County Kildare News

2007 – 2008 Workshop Programme

Every Monday 7.00pm – 9.00pm | Riverbank
Two classes: 14 to 17 year olds | 18 to 26 year olds
Fee for the year is €100 (Or work experience in lieu of fees)

“Newbridge has a youth drama programme that is relevant, educational and of considerable merit. More please!” (Gordon Farrell, Scene City)

WEEKLY IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP FOR 14 TO 17 YEAR OLDS

Kildare Youth Theatre’s weekly improvisation sessions (for 14 to 17 year olds) runs every Monday night from the beginning of September to the end of July. This weekly session is based on both movement and verbal improvisation and is ideal for developing performance skills, confidence, social skills, and a range of skills associated with human development. Beginners can join at any time of the year.

The fee for the year is €100, payable in the first term. YOU MUST BE 14 YEARS OLD TO JOIN KYT. Although this programme is primarily for those aged under 18 you may take part if you are over that age.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR THOSE AGED 18 UPWARDS.

This session will be every Monday night from 7pm to 9pm beginning 10th September in Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge.

It will focus on 4-week and 3-week modules of skills development. The modules are an introduction to the skills taught by professionals from the Irish theatre industry.

MODULES AND DATES

• Physical Comedy September 10th, 17th, 24th and 1st October


• Directing Skills October: 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th


• Synchronised Movement November 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th


• Audition Preparation December 3rd, 10th, and 17th


• Stage Combat January 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th


• Physical Actions (Biomechanics and work inspired by Grotowski) February 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th


• Cappoeira March 3rd, 10th and 24th


• Dance April 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th


• Theatre of the Oppressed May 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th

This programme is designed especially to suit those in third level, Leaving Cert or part-time work who have limited time available to them.

These sessions are open to members of the public, and particularly to members of other Kildare youth theatres and drama groups.

• Participants must be 18 to register.


• You register separately for each module, doing those you are interested in and not the others.


• Each module costs €20 (for 4-week modules) and €15 (for 3-week modules) - payable in advance.


• Maximum of 15 participants per module.


• Register for each module a month in advance. If not enough participants register the module will be cancelled and your fee returned.


• If you register and are not able to turn up your fee will not be returned unless you inform us a week in advance of the module start date. Likewise, if you miss any dates in the module your fee cannot be reimbursed.

HOW TO REGISTER for the Skills Development Training

Send your name, address and payment to:
Crooked House, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, County Kildare. Make cheques out to Crooked House Theatre Company.

Further information from Peter Hussey at 087 2759420 or email crookedhouse@riverbank.ie

Website: www.kildareyouththeatre.bebo.com

The Enfer Group has announced plans to create 120 new jobs at its new headquarters in Naas, Co Kildare. Enfer Scientific Ltd, based in Co. Kildare, Ireland was the first biotechnology company worldwide to develop a rapid test screening system for BSE. The Enfer TSE kit is exported to many countries in Europe and Asia.

The jobs will come on stream over the next 18 months and will bring the total number of people employed at the facility to nearly 250. This is good news for Co. Kildare, in the same week that 200 redundancies were announced at Intel.

Taking place on Sat 13th October 2007 at  Riverbank, Newbridge.

The aim of this seminar is to provide the participants with an understanding of the importance of graveyard inscriptions and iconography. It will provide practical advice on how to prepare for and execute a graveyard recording project. 

Who should attend?
The event is open to anyone with an interest in the local history, historic graveyards, and genealogy and is aimed at graveyard maintenance committees, clergy, community groups, “Tidy Towns” groups, historical societies and interested individuals.

This is an action of the County Kildare Heritage Plan 2005-2009

Programme

9.30-9.40 Welcome address and introductory remarks
Bridget Loughlin, Heritage Officer

9.40-10.20 “Graveslabs and Gravestones – iconography and valuable historical sources”
Mr. Caimin O’Brien, Archaeologist
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

10.20-11.0 "Cleaning off the Moss - practical experience in transcribing graveyard inscriptions"
Brian McCabe, Chairman, Kill History Group.

