Save Our Forests – A Walk In the Woods
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
At Kilcash Wood, Clonmel, Tipperary.
Meet Sunday 26th May at 1.30pm in Kilcash Village Family day with Poetry, Music and readings by local artists, musician’s activists & others.
The Irish government is giving away our natural resources. Oil and Gas exploration licences have been handed out to big multi nationals under terms that mean the Irish people do not gain jobs, a revenue stream or security of supply. Practices with serious environmental consequences, such as fracking, are not ruled out under law.
The harvesting rights to our forests are under threat of being sold off to the highest bidder.
This threatens access rights of the Irish people to walk in our forests and endangers the sustainability of our woodlands as they will be exploited for quick sale of timber.
Our water is about to be privatised. The first move has been to transfer the administration
Farmers Feed Families launching to thank Waterford farmers
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
Farmers Feed Families is a campaign launched on May 8th to highlight the importance of farmers in Waterford and the rest of Ireland. There is a significant disconnection between the work that Irish farmers do and the food that people buy in supermarkets and Farmers Feed Families aims to bridge that connection.
The first stage of the campaign is set to run from May through to September.
Farmers are the backbone of the agricultural industry in Ireland. Irish food is promoted and eaten every day all over the world. This is down to the hard work and dedication of our farmers. This is the beginning of the Farmers Feed Families nationwide branding campaign focused on spreading the Farmers Feed Families message among farm families and the wider community. The first initiative will begin later in May and is called ‘Tweeting Farmers’. This
Waterford GIY Special Bealtaine Festival Event at Central Library
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
Waterford GIY are delighted to announce that Jim Breen will present a talk on "Soil Fertility and the Nutritional Quality of Food" at Waterford City Central Library on Saturday 11th May at 2.30pm.
Jim Breen earned a B.Agr.Sc. degree from UCD in 1969. He worked abroad in international development with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for most of his career.
His main area of expertise was crop assessment following droughts, floods or war or in disaster assessment and relief/rehabilitation work, including the Tsunami in Sri Lanka.
Here in Ireland his work led to an understanding of the relationship between nutritional imbalances in soils and human nutrition, and the means of alleviating them through proper fertilization of land.
Jim’s recent talk to Wexford GIY was described by landscape designer Betty Kehoe as "the most thought provoking, interesting presentation I have witnessed. It is
Newrath Golfer Shows Who's Boss With A Hole-In-One At Waterford
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
A Newrath golfer has received a limited-edition BOSS watch after scoring a hole-in-one during a recent competition at his club.
Larry Morrissey, 62, scored his ace on the 186-yard, par-three 13th, at his club, Waterford, and the 15-handicapper was rewarded with membership of the exclusive BOSS Watches H1 Club and a specially-commissioned, commemorative timepiece.
The luxury German brand has pledged to reward club golfers with an exclusive watch for every hole-in-one recorded during a club competition between April 15 and October 31 this year. And, with nearly 4,000 holes-in-one recorded annually, BOSS Watches could feasibly be giving away £1m-worth in 2013.
The scheme is open to any golfer whose club uses HowDidiDo - a free-to-use, web-based social network for golfers - and anybody playing in official club
McGrath Gathering Draws Close
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
As the McGrath Clan Gathering draws closer, the organizers are calling on all McGraths to come to Dungarvan in June for the official McGrath Clan Gathering 2013. It's the first of it's kind in Waterford for over a decade.
The organizers are delighted to announce the speakers for the four day event. They are John Cunningham from Fermanagh, who is the top speaker in the country on the McGrath Clan. He will speak on Saturday morning in the Arts Centre. Local historian Willie Fraher, will give a talk on Friday night titled 'Castles of the McGrath's. He will be followed on Friday night with a talk by Dan McGrath, who has captured some of the great moments in Irish sport, he will speak on 'McGrath's at the Top Table of Sport' - featuring Olympic Champion Matt McGrath, Ken McGrath the All Star
Factories And Retailers Need To Make The Change To Spring Lamb
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
IFA National Sheep Committee Chairman James Murphy said hogget supplies are disappearing fast and both retailers and factories need to make the change over to Spring Lamb. James Murphy said for the tight supplies of Hoggets factories are paying €5.40/?5.50 kg and finding it very difficult to get numbers. He said factories are quoting much lower prices but failing to get numbers at the quoted prices. He pointed out that Hogget prices in the UK had moved up to €5.50/kg incl. vat and grade 1 hoggets in France were making €5.90kg incl. vat last week according to Bord Bia.
