in)famous short filmmaking challenge, the festival will now be hosting a competition for short films made in the last two years. The shortlisted films will be screened at the festival and judged by a panel of international judges with the winning film bagging €1,000 in equipment rental prize funds. “We got a lot of requests from filmmakers who had already made short films and who wanted to submit them to OFFline –... [Read the full story]

News

SPARK campaign response to Minsiter Joan Burtons’ new proposals

SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of our Kids) is a diverse group of single parents who came together after Budget 2012 to campaign against various cuts that attacked our families. Yesterday, Minister Joan Burton announced that fathers must be named on the birth certificates of all children born in Ireland...

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Minister Rabbitte encourages SMEs to input into National Broadband Plan

Speaking in IBEC today to members of the Telecommunications Industry Federation, the Minister stressed the competitive importance of SMEs engaging on-line more intensively and the need to break down barriers which are discouraging a significant number of SMEs from harnessing the power of the internet. In a briefing...

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Education Minister’S Assurance On Productive Assets For Third-Level Grants Positive – IFA

IFA President John Bryan has said that assurances he has received from the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn on the treatment of productive assets, such as farmland, for the assessment of 3rdlevel maintenance grants, were very important for farm families.   Mr Bryan was speaking following a meeting between IFA...

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Payjack Puts Payments In Pocket Of 200,000 Irish Small Businesses

‘Payjack’ is an innovative solution from WorldNet created specifically for the small business sector which enables a business to accept card payments on the go by turning the phone in their pocket into a mobile virtual terminal.   A key attraction of Payjack is the fast and easy merchant signup process. A...

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Asthma Society of Ireland Launch New Sports & Exercise Toolkit at European Conference

Reach Your Peak with Asthma’ Pack is a Vital Resource for Adults and Children with Asthma Who Want to Take Part in Sport Louis Coyne, Asthma Society of Ireland Research and Education Officer and Professor Stephen Lane pictured at the Reach Your Peak launch. The Asthma Society of Ireland launched a new toolkit, Reach...

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Events

Walk from Darkness into Light for Pieta House

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Offaly businesses strongly represented at Bord Bia’s Bloom 2012

Bord Bia has announced the return of Bloom, its hugely successful gardening, food...

Celebrating Moneygall and President Obama

To Mark the First Anniversary of President Obama’s Historic Visit To Moneygall the...

The Garden Sessions Monday 6th/ 7th/ 8th August 2012, BIRR, Co.Offaly

Here comes the summer… Here comes the summer ……and also The Garden Sessions...

Silent Film Festival Committee Screen Nenagh Premiere of The Artist

The Nenagh Silent Film Festival (NSFF) has announced a special screening of the Academy...

Cloughjordan Ecovillage Experience Weekends

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Fa Executive Council To Discuss Fiscal Compact Referendum

IFA President John Bryan said he would be presenting the details of the referendum...

Activists from all counties to gather in capital for anti – home tax Rally

With just a week to go to the government’s registration deadline, buses from...

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