11.00-11.20 Coffee Break

11.20-12.00 “Organising a community graveyard recording project”
Baconstown Graveyard Recording Project
  
12.00-12.30 Monumental (or Headstone) inscriptions-a genealogical source.
Mario Corrigan/Karel Kiely

12.30-13.30 Lunch
Light lunch will be provided in Lumville House Hotel

13.00-14.30 Site Visit
Military graveyard on Curragh

There is no charge for this seminar but places are limited so booking is essential as numbers are required for lunch.

Download the Booking Form

A major new TV and cinema advertising campaign has been launched to coincide with the National Adult Literacy Awareness Week 2007 which runs from September 24th - 28th. The advertisements profile three individuals who have overcome their difficulties with reading, writing and working with numbers and are intended to encourage people with literacy difficulties to make contact with service providers by ringing the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) freephone support line.

Freephone support line

• The freephone support line number is 1800 20 20 65 for use only in Ireland.


• It is a free and confidential service.


• The freephone line is open from Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm.


• Outside of these hours there is an answering machine service.

According to the last international survey about half a million Irish adults have problems with basic reading, writing and maths. All over Ireland, lots of people are returning to learning and improving their reading, writing and maths. They are people who want to catch up on what they missed at school, parents who want to help children with their homework and those who would simply like to write a letter home. Whatever the reason for going back to learning, the benefits are always the same. Not only do people improve their old skills, but they also gain the confidence to learn new ones.

The main providers of adult basic education (ABE) support in Ireland are Vocational Education Committees (VEC) Adult Literacy Schemes. There are about 126 such Schemes throughout the country and each VEC employs an Adult Literacy Organiser (ALO) to organise ABE support in their local area.

For further information contact:
The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)
76 Lower Gardiner Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
Tel: (01) 855 4332
Email: literacy@nala.ie
Website: www.nala.ie

County Kildare
There are four adult literacy schemes run by Co. Kildare V.E.C. They are financed by the Department of Education & Science, through the Adult Literacy and Community Education budget administered by the V.E.C.  The scheme is affiliated to the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA).
The Adult Basic and Community Education Centre in Naas provides a facility for adults who wish to return to education. They offer a wide variety of courses in an informal and friendly environment. Help is available with reading, writing, spelling and maths. Tuition is provided on an individual basis or in small groups of 3-5 people. The service is FREE and is offered in a confidential and informal atmosphere. Childcare provision is available for morning classes.

• Do you need help with your reading or spelling?


• Does form filling cause a problem?


• Would you like to improve your English?


• Do you know someone with these difficulties?

If yes contact any of the schemes listed below, in confidence:

Contacts
Athy  Adult Learning Centre
Nelson House, 16 Nelson Street, Athy, Co. Kildare.
Telephone :059-8632460
Email: averilod@eircom.net

Leixlip Adult Learning Centre
The Cornmill
Mill Lane
Leixlip
Co. Kildare
Tel: 01-6246528
E-mail: lalc@eircom.net  
Website: www.kildare.ie/leixadlearn

Kildare Town Adult Learning Scheme
Abbeyview House, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare.
Telephone :045-522003
Email: adultkildare@eircom.net

Naas Adult English Scheme
Naas Adult Basic Education Centre, Jigginstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.
Telephone :045-866314
Email: pbennett@abce.ie
Website: www.abce.ie

A competitive programme on 22nd Oct 2007 which is expected to be the final race day with the current Curragh facilities in place.

Demolition of the main grandstand is likely to take place in late October as part of the major development of facilities.

1st of 8 races for the final day of the season is at  1.30pm, with the majority of races sponsored by Peter Keatley Equine Groundcare.

Admission will be FREE.

Castledermot hosted its first vintage day on Sunday 23rd September 2007 on the Corcoran farm on the Tullow Road, Castledermot, Co. Kildare.

