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WICKLOW has the lowest rental increase out of any county in Ireland, as the standardised average rent for new tenancies in the Garden County grew by 1.3%, latest figures show. In comparison, Leitrim had the fastest growing standardised rent with a reported 22.4% yearon-year growth. The latest Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) report said the national average rent in new tenancies is now €1,460, which is an increase of €46 compared with the last three months of last year. There were 136 new tenancies recorded in County Wicklow in the first quarter of the year, with a standardised average rent of €1,503.05, compared with €1,506.06 during quarter four of last year, representing a de crease of 0.2%. The only other counties to experience a decrease from quarter four of 2021 to quarter one of 2022 were Waterford, Roscommon, Offaly, Longford and Kerry. The standardised average rent in quarter one of 2021 in County Wicklow stood at €1,483.64, which represents a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. Rents for new tenancies in Dublin are now €2,015 per month. The 9.2% rise is the highest annual percentage increase since the last three months of 2017 when rent lev els increased by 9.6%.
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The rent index report is based on new tenancies in existing rental properties, new properties being let for the first time, and (new tenancies in properties that have not been let in the previous two years. The RTB has stressed that the rent index is not designed to provide a measure of the rents being paid by existing tenants. It is based on actual rents paid under 10,414 private tenancies which were newly registered with the RTB in the first quarter. But there has been a 32pc fall off in the number of registered tenancies due to the exodus of landlords from the market.
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A NEW report from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) shows a total of 16 pubs in County Wicklow shut between 2005 and 2021, representing a decline of 10.1%. The stark The Irish Pub: Stopping the Decline report is based on the group’s analysis of Revenue license data, including an economic and social analysis by Dublin City University (DCU) economist Anthony Foley, shows a 21.2% decline in the number of pubs in Ireland from 2005 toAll2021.26 counties experienced declines in pub numbers through the 16-year period. The largest decrease was seen in Laois with 30.6% less pubs sinceThis2005.wasthe only county with a decrease of 30% or more. Of the 16 Wicklow pubs shut from 2005 to 2021, 12 of the closures took place during the pandemic period.
€281k for tourism WICKLOW Fine Gael Minister Simon Harris has announced €281,700 funding for Wicklow under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. Ten Wicklow projects are to benefit from funding under the scheme, including the Devil’s Glen river walk and extension of trails in forest (€27,000); The Sean Lenihan walking trail in Aughrim (€27,000) and the Avonmore Way (€29,700).
M INISTER for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has announced the ex pansion of third-level including targeted college places and new apprenticeship programmes. An extra 1,056 targeted college places will be offered through the CAO for the 2022/2023 academic year, while 16 new apprenticeship programmes are being developed, and the Post-Leaving Cert course levy of €200 will be abolished in September.“I’mdelighted to announce these additional college places as I know it is a constant con cern for Leaving Cert students,” Minister Harris said. “This year we have made a real effort to make sure that they are in sought after courses, and ones that will produce graduates with the skills our country is crying out for. “Some examples of courses receiving extra places this year include IT, architecture and construction, nursing, engineer ing, education and welfare. In the coming weeks the Minister for Health and I will also bring a memo to Government to outline a five-year plan to secure extra places in medicine, another area in which we are in need of more qualified staff. “After a stressful number of weeks for school-leavers, I hope today will offer some good news about the weeks ahead.”
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04| August 16, 2022 news in brief Number of Wicklow homeless doubles NEW figures released by the Department of Housing reveal that the number of adults in Wicklow being housed in emergency accommodation has doubled.During the week beginning June 20, 2022, a total of 52 adults were living in emergency accommodation, like B&Bs and hotels, in the Garden County. In May there were 50, in April there were 47, in March there 39, in February 27 and in January, before lockdown fully eased, there were 26. Across the Mid East region, which includes Wicklow, Kildare and Meath, 414 adults were living in such conditions in June. Among them, 77 families with 156 children.
