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Douglas Credit Union Is there a community event or fundraiser in your area? Please let us know and we will be delighted to publish it for you. Email to – frontdesk@douglaspost.ie. To ensure publication your entry should reach us before 5 PM on Mondays
Douglas Writers Group Next meeting of the Douglas Writers Group will be held in on Friday the 10th Sept at 5.30 pm. The Douglas Writers Group meets on the 2nd Friday of every month at 5.30pm Bring ten copies of a short story or poem you have written. Where possible all entries should be typed and have the authors name and date on top. We look forward to seeing you there. (Enquires 086 8839392) Flower Arranging Demonstration. Cork Flower Club will have a demonstration by Eileen O Brien on Tuesday 21st Sept at 8pm in Canon Packham Hall Douglas. Eileen is the Flower Arranger of the Year for 2009 and also a very enteraining lady so this promises to be a very enjoyable evening. There will also be a sales table with
fresh produce and preserves . Visitors very welcome. TUG OF WAR PASSAGE WEST GAA FAMILY FUN DAY. SUN SEPT 12TH. TEAMS OF 8 €40 ALL PROCEEDS TO P.A.C.E. TROPHIES SPONSORED BY CENTOCOR BIOLOGICS IRL LTD Douglas Library The Social Sketchers Art Group will meet in Douglas Library on Tuesday 14 September @ 10.30am- 12.00noon. Any medium of your choice. All are welcome to come and try out their artistic abilities. No fees. Every Saturday @ 11.00am Chess for Children. All welcome to come and learn a new skill. SET DANCING CLASSES Starting Tuesday 14th of September 2010 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm by Timmy “the Britt” McCarthy @ on the pig’s back café St Patrick’s Woollen Mills, Douglas, Cork price: 90 euro for 12 classes includes special student discount for Cork & Kerry set dancing festival starting 13th/11/2010 in Ballyvourney, co cork. Mini Marathon - Marymount Hospice Will you run, walk, jog or crawl in the Evening Echo Ladies Mini Marathon in aid of Marymount Hospice on September 2010. Sponsorship cards and tee Shirts available from the fundraising office St Patrick's Hospital Wellington Road Cork telephone 011 4501201 ,ext 251 or 228
8 - Thur 09 Sep '10
Douglas GAA Club “You’re only a stranger once” Thurs Bar - Texas Hold 'em poker Fri - Bar – Live Music Sat . - Hall - Dancing Matches ‘Live’ on Big Screens St Columba’s Hall, Sports and Social Club Live music every Saturday Night.
Matches live on big 8 foot screen. For booking functions contact Eoin 087 2866254 Farmers Cross Ladies Club – Flower Display Meet 2nd Thursday of every month at Frankfield House. New members welcome
Ciarán Lynch TD
LEARNER DRIVER PROPOSALS WELCOME BUT PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES MUST BE OVERCOME The new proposals drawn up by the Road Safety Authority in relation to learner and inexperienced drivers are welcome in principle and will hopefully help to improve the quality of driving and reduce the number of accidents on our roads. However, there remain a number of important issues to be addressed to make the proposals effective. Young people make up a disproportionately large number of those either injured or killed on our roads and the changes to the supervision of learner drivers should help counter this worrying trend. The RSA’s measures for a more structured process for training, testing and licensing learner drivers should help new drivers overcome the challenges of modern driving such as dense city traffic and motorway driving. Having to meet strict new criteria including a number of hours supervised night driving, is an important change to the current system as it deals with elements of driving previously ignored during driver training. Other positive measures proposed a lowered alcohol limit for learner drivers as well as the Hazard Perception Test intended to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving learner drivers. However, the new proposals do create some serious problems particularly for many young people wishing to learn to drive. Not all homes have a family car and the new proposals would mean that many people would have to pay an instructor in a company car to accompany them while they accrue the required hours of supervision. It is estimated that 20 hours with a driving instructor could cost up to and above €700. The new compulsory period with a supervising driver could cost as much again. This could make learning to drive prohibitive for many young people especially those who don’t have access to a family car. The onus is now on the Government to explain how it plans to make provisions for those who will not be able to afford the additional costs these new measures create so that all young people can learn to drive in accordance with the law.
Constituency Office 29 St. Patricks Mills, Douglas, Cork. Phone 021 436 6200 Email ciaran.lynch@oir.ie Website www.ciaranlynch.ie
Ciarán
Lynch TD