The event was in memory of Ann Hyland (née Corcoran) of Rosebran, Athy, (and formerly of St. Mels’, Walkinstown and Davidstown, Castledermot), who passed away from cancer on 4th July 2007. It was organised by her extended family and friends, the Corcorans, Hylands, and Horans, who wanted to fulfil Ann’s wish to have a threshing day on the farm where she grew up, and raise money for cancer care services in our local Kildare hospital in Naas.

It was Castledermot’s FIRST vintage day and it was a phenomenal success, raising over €22,000, which completely exceeded our expectations. For our first vintage day that was organised in the space of about six weeks, we are ecstatic about the large sum raised for the cancer care services in Naas Hospital (in particular we hope to buy special palliative care beds for cancer patients).

The event kicked off on Saturday night, 22nd September with a parade of steam engines through the town of Castledermot and a benefit night in The Castle Inn, Castledermot, where there was a display of steam engines and the traditional steam-powered carnival organ playing, as well as music, barbeque and a raffle with some fantastic prizes. The threshing and vintage day on Sunday 23rd was a great success, with lovely weather and a fantastic turn-out on the day, with a huge crowd attending (in excess of 1000 people and over 150 vintage machines).

Everyone commented on how enjoyable the day was for the young and old, with a perfect traditional, informal, non-commercialised feel to the event. There were threshing machines in operation, several steam engines, and a huge display and parade of all sorts of vintage tractors, trucks, fire engines, cars, and so much more. Fan of vintage particularly enjoyed the parade of a wide array of vintage tractors, steam engines, trucks, fire engines, and cars.

Families had a great day out, with all the sideshows and stalls, the funfair, and lots of competitions, with the welly-throwing and sheaf-pitching competitions going down particularly well.

Winners of the sheaf-pitching were Joe Kehoe for the men’s and Eibhlin Haughney in the women’s competition. Seamus Corcoran won the men’s title for the welly-throwing competition and the Hyland families were particularly successful in the women’s and children’s welly-throwing with Miss Hyland of Ballyfoyle winning the women’s, and Bridget and Maura Hyland winning prizes in the children’s competition.

The event was a wonderful memorial to Ann Hyland, and a special day for the Corcoran and Hyland families, who were deeply touched by the fantastic support. There was a large contingent from Castledermot and Athy, and counties of Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, and further afield with some people travelling from as far as Louth and England to be there on the day.

The event is most definitely going to become an annual occurrence with everyone promising to return next year for an even bigger event. We would like to say a heart-felt “Thank You” to everyone for their support and hope that they will continue to support Castledermot Threshing and Vintage Working Day for years to come.

Thanks to all who helped organise the event and all who volunteered to help on the day. We want to thank all our sponsors, including Horans Maxol & Mace Service Station Castledermot, Walsh Civil Engineering, The Dales Pub Castledermot, The Castle Inn Castledermot, Woodies DIY, Kilkea Castle, Ramada Killerig, TopGifts.ie, Walshes Pub Killerig, Keatley Concrete, Bord na Mona, Deasy Photography Newbridge, Celtic Hampers, Curragh Golf Club, Athy Golf Club, Tom Kearney Construction Castledermot, John Horan & Sons, Anthony Quinn (QDC Builders Limited), and so many more who gave donations and prizes.

See you all again next year at Castledermot Threshing & Vintage Working Day.

Athy Toastmasters is about developing ones leadership and communication skills. 

They have meetings on the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Carlton Abbey Hotel, Athy at 8.00pm.

Guests are always welcome.

• Anne Marie Allen - 087 9815144,
• Loretto Kenny - 087 064 6265 and
• John Roche - 059 8638127.

Leixlip Town Council Presentation Night .

The Tidy Estates, Front Garden and Adopt an Area Competition results are being announced on Wednesday 17 October 2007 in the Springfield Hotel, Leixlip. The ceremony will start at 8pm.

Residents Associations who entered the Tidy Estates and Adopt an Area competitions are welcome to attend, along with invited guests. Results of the Front Garden competition will also be announced.