IF you are planning to get together with friends and family for a back garden gathering and some outdoor dining while the weather is still glorious, please spare a moment to think about the impact such activities can have on your local environment if you dispose of fats, oils and greases (FOGs) incorrectly.Inarecent study by Clean Coasts and Irish Water, 8% of people admit to disposing FOGs from their BBQ down the sink, compared with 30% of people disposing FOGs from the kitchen down the sink. Washing FOGs from dirty pots, pans and plates directly down the sink instead of removing them first, like with our barbeques, can cause major issues along wastewater networks, at wastewater treatment plants and, in turn, the local environment.AlthoughFOGs might seem like liquid when poured down the sink, once cooled, they will solidify along the wastewater pipes. This can cause blockages in homes, the public wastewater network and at wastewater treatment plants.When disposing of FOGs at home the advice is simple. Always scrape any vegetable peelings, rice, pasta, food debris, fats, oils and grease from plates, pans and utensils into the bin. Before washing the dishes, use a kitchen towel to wipe any grease left in pots and pans and put it in the bin. For more information, go to: www. thinkbeforeyoupour.org before you pour — we don’t mean wine 1,000
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The expansion of third level will include additional appren ticeship programmes too. Over the next number of months, an additional 16 will commence thisThisyear.will include Roofing and Cladding, Robotics and Automation, and a degree pro gramme in Cybersecurity. For those who choose a PostLeaving Cert course, the €200 levy has been abolished from September.“While these extra CAO places are a vital and welcome development, it is essential we continue to expand our third level system for everyone. There must be multiple path ways that learners can take as they prepare for their chosen careers,” Minister Harris added. “That’s why we are work ing hard to introduce new ap prenticeship programmes, such as the ones in bar managing and wind turbine maintenance which we launched in March, and we have also improved the financial incentives on offer to employers to take on appren tices, particularly female ones. We are also working hard to im prove pathways from further to
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In a submission to the Government’s Commission on Taxation and Welfare, the party said unemployed people currently in receipt of the €208-a-week allowance should be entitled to a payment that meets the Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL). An MESL is a standard of living which meets an individual or household’s physical, psychological and social needs. In a wide-ranging submission, Sinn Fein quoted 2021 research by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice (VPSJ) that found the weekly MESL expenditure for a single adult living alone is €251.82. Sinn Féin has hit out at the “fiver for all budgets” which the Government has introduced in recent years. These have seen welfare rates increase by €5 per week, while tax cuts put a similar amount into the average worker’s pocket. Sinn Fein calls for €50 increasedole
July’s heatwave was a ‘shock to the system’
Physiotherapy graduates Roisin O’Neill and Mollie O’Reilly who were among 125 pharmacists and physiotherapists to graduate from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in St Stephen’s Green recently. Pic: Maxwells
JULY was hot and dry with above-average temperatures recorded across many parts of the country, according to Met Éireann’s latest weather round-up.Thehighest temperature of the month was 33C at Phoenix Park in Dublin on July 18 – a record for the forecasting station. Rainfall was below average across the country, with values ranging from 31pc of normal levels at Shannon Airport, which was its driest July since 1989, to 82pc at Malin Head in Co Donegal. On July 24, the wettest day of the month was recorded at Finner, Co Donegal, when 24.8mm of rain fell. It rained on only six days at Oak Park, Co Carlow, but rain fell on 22 days at Malin Head and at Finner.Along with Phoenix Park, eight other stations reported on July 18 their highest daily temperature ever. These were Casement Aerodrome, Co Dublin, at 31.9C; Mount Dillon, Co Roscommon, with 31.4C; Gurteen, Co Tipperary, with 31C; Ballyhaise, Co Cavan, on 30.8C; Athenry, Co Galway, and Dunsany, Co Meath, both with 30.5C; Mullingar, Co Westmeath, at 30.4C; and Dublin Airport, withThe29.6C.highest number of daily sunshine hours recorded was 15.7 at Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford, on July 10. The high temperatures were described as a “shock to the system” by the Climate Change Advisory Council. Professor Peter Thorne, Director of the Climate Research Centre at Maynooth University, said that Ireland is not equipped for these kind of heatwave events. He said the recent heatwave is “just a foretaste of what will happen as climate change continues to progress”. He added: “This was well forecast months in advance. That doesn’t mean every day in the summer, but there will be an increased propensity for this sort of heat across various parts of Europe for the remainder of the summer.”
