http://clonard.org Clonard Village Community Website Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:36:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rumours abound that the Monastery Inn is opening again under new management. Best information so far is that it is to open on the week of 21/07/2008. Exact date to be confirmed. http://clonard.org/clonard/monastery-inn-to-re-open/ Posted for and on behalf of the Abbeyfields Residents Committee. Now that the cold weather and shorter days are among us, I feel it is time to step up our request to the council for much better traffic calming and control in the village of Clonard. We as residents are all ... http://clonard.org/abbeyfields/traffic-calming/ Posted for and on behalf of the treasurer of Clonard Neighbourhood Watch. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the residents who turned up for the launch, it was a complete success. Thanks also to the local businesses for their gifts which were raffled off on the day, ... http://clonard.org/clonard/clonard-neighbourhood-watch-launch/ Hmmm, maybe I had better get back in the saddle and update this site more often. Since December 2005 this site has had 30,000 individual visitors and over 100,000 visits.  Any contributions are welcome you can email news or events to info [AT] clonard [DOT] org. http://clonard.org/clonard/30000-individual-visits-to-clonardorg/  A neighbourhood watch scheme is in the process of being setup and launched in Clonard.  The launch date is Saturday 17th November 2007 at 3:00pm.  Location is St. Finians Hall Clonard and all are welcome.   There will be raffle at the launch with prizes (to be announced) and refreshments available. You will also have the opportunity to ... http://clonard.org/clonard/neighbourhood-watch-launch/ Yes and no :)   Yes it is still live, the email addresses xxxxnospam@clonard.org are still valid and used by clonard residents but the site itself hasn't been updated for a while.   So we are looking for someone or somepeople who would be interested in taking over the site. The domain name is ... http://clonard.org/clonard/is-this-site-still-live/ http://clonard.org/clonard/the-end-of-a-stormy-day-in-clonard/ It is with great sadness that we learnt today of the death of Marie Grimes formerly  of Abbeyfields Clonard Co. Meath. Marie had moved to Abbeyfields with Bill to retire and was well liked and respected in the community. Marie was killed in a car collision with a truck on Thursday in ... http://clonard.org/clonard/marie-grimes-formerly-of-abbeyfields/ At long last the local Garda traffic corp payed a visit to Clonard on Friday evening, Monday morning and Monday evening. Apparently at one point on Monday morning they had cars queued up beside the community center as on officer nabbed speeders and the other gave tickets. So many speeders ... http://clonard.org/clonard/speed-checks-in-clonard-at-long-last/ School Uniforms   School uniforms for sale for next term for most schools in the area.  Please contact Geraldine on 044 9375907 or 085 7042592 for details! http://clonard.org/clonard/school-uniforms/ FRENCH STUDENTS   Looking for family accommodation July/August   €180 per week Families with horses €240.00 per week   Students are fully insured and brought to the nearest pick-up point to your home   Contact:  Geraldine 044 9375907 or 085 7042592   Duration of stay 2/3 weeks Families with children/teenagers only apply please   http://clonard.org/clonard/french-students/ I don't usually post stuff here about Ireland Offline but this is an exception. Ireland Offline and in particular Damien Mulley together with John Handelaar got together to make a map of all the broadband enabled telephone exchanges in Ireland. Along the way they accidently created a map showing what things would ... http://clonard.org/clonard/if-every-telephone-exchange-in-ireland-was-enabled/   From Sarah Carey in Enfield Make a comment? Do you think I'm mad? :)     http://clonard.org/clonard/%e2%80%9csometimes-it%e2%80%99s-hard-to-be-a-woman%e2%80%9d/ Things have been a bit manic for the last few weeks, hence the lack of posts and news. In brief the community games are going well, indoor soccer in particular is thriving with some notable successes but we’ll wait until the official newsletter before revealing what they are :) On other fronts ... http://clonard.org/clonard/lack-of-posts/ THE problem of water shortages and poor pressure throughout Meath was thrown into sharp relief this week amid warnings that a possible crisis is looming, despite the current rainfall.  Water has become the hot topic is several areas of Meath as residents became aware of projected shortages despite the rainfall of ... http://clonard.org/clonard/water-shortages-this-year/ A 15-year-old boy has been killed and dozens more students injured in a road crash involving a school bus in Co Offaly. The accident happened between Rahan and Clara shortly after 8am this morning when the bus overturned on the road. According to the Health Service Executive, up to ten of the ... http://clonard.org/clonard/school-bus-crash/ ART COMPETITION - Sat. 11 March 2006 Under 8 Girls - 1st. Chloe Martin, 2nd Roisin Hickey Under 10 Boys - 1st. Arron Duff, 2nd. Joe Boyd, 3rd Brian Fleming Under 10 Girls - 1st Aisling ... http://clonard.org/clonard/community-games-interim-results/ Enfield’s parade is expected to be one of the largest in Leintster outside Dublin with 35 floats entered so far. The parade commences at 3pm from the GAA pitch, will be led by a colour party from the FCA and two bands - the Communications Workers Union band and an ... http://clonard.org/clonard/st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day-parade-enfield/ Busy times for the committee. The first table tennis table was installed in the hall on Tuesday evening. Thanks to Dermot O’Donoghue for collecting, repairing and delivering the table. Table tennis started last Wednesday evening and eleven children turned up! We were really surprised and delighted with the turn out. So it was ... http://clonard.org/clonard/community-games-update/ I’ve had enough. The Kinnegad exchange doesn’t appear to be capable of providing broadband more than 0.5 miles from the exchange. Broadford was enabled for broadband but the telephone lines from Clonard don't go that way. Lastmile who provide wireless broadband in Kinnegad are unhappy with the levels of service they can ... http://clonard.org/clonard/clonard-group-broadband-scheme/