Local support wanted to help raise funds for Headway, the National Association for Acquired Brain Injury.

The night includes:

• 4 Course meal
• MC for the evening, Noel Shannon of Kildare FM
• Music by the Deputees
• Tickets €75 each/Table of 10 €750

As you may know most brain injuries are sustained through road traffic accidents, brain haemorrhages, strokes or falls. Headway’s services are aimed at helping all those affected by the consequences, which in many cases can be life long.

All proceeds will go towards helping Headway to purchase the first ever Neuro Feedback machines in Europe. These machines will greatly assist the recovery of our clients affected by brain injury in Ireland, each suite costs €20,000.

Please contact Noreen Pender on 085 705 6637 to book your tickets/table or to make a donation. Please take an opportunity to visit Headway’s website on www.headway.ie for information on ABI and stories from people affected.

The Heritage Council is seeking applications for imaginative and innovative proposals from organisations and individuals who wish to carry out projects that conserve Ireland’s heritage.  

An information pack will be available on request by post, by fax, by e-mail, by phone or in person at the Heritage Council offices, or can be downloaded from their website. More than €2.3 million of National Lottery funding has been allocated to the following eight grant schemes for 2008.

• Local Heritage
• Architecture Research
• Publications
• Buildings at Risk
• Museums & Archives
• Archaeology
• Unpublished Excavations
• Wildlife

The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 2nd November 2007 at 5pm. 

Visit the Heritage Council Website for more information

The brochure for the 7th Annual Ernest Shackleton Autumn School is now available for download. 

The event, which  takes place at the Athy Heritage Centre and Museum between 26th - 29th October 2007, includes:

• Lectures
• Exhibitions
• Drama
• Film
• Music
• Excursion

The Official Opening and Shackleton Memorial Lecture will be given by journalist, broadcaster and novelist Kevin Myers at 7.00pm on 26th October at Athy Heritage Centre.

Download the Brochure (PDF - 1.2MB)

www.bridesonline.ie has just announced the addition of 10 County Kildare towns to the popular wedding website. Brides in Athy, Celbridge, Clane, Kilcock, Kildare, Leixlip, Maynooth, Monasterevin, Naas & Newbridge can now access a comprehensive list of local wedding suppliers for their wedding day.

The directory already caters for Athlone, Birr, Carlow, Carrick-on-Shannon,
Kilkenny, Longford, Mullingar, Portarlington, Portlaoise, Roscommon and Tullamore. From bridal wear to florists, videographers to photographers - a
wealth of wedding supplier information is available at the click of a mouse.

With the arrival of broadband in most areas nationwide and with less free
time on their hands, brides are increasingly turning to the internet to
research suppliers for their big day and Brides Online provides a service
which is proving useful to everyone involved in the wedding day. While
brides have found an ideal way to search for suppliers, the suppliers
themselves have found an ideal medium to advertise their services to the
brides on a local basis. The directory is unique in that brides can search
for suppliers in their own town or city rather than trying to find suppliers
from a list based on their county.

Having started 18 months ago just catering for Athlone, Brides Online has
expanded at a steady rate since then and now lists over 1,000 wedding
suppliers in 21 towns and cities with another 10 nationwide locations to be
added before the end of the year.

Mark White, a Software Engineer from Monkstown in Dublin, is Managing
Director of the company. "Our objective is simple in concept - nationwide
coverage. The reality should take another 2 years or so." says Mark, "The
quality of the information we provide is vital and this limits the expansion
rate while we research the market in each new town. This research strategy
guarantees we are creating the best possible directory service going
forward."

One of the unique features of Brides Online is an online gallery which is
updated on a weekly basis. No other online wedding directory provides this
service. Photographers and brides alike submit their photos for inclusion on
the gallery and 1 is chosen each week to be added to the live gallery. All
photos added in the past are also kept on the gallery. Brides are using the
gallery as a visual source of ideas for jewellery, hairstyles, bridal gown
fashions and even floral arrangements," says Mark, "As the saying goes, 'A
picture is worth a thousand words' and the Brides Online gallery is proving
just that. In addition to flicking magazine pages, brides are now also
clicking their mouse."