DUBLIN Airport has said individual airlines are responsible for the luggage crisis, after people took to social media to get answers. Dublin Airport Authority (daa) apologised for the delays but placed responsibility on individual airlines. “We don’t have any role in baggage handling, nor access to any details regarding delayed/lost luggage. “We really hope you have your items back soon,” the airport told one passenger on social media. One passenger wrote: “Just got back last night, just after midnight. You almost have to walk through a sea of unclaimed (lost) luggage just to get out of the airport.”Theairport said it “does not employ any baggage handling staff, and it has no information in relation to missing aircraft baggage. “Daa does not have any role in relation to baggage delivery and passengers are advised to contact their airline or its local ground handling agent in relation to queries.”
The Garda division which polices counties Laois and Offaly also reported 95 more incidents in the past year than prior to the pandemic, resulting in a 15.5% increase. The county with the biggest drop in assaults has been Donegal, which recorded 590 attacks compared with 706 in the period analysed. This represents a 16.5% drop, and is followed by Wicklow (-16%), Roscommon and Longford (-15%) as well as ClareMeanwhile,(-13.5%).murder, rape and assault are on the rise in Ireland, according to shocking new figures released by An Garda Siochana. While overall sexual offences in 2022 are 3% down on last year, the number of rapes reported has skyrocketed byThe23%.number of murders is also on the climb, with a 7% cent increase from last year.
SINN FEIN is proposing an almost €50-a-week increase in the Jobseeker’s Allowance to address the cost-of-living crisis.
A MENTAL health charity has appealed for more volunteers for its support line as demand remains high post-lockdowns, with an increase in calls from people affected by the cost-oflivingAwarecrisis.islooking for volunteers aged 21 and over to work remotely from their home, or at Aware’s headquarters on Leeson Street in Dublin. Aware support line manager Lauren Smith said that the plea was being made due to a significant increase in calls to the free phone line during the pandemic.Shesaid that the demand was also higher because of a greater knowledge among the public about Aware’s support line. When asked about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis, Ms Smith said: “That’s starting to increase a bit on the line – people who have been personally impacted, and also people who are trying to process the news.” The main people the Aware line aims to support is people experiencing depression, people with bipolar disorder and other mood-related conditions. If you wish to explore volunteering further, go to: www.aware.ie
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THE number of assaults has increased beyond pre-pandemic levels in more than a dozen counties, the latest figures show. In total, 15 counties have seen an increase in assaults in the 12 months up to March of this year, compared with the same period up to March 2020 when the pandemic began. The highest percentage increase in assaults has been in Wexford with 20pc, where 526 assaults have been reported in the past year compared to 442 incidents at the same time prior to Covid restrictions. Mayor of Wexford, Labour councillor Maura Bell, said there has been an issue with anti-social behaviour, however more gardaí are being put on the streets. She said Wexford Town “is a safe Significanttown”.increases have also been recorded in Louth, Galway and Waterford, where reporting of assault-related crimes has risen by 16%.
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“It costs around €1,000 a year to moor at Wicklow Harbour and around €1,100 a year for Arklow Harbour, yet the invoices sent to us are for 10 times that amount,” she added,
O WN er S of derelict sites have paid less than a quarter of the €4.5m they owed in levies to local authorities last year, it has emerged.Justunder €1.1m of levies on such sites has been received for 2021 by city and county councils – a collection rate of just 23pc. Department of Housing figures reveal only 368 landowners out of 1,113 issued with a notice by their local council were levied for 2021. A total of 1,251 properties were listed on derelict site registers at the end of 2021. Only seven local authorities have collected any amount due under the levy for 2021: Carlow, Cork city, Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-rathdown, Kildare, Limerick and Mayo. eighteen councils failed to collect any levy despite issuing notices to the owners of more than 400 sites. The Derelict Sites register, with a list of derelict sites, is published each January on Wicklow County Council’s website, www.wicklow.ie, with three properties registered as of June, 2022.