James Murphy said Spring Lambs are making €6.05/?6.20kg with factories attempting to pull quotes below €6.00/kg. He said "this price pull is totally unjustified with Bord Bia reporting new Season Lamb the equivalent of over €7.00/kg in the UK and €6.70/kg in
WIT and Nemeton TV announce Higher Diploma
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
WIT and Nemeton TV announce Higher Diploma in Televisision and Digital Media
Waterford Institute of Technology and Nemeton TV are pleased to announce that the Higher Diploma in Television and digital media class of 2013 film premiere will be held on 15th May in SCG Dungarvan for an invited audience of press and guests.
The fourteen students on the course lived and worked in the Ring Gaeltacht over the past few months in Nemeton TV where they filmed and edited seven half hour dramas, music shows and documentaries. The films feature many sites and locations around Waterford, Ring and Helvic. The course is run through Irish so the students all wrote,directed and edited their films in Irish. This is to give them an edge in the competitive media world
Local Youth Groups call on Waterford to get viewing and get voting!
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
A Local youth group is calling on the people of Waterford to vote for their film project ahead of the X-HALE Film Festival 2013. Manor St John Youth Service has devised and created a film called ‘Youth Against Smoking’ which is competing for the Most Popular Online Award at the event.
The X-HALE Film Festival is part of the X-HALE Youth Awards, an initiative of the Irish Cancer Society which looks at novel ways to encourage young people to address the issue of smoking in their own communities. The Festival will see over 38 youth groups from around the country enter a film for the showcase event, where they will be in with a chance of winning awards under various categories.
To view the X-HALE film entries, visit http://www.cancer.ie/xhale or for more information, follow the X-HALE Facebook page.
St Paul’s Community College, Waterford Receives Funding for YSI Project:
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
Students from St Paul’s Community College, Waterford have been awarded €500 at the Young Social Innovators Den, supported by the Vodafone Ireland Foundation. They will use this funding to progress their project "Drugs – It Never Stops". The Den provides Young Social Innovator groups the chance to pitch to a panel of Dragons for money, means or mentoring to develop a particular project. As part of its partnership with the Vodafone Ireland Foundation, the Den 2013 was bigger and better.
Natalie Hodgess, Vodafone Ireland Foundation is pictured with, L to R, Jodi Swift and Emma Cummins, students from St Paul's Community College, Waterford, at the recent Young Social Innovators Den in Cork, supported by the Vodafone Ireland Foundation. Photo: Derek Speirs
Sinn Fein welcomes LRC negotiations
Wednesday, 15th May 2013
Senator David Cullinane has welcomed the news that Bus Éireann and unions at the company have agreed to negotiations at the LRC this evening.
The Sinn Féin spokesperson on Workers' Rights has stated that he believes it is only thought meaningful and serious dialogue that the ongoing dispute at the company can be resolved.
"I am pleased to hear that both management at Bus Éireann and the unions have agreed to negotiations at the LRC tonight, and I am hopeful that a resolution can be found. I believe that a resolution can be found, which is acceptable to both unions and the company, but it is important that the Company realise that any cuts to the wage bill should deal with the higher end of the pay scale at the company, not ordinary low to middle income workers."
"The government also needs to
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Google AlertWhen a company which has it's European Headquarters here in Ireland is called 'evil' and 'immoral' by M.P.s in The House of Commons you tend to sit up and take notice. The particular company that was being referred to was Google and the reason it had enraged M.P.s in London was because even though it has a big operation there and conducts a lot of business there it pays no corporate tax. It does this by having all of its financial transactions finished here in Ireland. And the company here is …