The Brides Online wedding directory can be found online at:
www.bridesonline.ie

Local Kildare business man opens a Car Dry Cleaners that doesn't cost the Earth.

The waterless car wash in some areas is no longer revolutionary. But a waterless car cleaner that is 100% organic, totally Earth Friendly is sure to turn a few heads.

Already Governments, Public and Commercial sectors in 16 countries have heard of the benefits of NOWET, a patented product that Cleans, Polishes, Waxes and Seals any vehicle yet uses NO water, NO soap, NO detergents, NO hoses, NO sponges and NO buckets but cleans the inside and outside of your car with a system proven to be superior to traditional methods.

Pat Pender, a local Kildare businessman believes the unique product and service is the way of the future and has launched Ireland’s first GREEN “Car Dry Cleaners”, a mobile car wash that comes to your home, work or wherever you park your car.

“Water is one of our most precious resources and water conservation continues to become an increasingly important issue” he said, “A single car wash can send hundreds of litres of sudsy water into our drains. Just one litre of NOWET can clean up to 16 vehicles saving up to 3000 litres of water and can play a part in the solution to the pollution of our rivers and lakes”.

The 100% organic cleaning product used in the patented NOWET process is Non-toxic, Biodegradable, containing NO harmful chemicals, No silicone, No abrasives, No Petroleum distillates, NO Solvents, (so NO Pollution!).

Pat added, “We are pleased to state that it is V.O.C. Compliant and we know of no other product of it’s type that can make that claim. As the one product does the whole car, motorists can save time, money, water and the environment. Now Co. Kildare has a Car Dry Cleaners that doesn’t cost the Earth”.

For more information phone Pat at NOWET Gold in Newbridge on 085 812 1414     

Or visit www.nowetgold.com

ContactName: Pat Pender

ContactDetails: 085 812 1414 or nowetgold@gmail.com
 

Intel have announced their intention to offer 200 voluntary redundancies at their production plant in Leixlip.

The plant is one of the company's most important European operations for the production of computer processors and chips.

Intel vice president Jim O'Hara said that it is part of a a restructuring of the company to retain competitiveness.

The 200 jobs represents around 4% of the workforce of Intel's Irish operation.

The announcement comes alongside a new report by the ESRI, which found that there was a significant decrease in job vacancies in Ireland last month.

The IEDR has issued a statement regarding a German Company, Internet Register Ireland, that is sending letters and faxes to .ie domain name holders offering them to register their domain name in their database for the excessive fee of €958.
This company will request you to fill out their form and return it to them signed.

The IEDR points out that no such organisation has been authorised to act on behalf of the IEDR. They recommend that you disregard this letter.

Kildare Web Services, a local .ie domain name Reseller, is advising its customers to disregard this letter and to be aware of this type of activity.

The IEDR recommend that .ie domain name holders should contact an official IE Reseller if they require any further Internet services for their website.

For more information visit the Irish Domain Registry website - www.domainregistry.ie

To purchase a .ie domain name or other web services contact Kildare Web Services - webservices@kildare.ie or visit their website - www.kildarewebservices.ie

The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the managed registry for Ireland’s dot.ie domain names, has announced the relaxation of the rules for registering personal dot.ie domain names for individuals.

Registration of personal domains will be available to individuals from Wednesday, 31st October, 2007. This follows a seven week notice period, to allow time for sole traders, professionals, politicians, trademark holders who have not already registered their .ie Internet address, to do so under existing non-personal domain categories.

The introduction of personal dot.ie domain names is a result of the increased popularity of social networking and blogging sites and the increasing number of individuals who are coming online.

The registration of personal domain names will be open to all individuals who can authenticate a claim to the domain name and who have a real and substantive connection to the island of Ireland.