Fisherman ‘frozen out’ of harbour hit for €30k
A JOBS boost has been promised for Arklow, after timber frame home manufacturer Harmony Timber Solutions was acquired by one of Ireland’s largest house builders, Glenveagh. The company is led by Garrett Dempsey from Arklow, who has a long track record in the timber market in Ireland and the UK. He previously set up Dempsey Timber engineering in 2000 and established Harmony in the UK in 2011, before creating the Irish business in Arklow in 2015. The company has worked with leading house builders across Ireland and the UK including Glenveagh.MrDempsey said: “We are delighted to become part of the Glenveagh family, and we look forward to playing our part in growing the business. “We have developed a state-ofthe-art facility with our talented group of people, which will now be focused exclusively on making innovative, highquality timber-frame homes for Glenveagh’s customers, helping to alleviate the ongoing supply shortage.”
W ICKLOW County Council has announced it is now offering its 2022 tree grants to community groups, schools, youth clubs and residents associations. Under the annual scheme, Wicklow County Council accepts applications for a tree planting grant which covers 75% of the cost of purchasing and planting trees. The grant aims to facilitate the planting of trees on public sites that can be enjoyed by the whole community, by covering the cost of purchasing the trees, stakes and ties up to maximum of €500.
Minister for rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys tD, and Minister of state with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien tD, have announced €700,000 in funding for library supports. the funding, under the Dormant Accounts Action Plan, is designed to assist libraries in reaching out to older people, children from disadvantaged communities, people with disabilities and other marginalised groups. this year, a number of libraries submitted projects designed to reach out to Ukrainian families who are living in Ireland after fleeing theOverwar.€23,000 has been allocated to Wicklow Library services, including supports for those with dementia and children with special needs. Over a tonne of rubbish was removed from Irish rivers, canals, lakes and beaches in one day, including 20kgs of dog faeces, adult toys, and “endless” gunshot cartridges. environmental charity Flossie and the Beach Cleaners tackled marine pollution in their annual The Big Weigh In 2022 recently, where 440 volunteers cleaned their local waterways. The aim was to raise awareness about the amount of pollution in and around Ireland’s rivers, canals, lakes and beaches. The good news is that this year there were more volunteers cleaning and less rubbish collected. Last year, when the charity hosted the same event, the total amount collected was almost 3.5 tonnes, over triple the amount of this year. One of the worst results was on one clean-up, a group in Kilcoole (Co Wicklow) picked up 20kgs of dog poo,” said the charity. According to Flossie Donnelly, the 15-year-old who originally started a beach cleaning club in 2017, the planet “is now in crisis mode”.
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A fisherman who works out of Greystones Harbour says he has been landed with invoices totalling €30,000 by BJ Marina, the operators of the marina, for services he insists were either never used or weren’t provided.It’spart of a 13-year dispute between Greystones fishermen and the marina operators, with local fishermen adamant that they have been frozen out of Greystones Harbour. The dispute dates back from 2008, when the council provided 30 acres of foreshore to Sispar — a consortium led by building contractor Sisk, which redeveloped the harbour — and, under the terms of the public-private partnership, the firm replaced the harbour walls with south and north piers, a 200-berth marina and five clubhouses.Thefishermen agreed to move to Dún Laoghaire in 2008 during construction but understood they would return in 2011 to a new area of the harbour. Now, Tim Storey, from Greystones, claims he is being pursued by BJ Marinas for unpaid Marina fees, and he is willing to go through the courts to fight his case. Cllr Tom Fortune is supportive of the fishermen and feels they have been treated unfairly by both Wicklow County Council and“It’sSisk.my opinion that they are 110 per cent being treated unfairly. Sisk and Wicklow County Council need to step up to the plate.”
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Applicants may only plant native species, as native trees maximise the benefit of planting for local biodiversity, which is well adapted to living with those trees. The new grant is provided as part of Wicklow County Council’s Climate Action programme and as part of the commitment in its new Tree Policy to increase tree cover in County Wicklow. The deadline for application is September 2, and it is expected that all trees will be planted out during the months of October to December. For details, email: eao@wicklowcoco.ie
Tim’s wife, Laurel Storey, said: “All we are asking for is the facilities we were promised, such as somewhere to tie-up safely, storage, the ability to load and unload, power, water and“Thewaste.same services that are all available in Wicklow and Arklow harbours. It was all there during the public consultation, and after the development, it just simply wasn’t there, without any explanation as to how and why. We would be willing to pay for services if they were actually provided, but they haven’t been provided. The fishermen don’t use any of the Marina facilities, like fresh water and power, and nor do they want to.
