Brosna Gaels Notes

Brosna Gaels Party Night We will have an end of the season party night in the Grand Hotel, Moate on Sunday 26th October with music by White Diamond   Symapthies Brosna Gaels extend our deepest sympathies to the extended Lynam family on the sad passing of Essie. May she Rest in Peace.  Underage hurling & camogie The […]

Housing Funding up by 40% to €800m – 7,500 new homes in 2015

Local Authority Construction & Acquisition of Housing Units to more than quadruple in 2015 –      Homelessness service spend to increase by over 20% to €55 million   The Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Alan Kelly T.D., & Minister of State Mr Paudie Coffey T.D. today (14 October 2014) said 2015 will see Government aggressively tackling […]

The Restaurants Association Of Ireland welcomes VAT Retention at 9% in Budget 2015

Budget 2015 gives much needed assurance of continued job creation with retention of VAT at 9% RAI welcomes government decision not to increase Excise The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) today praised the Government’s decision to retain the 9% VAT rate on tourism services in the Budget 2015 announcements. The Association however is discontented by aspects of […]

Na Fianna GAA Club Notes

U14A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL All roads lead to Clara for the entire Killeigh Parish this Saturday (18th October) when the Na Fianna U14 Footballers take on Ferbane / Belmont in the U14 A Football Championship FINAL at 12:30pm in Clara. This is the first time a Killeigh parish side have reached the U14 A Final […]

Raheen GAA Club Notes

LOTTO The numbers drawn in the Lotto draw which took place on Monday 06th October 2014 were 06 14 27 28. There was No Jackpot Winner of €3,200 and 3 Match 3 Winners [Paddy Bracken C/O John Garry; William Garry C/O John Garry; Derek & Ash C/O Catherine Casey] [€70 Each]. Next week’s draw will […]

Offaly is ‘Wunderbar’ for German Tour Operators

Thirty-five of the top coach and group tour operators in Germany are visiting Clonmacnoise this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland.   They are here to attend a networking event with Irish tourism companies in Galway today (13 October), and to take part in a fact-finding visit of Ireland – to encourage them to include Ireland […]

New season of films screening in Cloughjordan

The cineclub screenings are held in the Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre in Lower Main St, Cloughjordan. Screenings are open to all and cost €7, payable at the door.  Full information on the Cineclub is available on line at www.cloughjordancineclub.ning.com or watch out for posters of coming events in the local shops. The coming attractions are: 19 Oct   THE […]

RedC poll: 4 in 10 young people struggling to make ends meet as a result of dole cuts

1 in 4 unable to move out of home as a result of the cuts made to Jobseeker’s Allowance Youth Council calls on Government to restore weekly rate of €188 for all young people on education, training and work experience programmes A new Red C poll* commissioned by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) […]

Minister Kelly announces major reforms of the planning process

Socially Progressive Part V Requirements, Vacant Site levy & ‘Use it or Lose it’ Planning Permissions –       Estimated addition of 4,000 social housing units by 2020   Mr. Alan Kelly T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (2 October, 2014) announced major reforms of the planning system as part of the forthcoming Planning […]

American journalists find the’Write’ stuff in Offaly

Six leading American journalists visited Clonmacnoise, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Aer Lingus. They flew here on the Aer Lingus service from San Francisco to Dublin, which was relaunched earlier this year.   Representing various online and print publications, the journalists were here to experience some of the many things to see and do on […]

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