To authenticate a claim, a copy of an identification document is required, for example an Irish utility bill or driving licence. The name on the document supplied must match exactly the domain name applied for. This requirement ensures that
the status of Ireland’s dot.ie namespace, as the world’s second safest country code top level domain, is maintained and protected in the future. Applications will be time-stamped to ensure fairness and transparency of the process.

Commenting on the introduction of dot.ie personal domain names, Mr. David Curtin, Chief Executive of the IE Domain Registry said,

"The IEDR is pleased to announce the relaxation of rules for personal dot.ie domain names. To maintain the integrity of the dot.ie domain namespace, which has negligible levels of cyber squatting and cyber crime, applicants will need to authenticate their claim by providing matching supporting documentation such as an Irish passport or utility bill.

The broadband take-up and popularity of social networking has created a desire for a personal presence on the Internet, which in turn will have a positive effect on the level of demand for personal dot.ie domain names. The IEDR has also significantly reduced its prices, which have fallen by 50% since 2003 and introduced key system changes that facilitate fast, automated and real time registration, which has
reduced resellers’process costs.”

If you wish to register your own personal domain name contact Kildare Web Services as soon as possible to have your application ready before the official start date.

Kildare County Council are advertising vacancies for

• Executive Librarian – Grade VI
  PAY: €45,378 - €55,855 (Including Long Service Increments)
  
• Senior Executive Planner – 2 year Fixed Term Contract PAY: €63,309 - €80,377 (Including Long Service Increments)

Panels may be formed from which future vacancies may be filled

Application forms and full particulars are available on their website at http://kildare.ie/countycouncil/HumanResources/StaffVacancies/ or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to:

Human Resources Section, Kildare County Council, Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas, Co. Kildare

Email address jobs@kildarecoco.ie

The latest date for receipt of a completed signed original of the application form is: 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 28th September 2007

Kildare County Council is an equal opportunities employer

A bumper grid of Formula Ford's battling for the Leinster Trophy will be just one of many high points of this weekend's (22nd - 23rd Sept 2007) Leinster Motor Club event at Mondello park. The two day event is the annual highlight of the domestic racing season with not only the prestigious Leinster Trophy to be contested but also the final rounds of most of the Irish racing championships. The event time table is crammed with twenty four races that will in many cases decide the destiny of the 2007 national championship titles.

Formula Ford remains as the class chosen to fight for the top award with drivers looking to follow in the footsteps of some of the biggest names in world motorsport in adding their name to the Leinster Trophy roll of honour, which include Ayrton Senna and Mika Hakkinen. The regular Republic of Ireland championship contenders will be joined as usual by visitors from the Northern Irish championship and a handful of overseas drivers to produce the biggest Formula Ford grid of the year all looking to emulate teenager Kris Loane who took the title last September.

Of the other classes on the bill the Dunlop Supercar Championship is the one most likely to produce fireworks as current series leader and reigning champion Rod McGovern continue their race long battle for supremacy. Having led for most of the year McGovern has recently lost out to a late season charge by Whelan who has won four of the last five races to move into a fourteen point championship lead and make himself favourite to take his second title. While these two concentrate on the championship any one of half a dozen other drivers are capable of taking race victory so the two Supercar races should be some of the most competitive of the weekend.

All of the other Irish championships will be on the bill on either Saturday or Sunday, with the addition of a new saloon libre class which will run alongside the Dunlop Abarth Cup races. Also on the programme is the second of Mondello's new Sportscar Endurance races which feature two drivers per car, pit stops and refueling during their forty five minute duration.

Saturdays programme starts with qualifying and continues with nine races before finishing off with Supercar qualifying last thing on Saturday evening. Following Saturday's Formula Ford championship race the Leinster Trophy contenders will have an additional qualifying session for the Leinster Trophy feature race, which will be part of a busy fifteen race timetable.