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It’s DIY air travel – you do everything but fly the plane
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IHAD booked, online, a flight to France. I had checked-in remotely, printed off the boarding card and downloaded it to my phone as backup. With Ryanair I can check-in for both legs of a journey but this was Aer Lingus and they won’t let you check-in closer than 48 hours before departure, 24 hours for someAroundflights.that time, a message from Aer Lingus pinged on my phone. “Dear Michael,” it said. Nice to know we are on such matey first-name terms. What should I call them? Aer? Seems fair.So, “Dear Michael,” says this message from Aer. “Check-in online and save time.” The message has my flight details and booking reference number and invites me to click and check-in.
I click and I am sent to an Aer Lingus site . This one does not provide the booking reference number but requires it before I check-in. I can’t remember the six-character code so I have to close down this site and go back to Dear Michael. I write down the reference code and return to the boarding card site where I am again as sured that checking-in will save me time. I provide the reference code and several other pieces of in formation and click. But I get no further because, the site informs me, online check-in for this flight will not open for another four hours. But Aer, my old pal, it was you who sent me the message. You told me you would save me time, of which I have now wasted about half-an-hour. I don’t like to complain about a good friend like you, Aer. But if I can’t check-in why, in god’s name, did you send me a re quest to do so? All part of the joys of modern travel, I suppose. It used to be so simple. If I wanted to leave the country, I went to a travel agent who made the booking for me. Alternatively, I might call into the Aer Lingus office in the centre of Dublin and buy a ticket or order it by phone and have it waiting at the airport. In any event, I would pres ent the ticket at the Aer Lingus desk in Dublin Airport where it would be exchanged for a boarding pass. If I had luggage it would be checked in there and then. I would hand it over, pret ty confident that it would end up in the place I was flying to. All this would be done about 40 minutes before the flight, giving me time for a coffee or a drink at the bar. It would be served in a glass – yes, a glass made of glass – and if I had food, it would come on a plate. Today I make the booking my self, check-in online and print the boarding card. I arrive at the airport two hours early because I want to put a case in the hold. I stand at an unstaffed computer terminal, print out a luggage tag and attach it to my case which I put on a conveyor belt in the hope it will be going to the same destination as me. The amount of unclaimed luggage lying around Dublin Airport does not give me confidence. Security is working well, so I have about 90 minutes to wait for my flight. Over an hour, as it turns out, for it is delayed. I ask at a café for a glass of white wine. They only have red. It is served to me in a cardboard cup. A family ordering for chil dren is told that water is the only non-fizzy drink available. I go through Dublin Airport with minimal human contact and make none whatsoever at the other end, Marseille. There you enter France by running your passport over a scanner and presenting your face to a camera. It worked well for me but children who did not reach camera height could not get through and their agitated par ents could find no-one to help them.
Marseille airport is not big on staffing. A café there has a mi crowave oven in which customers heat their own food. But I must stop moaning. I have had two foreign holidays this summer and count myself very lucky. Contrary to reports and rumours, Dublin Airport was working well for both. There were no long queues. it was perfectly clean, the secu rity checks were fast and the checkers friendly. They got my luggage there and back with no problems.It’sjust that I remember an other time when air travel was dearer but much nicer Now – in the name of progress or with the blame on Covid – it’s a do-it-yourself venture. A friend back from Spain once told me: “I think I did everything but fly the plane.” Give them time and airlines might manage that trick too.
Michael Wolsey
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trainwreck: woodstock ‘99 Netflix WOODSTOCK ‘99 was supposed to be a millennium-defining celebration of peace, love and great music, following a fairly successful festival in 1994. Instead, this festival degenerated into an epic ‘clusterf*ck’ of fires, riots and destruction, sexual assaults and mayhem. Utilizing rare insider footage and eyewitness interviews with an impressive list of festival staffers, performers and attendees, this docuseries goes behind the scenes to reveal the egos, greed and music that fueled three days of utter chaos. Hippies look away. This gets very rough. k eating’s a llegories of c hange National Gallery, Aug 20-Nov 27 A new display at the National Gallery of Ireland comprises nine works by Irish artist Seán Keating and one work by William Orpen. Opening in the Gallery’s Milltown Wing on 20 August 2022, Keating’s Allegories of Change centres around the artist’s 1924 painting An Allegory, which addresses the divisive nature of the conflict of the Irish Civil War. The display is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023.
