Inchicore Environmental Group

Hello all,

As the subject line suggests, we’re going to give a canal cleanup another go! Next Saturday September 17^th at 10am at BERA Hall.

Last Saturday’s cleanup had a bit of a hiccup as the weather was manky and also we had a mixup  with the arrangements for the picking gear. My fault for not doing a double check on arrangements so my apologies to the magnificent 7 who braved the conditions to turn up and hopefully the cup of tea and bun was a little bit of a compensation.

Rather than dwell on that, let’s go again for next Saturday and we’ll have the gear sorted this time! For our tea and buns afterwards we’d like it to be a small meeting about what other stuff we could do around the area or areas that need a bit of a focussed cleanup or in general any ideas people have for the group so please bring your ideas.

Also if September 17th is not your bag, on October 8^th we’ll be shifting focus to the Kilmainham end of Inchicore as we’ll do a cleanup based at the crossroads of Emmet road and South Circular. The nice people at the lovely new restaurant of Union 8 will provide the tea after that so if you’ve never been, it’ll be a great opportunity to check out a great new business in the area.

Other bits and bobs

• City Neighbourhood Awards – September 21st 6pm Bluebell Community Centre. Who would like to go? It’s a great way to find out about all the work being done by other community groups in the area. All in all, it’’s a very positive evening. Let us know if you’re going.
• Dublin City volunteer Recruitment fair  – are you interested in volunteering for other projects in Dublin? there’s a recruitment fair for volunteers on on Tuesday 4^th October, at the Carmelite Community Centre on Aungier Street, Dublin 2  5pm to 8pm.

All the best,

Colm

Hello all,

Regards,

Colm

Hello all,

Hello all,

Easter Saturday

Just a reminder about our contribution to the Easter Saturday Team Dublin Cleanup day – we are joining a few other Grand Canal volunteers in cleaning a small area. As mentioned before, it’s a tricky day for people being around so we are keeping the scope narrow and if we get more people we can decide on the day to expand out.

Currently the scope is the area around Blackhorse Luas stop. We will leave our ‘takings’ at that end of the canal. We’ll meet at the gateway up at that end  – map attached.

Eric Conroy of the Inland Waterways will be coordinating for the day. He will be joined by other Inland Waterways Assoc of Ireland canal people and our colleagues from voluntary groups downstream. It lasts from 11am to 1. The group will meet at the Blackhorse bridge  – map attached and there will be refreshments in the BERA Hall afterwards.

As ever with these things, it’s a volunteer effort. Please look after your own personal safety and exercise common sense when around canal banks.

thanks for last Saturday. 

we got a great turnout last Saturday Photos attached. – special mention to our youngest members Sophia  and brothers Etienne and Sebastian. –

The place was in bad nick particularly around the Luas stops but we got a lot done.

Rialto Kilmainham Commemoration Group – Guns and Hoses,

Although Guns and Hoses sounds like a drastic solution to those who litter, in fact it’s a very informative talk which will be held in St Andrews Community (map attached)

Center, South Circular Road, Rialto, Dublin 8 on Thursday 24 March at  7:30.  It will be a great story about the Dublin Fire Brigade during the revolutionary years 1913-1922.  Their speaker is Las Fallon, who is a historian and author of ‘Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution’

Admission:€2 includes refreshments.  Please feel free to share.  You might also like to check the group out on FaceBook  Rialto Kilmainham 1916 Commemoration Group.

Inchicore Village

A number of people have noted to us that Inchicore village has become more littered in recent weeks – we have raised this with DCC and our public representatives and send photos of the worst bits.

Thanks for reading,

Colm

Hello all,

There is a grand stretch in the evenings, so why not get out and about and help clean up our village. Its a great way to get some exercise, earn yourself some good karma and get to know your neighbours.

The group are meeting Wednesday July 15th at 7.30pm outside the Workmans club on Emmett Road. We will spend an hour or so cleaning up the village and will stop off for a cuppa in the Black Lion afterwards.

The group would be delighted to welcome new members. To join just come along to one of our clean ups.

Inchicore isn’t a bad oul spot and looks lovely in Autumn so we thought we’d celebrate that in a small way. While there’s still a few leaves on the trees, we are organising a photo competition. All are welcome to enter.  We are looking for snaps of Autumn in Inchicore. First prize is 100 euro OneForAll voucher, two runners up prizes of 50 euro tokens each There are some terms and conditions but they’re standard for this sort of thing

• There is a limit of 1 entry per person so pick your best snap.
• All entries must be in format [jpeg or gif] and must be sent to inchicoreenvironmental@gmail.com by midnight Friday November 21st
• Paper copies to Inchicore Environmental Group 52A Bulfin Road, Inchicore Dublin 8.
• By submitting a photograph you confirm that you agree that:
  • You took the photograph [in Autumn 2014] yourself – you own the copyright in the photograph.
  • You consent to the IEG publishing the photograph on its website or on Facebook and/or printing the photo and using it to publicise the work of the IEG.
  • The IEG will not pay any royalties or licence fee to you, the author.
  • The IEG is allowed to crop the photo or modify it in some way to render it suitable for publication.
  • You agree that the judges’ decision will be final