WILLOW  WONDER  WORKSHOPS  AT KILKEA LODGE FARM  With
 BETH MURPHY

 Autumn  Basketry Workshop for Beginners .
You will make and bring home your own Basket
  Saturday  27th October   2007  10  am—5. pm  

Why  not make a Weekend of it and stay over with a Group of Friends and Celebrate a  Special Occasion..  Engagement  or Hen Party ! 
Book in and enjoy a lovely relaxing evening  - Dinner and Music 

Special rates and Menu can be arranged for those on  any  of these  courses.

Contact Marion   by Phone  05991 45112   or
E mail    at    migreene@indigo.ie

Download a Booking Form here

Anyone interested in Joining a small Group of Like Minded Artists who wish to paint regularly This Autumn .. Please Telephone 05991 45112

Further Workshops will be arranged and some Life Drawing Sessions if enough requests. (Next Course with Charles Evans October 21 – 22nd 23 ).

Alternatively Please download this form and submit to us

A French Club for children re-opens its doors for the new school year.

Club de l'Amitié is a French Club in the Kildare and West Wicklow regions where children can enjoy Arts, Crafts, Cookery, Penpals,
Songs and Poetry ALL IN FRENCH!

Open for 1 year now, Club de l'Amitiè is re-opening its doors to children in these areas for the new school year 2007-2008.

Classes run in Ballycane Parish Centre on Thursdays and Rathmore Community Centre on Wednesdays and in various Primary schools in Naas, Twomilehouse and Blessington.

The aim of Club de l'Amitié (Friendship Club) is to teach the French Language and Culture in a fun and caring atmosphere.

Enquiries: Siobhan 085-7264163.

The club is also recriuting staff at this time. Experience and references
required. Enquiries also to above number.

A BIENTÔT!!
ContactName: Siobhan O Neill
ContactDetails: 085-7264163 siobhan_french@hotmail.com

In its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31st March 2007, County Kildare bloodstock company Robert J Goff & Co plc reports record profits of €3.6million.

This represents a 39% year on year increase. Contributing factors to this success were the continued growth of Goffs bloodstock sales in Ireland, the creation of Arqana, a new bloodstock entity in France, and the recent acquisition of Doncaster Bloodstock Sales in the UK.

Lucan Model Car Club begins its new indoor season at the Mill Community Centre in Celbridge from Sunday 30th Sept.

Racing from 2pm to 5.30 every Sunday in the sports hall.

For further details contact Brendan on 087 2512422

or see our website at www.lucanmodelcarclub.com.

Kildare County Council welcomes new staff team for County Arts Service

Kildare County Council recently published 'Making Inroads:  An Arts Development Plan for Kildare County Council 2006-2011.'  The plan identified key areas for development in the County including Public Art and Arts in Health.  To drive work in these areas, specialist staff have recently been appointed and the post of Assistant County Arts Officer has been established. 

The new staff members join Brenda Brady, Arts Assistant and County Arts Officer, Lucina Russell to further drive arts development in the county.  The Arts Service team are based in Riverbank Cultural Campus, Newbridge and are supported by the Library Services under the Directorate of Corporate and Cultural Affairs. 

Eoghan Doyle, Assistant County Arts Officer
Eoghan Doyle graduated from DIT with an advanced Diploma in Speech and Drama studies. Eoghan then worked as a freelance drama facilitator, with  Upstate Theatre Project, Gael Linn and The National Association for Youth Drama. He has facilitated many youth and theatre projects, most notably as the Irish director for the European Children’s Theatre Encounter 2005 (ECTE). 

Artistic Director of Clondalkin Youth Theatre since 2002, Eoghan is also an established director, working on productions including the world premiere of “Treble” by Christian O’Reilly, with the Education Department of The Abbey Theatre and most recently “The Plough and the Stars” by Sean O’Casey. 

In 2005 Eoghan was appointed as Youth Theatre Resident in Wicklow County Council, promoting and facilitating youth drama and working with Tramps and Poets Youth Theatre.  He was recently elected to the board of directors for the National Association for Youth Drama (NAYD).  Eoghan will lead the Youth Arts Development programme for Kildare County Council.

