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Aughrim Times Launched
Aughrim Active Retirement group have launched the Aughrim Times. The publishers would welcome items on local history, old photographs, or news features on Aughrim and the locality. The periodical publication is targeted at both young and old. It is available now to purchase in local shops.
Aughrim Business Directory
Click on the link to open the updated 2010 issue of the Aughrim Business Directory. The directory has been compiled by Aughrim Business Association.
Photography Competition
Update August, 2010
Aughrim Business Association would like to thank everyone who participated in the inaugural photography competition which has been running since last May. Entries for the competition closed at 5.00 p.m. on Friday, 13th August and the organising committee was thrilled not only by the quantity of entries received, but also the quality of the photographs entered. Two external judges, Mark Condren and Mike Brown came to Aughrim on Monday 16th August to judge the photographs. Mark who is the AIB Press Photographer of the Year 2009 and Mike, who is a renowned wildlife photographer, spent the day deliberating over their decision but finally made their selection of twelve images, to be included in the 2011 Calendar for Aughrim. Click here for a brief biography of each of the judges. Of these twelve images, one overall winner was selected, who will be presented with the cheque for 500 from the competitions sponsors Skoda and Aughrim Motors. The twelve finalists have now been notified. The identity of the overall winner and the winning image will be announced at a prizegiving ceremony and exhibition to be held on Sunday 26th September in Aughrim. The organising committee was so impressed by the standard of photographs entered in the competition that it has been decided to exhibit all entries in the competition. Details of the exhibition and prize giving ceremony will be notified closer to the date.
Aughrim Community Playground Update
The fundraising target of 10,000 has been exceeded! The total raised to date is 10,500; many thanks to all who have contributed and who have helped with the fundraising effort. Aughrim Tidy Towns in association with the Playground Committee have submitted an application for the required additional funding to Wicklow County Partnership. A planning permission application is currently being processed, and it is hoped to secure funding once the appropriate permission is in place.
Greenan Museum and Maze Upcoming Events
Greenan Museum and Maze have a packed events calendar, with activities taking place during the summer and autumn of 2010. Click here to get further details of courses and workshops.
Aughrim Business Association Update
The Aughrim Business Association was formed in February, 2009 by a group of concerned business people interested in raising the profile of Aughrim as a place to do business. Long recognised as a place of great beauty, Aughrim also has a thriving business community and one of the stated objectives of the Association is to promote the services available in the town.
Since its inception, the Association has gone from strength to strength and it now has members comprising businesses ranging from Artists to Waste Disposal not quite A-Z but close enough!
The Association holds regular meetings and anyone with a business in Aughrim or its environs is welcome to attend. Apart from dealing with the various projects undertaken by the Association, the meetings are addressed by invited guests who speak on a wide range of topics.
Latest News Summer 2010
The first Annual General Meeting of the Association took place on Monday 26th April, 2010 in the Grainstore Restaurant, courtesy of the Phelan family. The meeting was extremely well attended. Neil Gallagher, Deirdre Keogh and Deirdre Fox were returned as Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the Association respectively. Click here to read a copy of the Chairmans report, delivered at the A.G.M.
The Tourist Information Point is now up and running at the Green Bean. Please drop your promotional material into Stephen and Nadine;
The Aughrim Business Directory 2010 is on sale at the following outlets: The Green Bean, Aughrim Pharmacy, The Beauty Spot & Deirdre Fox & Associates, solicitors;
By kind permission of Myles Carroll (Aughrim Motors), the Community Notice Board, located next to the Pescegrande, has now been re-instated. This Notice Board is intended to be a source of information regarding events in Aughrim and its environs and will be maintained by the Association. Items to be posted on the Notice Board should be given to either Neil Gallagher (Aughrim Pharmacy) or Marty Byrne-Winterbotham (Aughrim Post Office);
Further information on the Association may be obtained from either the Chairman, Neil Gallagher (Aughrim Pharmacy 0402 36655) or the Secretary, Deirdre Fox (Deirdre Fox & Associates, Solicitors 0402 36955)
Local Event Guide
Aughrim Business Association plan to develop a local event guide. It is hoped to make this available on a regular basis around the town, as well as on this website. Watch this space for further updates.
Local Club and Organisation Contact Details on Aughrim Website
There is a web-page currently under construction, containing contact details and a short biography for local clubs and organisations. If you want to have contact details added for your club or organisation, please e-mail Daragh Byrne.
Aughrim Community Garden
The Aughrim community gardening project started in January 2009 to encourage and motivate people to grow their own fruit and vegetables using organic gardening principles. Join in and avail of communal space to grow food or take an individual plot and use the shared gardening tools, gardening books, etc, and also use the poly-tunnel to grow seedlings or winter veg. Experienced gardeners are invited to join and share their expertise and give advice to the novice gardeners, all are welcome. New families are encouraged to join in this fun and social community setting, getting to know your neighbours, while learning a practical skill, producing healthy organic food and enhancing your local environment.
Site Address: Opposite GAA pitch, Rednagh Road, Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
Meeting Times: Every Wednesday at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm and other times by arrangement.
Contact: Donal Rice, Mobile: 086-8567357
Email address: aughrimgarden@gmail.com
Aughrim Community Sports & Leisure Association Update
Phase 1 of the building project for Aughrim Community centre has been completed. The work was completed by Redmond Brothers Builders on time and within budget, and the committee on behalf of the community would like to thank them for a job well done. Funding for Phase 2 of the project is in place, except for the portion from the Lotto fund, and unfortunately all Lotto funding was suspended in early 2009.
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