Recycling centre opening times at Christmas 2013 and the New Year

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Please note the opening hours of Fingal County Council recycling centres for the Christmas period.



Coolmine Recycling Centre
Estuary Recycling Centre
Monday 23rd December
CLOSED
8am to 8pm
Tuesday 24th December
CLOSED
8am to 2pm
Wednesday 25th December
CLOSED
CLOSED
Thursday 26th December
CLOSED
CLOSED
Friday 27th December
9am to 4pm
CLOSED
Saturday 28th December
9am to 4pm
8am to 6pm
Sunday 29th December
CLOSED
CLOSED
Monday 30th December
CLOSED
8am to 8pm
Tuesday 31st December
CLOSED
8am to 4pm
Wednesday 1st January 2014
CLOSED
CLOSED
Thursday 2nd January 2014
9am to 4pm
8am to 8pm

 

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The Assisi Charitable Foundation in Kerela, India.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Assisi Charitable Foundation was set up by Mary McCormac following a visit to Kerala, India to recruit nurses for the Tara Winthrop Nursing Home at Swords.
Mary McCormack and Joe Harford with generous supporters of the Assisi Charitable Foundation who were welcomed to Tara Winthrop by Mayor of Fingal Kieran Dennison
Mary McCormack and Joe Harford with generous supporters of the Assisi Charitable Foundation who were welcomed to Tara Winthrop by Mayor of Fingal Kieran Dennison
The visit to India coincided with the aftermath of the Tsunami of December 2004 and as a result the coastal areas of Kerala were devastated and extreme poverty was very visible. Since it was set up the Assisi Charitable Foundation has built an orphanage, a school, a desalination plant, three small clothing facilities employing approximately 75 people and an umbrella making business employing 100 rural ladies.

Their clothing factories which are called Veranda Fashions, in addition to being self -financing, also provide clothing for the poor children at Christmas and uniforms for their school at Onam. The foundation provides food parcels at Christmas and during the Onam festival. This is the Hindu harvest festival where it is a tradition to give to the poor.
Mayor of Fingal Kieran Dennison with staff from Kerala at Tara Winthrop
A generous donor from Kerela was so impressed by the work of the foundation that he recently gifted a 5 acre site for a nursing home there. With volunteer help the building project will begin in early 2015 to establish a 60 bed nursing home on the site. All funds raised goes into the charity and there are no administration costs whatsoever.

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EUROPEAN INTEGRATION FUND PROJECT ANNOUNCED FOR BLANCHARDSTOWN

Wednesday, December 18, 2013


Blanchardstown Area Partnership has been advised by Pobal that their application to the European Integration Fund (EIF) has been successful. This project will provide English language and job seeking skills to Third Country Nationals living in Dublin 15, who are currently on the Live Register but who do not possess sufficient English language skills to enable them to access employment.

Linda Curran, CEO, Councillor Kieran Dennison Chairman and Guy Thompson, Director of Blanchardstown Area Partnership.
Pictured with the Chairman are Linda Curran, CEO and Guy Thompson, Director of Blanchardstown Area Partnership.
 Dublin 15 has one of the highest populations of foreign nationals in the country – at 23.5% this is more than double the national average – and unemployment levels are much higher among this group. The year long project will provide English language targeted towards the world of work in Ireland, and this will include CV preparation, interview skills and support with job seeking.

Partners for the project include the Department of Social Protection and Fingal County Council. The Department is looking forward to working with BAP and FCC in making a success of this venture.

Signing the agreement, the Chairman of Blanchardstown Area Partnership Councillor Kieran Dennison said “I am delighted that the Department of Social Protection and Fingal County Council are both partners in this project. There are more than 10,000 Third Country Nationals living in Dublin 15, according to CSO statistics. This project aims to demonstrate that a combination of English language and job seeking skills can support individuals to find work, and improve the quality of life for them and for their families”.

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