Cloughtoberfest Puts a Swing in Your Step This Weekend
The October Bank Holiday weekend has become a popular slot for festivals and events, and looking at the Discover Ireland calendar, you could really be spoilt for choice. Why not keep things simple, and local? “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” this weekend and take a trip to Cloughtoberfest, Ireland’s one and only festival of Gypsy […]
Drumcullen GAA Club
Division 2 HL Final: Drumcullen will take on Kilcormac/Killoughey in the Division 2 Hurling League Final on Sunday in Kinnitty at 3pm. K/K made it through to the final after Birr failed to field a team for the semi-final. It will be the lads last outing of the year so all support for this game would […]
New Local Country Sports Organisation Launched
A new local country sports organisation has been launched with the aim significantly improving the representation of all country sports throughout Ireland and also offering better value for money membership for all Irish country sports men and women. Country Sports Ireland has teamed up with a leading global insurer to develop an outstanding €6.4 million […]
Public invited to submit views on protecting the environment
– Public consultation process for EPA Strategy now underway The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today announced that it is seeking the views of the public on how the Agency should prioritise activities over the next number of years to protect and improve Ireland’s environment. The public consultation process offers interested parties the opportunity to […]
“Stop praising carers with words while punishing them with cuts” says Offaly Carers
Easier to get €700 per week for nursing home care, than €100 to help family carers The Carers Association yesterday launched its Pre Budget Submission 2013 calling on government to put its own policy of caring for people in their own homes into practice. The National Carers Strategy, published earlier this year, promised to […]
Offaly people urged to make their will after research findings show only 34% of people living in Ireland have made a will
Best Will in the World Week launched offering will consultations for €50 Only 34% of people living in Ireland have made a will according to Amarach Research on behaviour and attitudes to will making conducted for the MyLegacy organisation (a coalition of over 70 Irish charities) in August 2012. This finding is […]
IFA Seek Full Payout of All Direct Payments
IFA Deputy President Eddie Downey welcomed the payout of €530m in Single Farm Payment to 107,000 farmers this week saying “this will provide a much-needed boost to cashflow in this extremely difficult year with both severe incomes and weather difficulties”. Eddie Downey said Minister Coveney must insist that all outstanding cases held up because […]
Award-winning star kicks off the return of Ireland’s favourite Country Dance Nights
Hugely popular with people from across Offaly, Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Spa is delighted to announce the much anticipated return of its Country Dance Nights. On Friday 26th October the hotel will re-launch its Country Dance Nights with John McNicholl, one of the biggest stars of the Irish Country Music Scene. John is an award-winning […]
Most fundamental overhaul of Local Government sector in over 100 years – Hogan
New systems will make Local Government accountable Councillors will be reduced by 42% Councils reduced from 114 to 31 Overall Savings of €420 million A comprehensive Action Programme to bring about the most fundamental improvements to the local government system in over one hundred years was launched today (16.10.2012) by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, […]
The new Ford Focus ST has arrived in Ireland
The exciting new Ford Focus ST has arrived in Ireland. The car builds on Ford’s long heritage of performance models and carries the DNA of the company’s renowned previous ST and RS cars. This latest Focus ST is Ford’s first truly global performance car and has been jointly developed by Ford’s RS team in Europe […]