Tel:  045- 448318; Email:  ekdoyle@kildarecoco.ie

Rina Whyte, Public Art Co-ordinator
Rina graduated from NCAD with a Design Degree in 1997 and moved to Limerick to develop a CAD design system for the design and manufacture of Limerick Lace, on return to Dublin she moved into the Design Management field working for Design Companies Bradley McGurk and Enterprise IG for clients such as Superquinn, Eircell and UPC. Dublin Tourism hired her as Design Manager for the role out of their 'Dublin' brand before she became the Executive Officer of the Institute of Designers in Ireland, heading up the institute for six years and running projects such as the IDI Design Awards, Design Week and The William H Walsh Commemorative Lecture series.

Tel:  045 – 448316; Email: rwhyte@kildarecoco.ie

Nicola Dunne,  Arts in Health Specialist
After graduating with an honours degree in Cultural Resource Studies in 2002, Nicola pursued an M.A. in Arts Management and Cultural Policy in UCD. During her studies she developed an interest in Arts in Health and worked on a proposal for an arts programme at the National Rehabilitation Hospital. She worked for a time in Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, and in City Arts Centre, Dublin where she worked on the performance programme Haunted for the 2003 Dublin Fringe Festival. Prior to taking up her current post she was employed as company and production administrator with CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Dublin. 

She has also been involved in a number of voluntary arts projects including VIA 2004, Art For Amnesty and the Airfield Trust Arts and Culture Programme.

Tel:  045 – 448328; Email: nmdunne@kildarecoco.ie

The Arts Development Programme for Kildare County Council is supported by the Arts Council.

Copies of Making Inroads:  An Arts Development Plan for Kildare County Council 2006-2011 is available from the Arts Service, Riverbank Cultural Campus, Newbridge, Co Kildare or on www.kildare.ie/artsservice

Maynooth Local History Group, in cooperation with the management of the Manor Mills Shopping Centre intends to hold a 'living history pageant' on the promenade of the shopping centre at 12.30 on Sunday 16th September to commemorate the Anniversary of the Flight of the Earls and the 'Maynooth Connection.'

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has stated that it is aware of the UK study carried out in relation to the potential link between some artificial food colours and children’s behaviour. The results  of the study support the suggestion that consumption of some snack foods containing mixtures of certain food colours are associated with an increase in hyperactivity in some children. The FSAI has advised, that in light of these initial findings, parents of children in Ireland who could display symptoms of hyperactivity or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) should consider limiting their children’s consumption of food products containing these food colours.

The FSAI  has recommended that parents read food labels when buying products so that they can identify if they contain these food colours and thus, they can make an informed purchasing decision.

All additives used in a food or drink are required by law to be listed by either name or e-number on the product’s label. The artificial food colours examined in this study were;

Tartrazine (E102)

Ponceau 4R (E124)

Sunset Yellow (E110)

Carmoisine (E122)

Quinoline Yellow (E104)

Allura Red (E129)

Naas Town Council will be holding a Free Family Fun Day at Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas on Sunday 9th September 2007 from 2pm to 6pm

Join in the fun at Áras Chill Dara for the Naas Town Council Free Family Fun Day on Sunday 9th September 2007 from 2pm to 6pm.

There will be a great fun filled line up that will include
 

• a Ceili Mor,
• a showcase of local Irish and hip-hop dancers,
• Kids Area with bouncy castles and slides,
• Giant walking Puppets,
• Face Painters and Balloon Artists,
• Farmer’s Market,
• Army Vehicles,
• Vintage Cars,
• American Monster Motors,
• Motorbike Show
  & Lots lots more…..
  

Are you interested in Riverbank for your work and wondering how to exhibit in our great gallery space?

Riverbank is delighted to invite all artists to submit an application for our 2008-2009 Visual Arts programme.

What we need from you is a proposal outlining what you plan on exhibiting in the space, some relevant images, and a cover letter detailing your artistic background. We also accept applications from community groups looking for a space to showcase their work.

But all work must be submitted to us by December 1st 2007.

For more information contact Celine/John at 045 448333, and we will be happy to help.