G.A.A Club Notes

LOTTO The numbers drawn in Monday [16th July] night’s Lotto were 08 15 24 28. There was no Jackpot Winner of €5,200 and 5 Match 3 Winners [Olive Scully C/O Brendan O’Rourke; Brigid Hinch C/O Shannon Hinch; Cian Brophy C/O Andy Brophy; Mick Hanlon C/O Martin Boland; Aidan Bolton C/O Geashill P/O] . Next week’s […]

Record Number Of Entries For Supervalu Tidytowns 2012

This year’s SuperValu TidyTowns competition is more competitive than ever with a record number of entries received.  Volunteers in communities throughout the country have been busy improving their towns, villages and local environment and will be eagerly anticipating the announcement of the SuperValu TidyTowns winners at the National awards ceremony on 10th September, in the […]

Clara GAA notes

Intermediate Hurling Championship Clara earned their first brace of points in this year’s championship with a very hard fought victory over Ballinamere last Sunday evening in Killeigh on a score line of 1-13 to 1-11. Playing with a strong wind in the first half we lead by 1-7 to 0-5 at half time, but Ballinamere […]

Brosna CCÉ

Wednesday night  last saw TheBrosna CCÉ Seisiún Show  commence in the Tubber Community Hall, Tubber.   There was a   great attendance present where  everyone joined  in and enjoyed the music and craic.  The Show commences at eight thirty each Wednesday evening.  It promises to be a most entertaining show with all the Brosna crew and as […]

Drumcullen GAA Club

Lotto: Numbers drawn were 8, 12, 21 and 28. No jackpot winner and no match 3 winners. Five lucky dip winners of €30 each were Tom Corcoran, Anita Finnerty, Brendan Nolan, Cian Mannion, Mick Mulrooney. Promoters Prize Patsy Spain. Next week’s jackpot is €7,150. Sympathy: Drumcullen GAA Club extends deepest sympathy to Marie Fleury and […]

Hundreds Nominated in Grafton Media Blog Awards

With 1400 nominations in so far for hundreds of blogs and with Grafton Media as the headline sponsor, the organisers of Blog Awards Ireland are delighted that so many share their enthusiasm and passion for good blogging. The Blog Awards will become an important event in the social media and awards calendars playing its part […]

€100m funding boost for social housing

The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) has welcomed the announcement of €100m for social housing by Minister for Housing Jan O’Sullivan T.D.   ICSH Executive Director Donal McManus said ‘Our members across the country have housing projects awaiting funding which will meet the needs of the most vulnerable in our society’. He added, ‘The […]

Minister O’Sullivan Publishes Legislation to Significantly Reform Landlord and Tenant Law

The Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan T.D., has today (19 July, 2012) published the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 which will see: Those tenancies in the voluntary and cooperative housing sector that most closely parallel private rented tenancies being regulated under the Act The agency responsible for regulation of the tenant-landlord relationship, […]

Housing Minister Gives Green Light for 800 New Social and Volutary Houses Costing €100M

Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, today (19 July) announced the green light for proposals from local authorities for the provision of over 800 new social and voluntary housing units.  At a cost of approximately €100m, the units will come on stream between now and 2014.   These new permanent housing units are […]

Councils joining calls for change to sex laws

The Immigrant Council of Ireland is welcoming a decision of Longford County Council to pass a motion supporting a change in the law to make it an offence to pay for sex.   It is the second County Council in recent weeks to call for such a change and comes as a Government review of […]

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