An established hillwalking group based at the Square in Tallaght is looking for people who are interested in walking in the hills.
Walking takes place every Sunday. Reasonable fitness, rain gear and a packed lunch are required. There are no charges/fees.
A small contribution for transport is expected. For further details tel 0868607393. www.dublinpeople.com
Showing posts with label Dublin West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dublin West. Show all posts
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
New farmer's Market, Tallaght
From www.slowfoodireland.com
"NEW FARMERS MARKET, TALLAGHT
"South Dublin County Council is proud to announce the opening of a new weekly Farmers Market in the heart of Tallaght, West Dublin. The market, which will be launched on Friday, 16th March 2007, is located on the “High Streetscape” close to the Abberley Court Hotel.
"The Market will be open every Friday from 10am to 4pm and will offer a wide variety of quality foods, including organic fruit and vegetables from local producers, organic meat, preserves, hand crafted breads and cakes, a selection of handmade goat’s cheese, Italian coffee beans, gourmet sauces, home baked cakes and biscuits, Indian pickles and chutneys, home cooked vegetarian snacks from around the world, organic wines, muesli, pastries and a wide range of olives.
"The Tallaght Farmers Market provides a unique opportunity for local residents to buy “just-picked” produce straight from the farmers who grew it. The grand opening on March 16th will feature local personalities, live music, free food tasting, face painting and other activities for children! "
"NEW FARMERS MARKET, TALLAGHT
"South Dublin County Council is proud to announce the opening of a new weekly Farmers Market in the heart of Tallaght, West Dublin. The market, which will be launched on Friday, 16th March 2007, is located on the “High Streetscape” close to the Abberley Court Hotel.
"The Market will be open every Friday from 10am to 4pm and will offer a wide variety of quality foods, including organic fruit and vegetables from local producers, organic meat, preserves, hand crafted breads and cakes, a selection of handmade goat’s cheese, Italian coffee beans, gourmet sauces, home baked cakes and biscuits, Indian pickles and chutneys, home cooked vegetarian snacks from around the world, organic wines, muesli, pastries and a wide range of olives.
"The Tallaght Farmers Market provides a unique opportunity for local residents to buy “just-picked” produce straight from the farmers who grew it. The grand opening on March 16th will feature local personalities, live music, free food tasting, face painting and other activities for children! "
Monday, March 12, 2007
Public Meeting to Save Tallaght Hospital: Labour
The Dublin South West Labour Party has organised a public meeting to highlight public fears as to the future of children’s healthcare in Tallaght Hospital. The meeting will take place: 8pm, Monday March 26 Plaza Hotel, Tallaght.
Labour Leader Pat Rabbitte TD said: “For as long as the Government decision of last summer stands, the only future facing Tallaght Children’s Hospital is ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ to quote Prof Ian Graham, Vice Chairman of Tallaght Hospital.
“When in the Dail on February 27 I asked the Taoiseach if there had been any change in the Government’s decision to relocate Crumlin and Tallaght to the Mater site, he replied: ‘The Deputy asked me whether there is a change in the position and I said there is not’.
“No amount of spinning can hide the formal Government decision.
“As the Government scrambles for a face-saving formula to get them past the General Election, the Taoiseach told me in the Dail that ‘there has been no review of the decision of last summer’. This means that the Government is proceeding to build the new hospital on the site of the Mater. This decision involves the relocation of both Tallaght and Crumlin to the North inner city.
“As a result, Tallaght will be left with a casualty station, or Urgent Care Centre, but no beds. It will be little more than a glorified clinic. This centre will care for children only in limited cases and where the length of the stay is less than 24 hours. It will be staffed by consultants and other staff rotating out from the National Children’s Hospital. However consultants say this is unworkable.
“Tallaght will lose its specialised staff and parents will be asked to travel in today’s congested traffic to the northside.
“It is dishonest of Fianna Fail to pretend that the Mater decision can be implemented and that everything remains more or less the same. We need honest answers Government instead of cynical misrepresentation of their own decision. We then need a commonsense solution in the interests of local families.
“This meeting will provide people with an opportunity to express their concerns over the future of health services for their children.”
Labour Leader Pat Rabbitte TD said: “For as long as the Government decision of last summer stands, the only future facing Tallaght Children’s Hospital is ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ to quote Prof Ian Graham, Vice Chairman of Tallaght Hospital.
“When in the Dail on February 27 I asked the Taoiseach if there had been any change in the Government’s decision to relocate Crumlin and Tallaght to the Mater site, he replied: ‘The Deputy asked me whether there is a change in the position and I said there is not’.
“No amount of spinning can hide the formal Government decision.
“As the Government scrambles for a face-saving formula to get them past the General Election, the Taoiseach told me in the Dail that ‘there has been no review of the decision of last summer’. This means that the Government is proceeding to build the new hospital on the site of the Mater. This decision involves the relocation of both Tallaght and Crumlin to the North inner city.
“As a result, Tallaght will be left with a casualty station, or Urgent Care Centre, but no beds. It will be little more than a glorified clinic. This centre will care for children only in limited cases and where the length of the stay is less than 24 hours. It will be staffed by consultants and other staff rotating out from the National Children’s Hospital. However consultants say this is unworkable.
“Tallaght will lose its specialised staff and parents will be asked to travel in today’s congested traffic to the northside.
“It is dishonest of Fianna Fail to pretend that the Mater decision can be implemented and that everything remains more or less the same. We need honest answers Government instead of cynical misrepresentation of their own decision. We then need a commonsense solution in the interests of local families.
“This meeting will provide people with an opportunity to express their concerns over the future of health services for their children.”
Saturday, November 25, 2006
"Proud to Live in Tallaght" Workbook Launched
Pat Rabbitte, T.D. launched the "Proud to Live in Tallaght" activity workbook for schoolchildren in Tallaght on Monday 13th November in the Dublin West Education Centre. The workbook, designed by local teacher Robert O'Leary, is dubbed "An activity book for children in Tallaght schools" and is accompanied by a Website, tallaght4kids, which was sponsored by the DWEC and Tallaght Partnership.
In the Foreword, Gerard McHugh, Director of the DWEC says: "The purpose of our activity book is to demonstrate why we are proud of Tallaght, to help us to become aware of its reality and its potential and to renew the ambition of a new generation of inhabitants in Tallaght, in this era encompassing citizens who have come from all over the globe. The activity book does not attempt to present all there is to know about Tallaght, rather it provides us with enough information about interesting aspects of Tallaght's past and present that we want to embark on a discovery to find out more and more of that past and present. Furthermore it encourages us to discuss Tallaght, to reflect on it, to explore, to investigate and to discover. Ultimately this activity book envisages a new generation of Tallaght's young people demonstrating their pride in their own place by wishing to emulate the positive achievements of the past and present and by creating their own new history which will inspire generations to come. This activity book, rather than being the end of one phase, is the beginning of exciting, positive and interesting further phases in reflecting about Tallaght's potential and assisting in the realisation of that very positive potential."
The book has been distributed to all Senior Primary Schools in the Tallaght area.
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