Jack white Entering Heaven Alive Re CORD e D almost entirely at White’s home studio, this is his second release of 2022 following Fear of the Dawn and is one of hi more mellow albums to date. Rolling Stone writes: “Surprisingly nimble and fluid melodies that remind you of what a song craftsman he can be when he’s not overcooking his music. And some of those tracks—”If I Die Tomorrow” and “A Tree on Fire From Within”—are among the most arresting and least self-conscious songs he’s made in years.” Fans will be willing to shell out for a second time this year; whereas the uncoverted will likely remain so. thirteen lives Cinemas nationwide CINDeReLLA MAN, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon, Cocoon . . . the list of great movies by Ron Howard is endless and his latest only cements his role as one of the best in the business. This is really a big-budget adaptation of the Thai cave rescue story that gripped the world in 2018, and this telling is every inch the glossy Hollywood adaptation you’d expect. It of course mines real-life heroics for drama, but this is an exceptionally well-made portrayal of one of the most extraordinary news stories of recent times. As a bonus for the Irish, Colin Farrell features as english diver John Volanthen. our tiP of the week the cautionary woman by Darren Darker IN search of a better life, Aoife Cassidy’s family fled the gloom of recession-hit Ireland to the bright lights of New York City. But as a teenager, she spirals out of control after suffering sexual abuse at the hands of her father; seeking solace in the drink and drugs that numb the pain she constantly carries with her. After a series of catastrophic personal events, the law catches up with her, and Aoife lands in the most brutal mixed prison in NYC. This is a gripping pageturner from prolific Wicklow writer Darren Darker and is available exclusively from Dubray books as well as the usual online outlets. Definitely one for the holidays.
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BALLYMALOe House is offering residents a behind the scenes look at a working garden with Head Gardener Mags Coughlan (above) as she brings guests on a tour of the walled garden. The tour offers guests the opportunity to gain an insight into the extensive knowledge at the Ballymaloe House gardens and their seasonal crop rotations. The walled garden at Ballymaloe House provides a varied and bountiful supply of seasonal produce for Ballymaloe Head Chef Dervilla O’Flynn (above) and her team.
THe HORROR, the horror . . . the school lunchbox. Most schoolgoing children eat a packed lunch from home, generally involving a hang sangwich, a bag of crips and an apple that rolls down through the week until the Friday when it is binned. Now, food creator Sinéad Delahunty of Delalicious (pictured) and Dietitian evan Lynch have worked with the National Dairy Council to produce special videos with advice on creating nutritious, tasty affordable and above all quick Back to School Lunches. No excuses come September, folks.
t he secret garden exhibition 2022 Runs until August 20. Admission free. THe Secret Garden exhibition is presented by The Kilkenny Art Gallery in conjunction with The Berkeley Gallery at Grennan Mill, Thomastown. Visitors will be treated to an outdoor sculpture garden featuring new original works from some of Ireland’s foremost sculptors. The Berkeley Gallery features over 400 original paintings from artists across the island of Ireland and is the first time that many of these artists will show their work in Kilkenny. Pictured at the launch are artists and sisters Robyn, Jade and Blaise Butler.
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horosCoPes AriesTravel and education have your attention. Focus on practical details. Avoid emotional spending. Fantasies are ephemeral. TAurusReview your reserves, and determine financial priorities and strategies to keep your boat afloat. Get support from your partner. GeminiClarify details in a collaborative project. It’s easy for things to fall through the cracks. Manage practical priorities first.
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August 16, 2022 | 15 We take a look back at extracts from old newspapers to see what was in the news this month in years gone by Irish Ind 15/08/1929 Irish Press 08/08/1968 Irish Press , 08/08/1969 Freemans Jrn 10/08/1855 Irish Press, 01/08/1962
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