Help tidy up Terenure this Saturday!

Terenure Village Network are organising an area tidy-up of the car park and main street of Terenure this Saturday, 18th May.

They will be preparing the flower beds at the bases of trees in the car park for planting and would also like to clear weeds from bases of trees on Terenure Road North.

Meet up in the car park at Terenure Road North at 10.00am. Bring your own small gardening tools and protective clothing. Hope to see you all there!

Diabetes Ireland Fundraiser, 24th May

A concert featuring the UCD Ad Astra Academy Performing Arts and guests will be held in the Church of Ireland, Main Street, Rathfarnham Village at 8.30pm on Friday 24th May.
Tickets cost €5 each (€20 for 5) and include entry into a raffle via the Diabetes Ireland Helpline - 1850-909; otherwise €10 at the door. 

Rathfarnham Parish Fete, 2013

Rathfarnham Parish Fete will take place on Saturday 25th May at the High School, Zion Road, Rathgar. This  year marks the twentieth anniversary of the fete relocating to the school from War Memorial Hall.

Come along for great food, gifts, toys, games, books, a bouncy castle, accessories and much more! 

Raffle tickets are only €2 each!

Please note that traffic is usually heavy on Bushy Park Road for the duration of the fete. 

Harold's Cross Festival, 10 - 12 May

This weekend our neighbours in Harold's Cross will be holding their annual Community Festival Weekend with a variety of music, theatre, childrens' events, walks, exhibitions and much else. We thoroughly recommend you check the website at www.haroldscross.org or their facebook page for more details.

Extended Opening Hours Granted to Discount Store

The Executive Manager of Dublin City Council (Planning and Registry Decisions, Planning Department) has granted permission to Lidl (Plan No. 2311/13) to extend its opening hours at the Terenure site from 81 to 86.5 hours per week, "in the interest of the proper planning and sustainable development of the area." The development "shall be managed so as to avoid potential conflict between shoppers and drop off/collection associated with [St Joseph's BNS]."

Bord Pleanala had previously restricted the hours of operation to "0800 hours and 1900 hours from Saturday to Wednesday, and between 0800 hours and 2100 hours on Thursday and Friday" in order "to protect the residential amenities of the area" (Bord Pleanala Case reference: PL29S.240744). 

The closing date for appeals to Bord Pleanala is Wednesday 28th May 2013. 

Find out about the Dublin City Development Plan, 2011-2017 here. 
The planning reference for the original application for the site at 18-20 Rathfarnham Road is 2093/12. 

Light Up Your Bike with Operation Switched On!

An Garda Síochána has a duty of care to police the illumination of cycles during “Lighting Up Time”. Discussed by Garda Des Curry at Terenure Residents' Association's recent AGM, a pilot Bicycle Rectification Scheme has been devised within the Terenure and Rathmines Garda District in conjunction with “Operation Switched On”. This initiative facilitates cautioning as an alternative to prosecution where the breaches of the Road Traffic (Lighting of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 are discontinued. Compliance with the Rectification Scheme is running at 66%. The offenders who disregard the benefit of the scheme are summonsed.

The scheme affords cyclists found in breach of the Lighting Regulations an opportunity to avoid prosecution by producing their bicycles at a designated Garda Station at 11am on the Saturday morning following detection. If the bicycle is produced with lights, the offenders receive a free high-vis jacket provided by the Road Safety Authority.
For more information about the Bicycle Rectification Scheme and Operation Switched On click here. For information about cycling safely click here.

This weekend - Terenure 13's European Youth Rugby Festival

Terenure College RFC will host its annual international under 13's rugby festival this weekend, 4th and 5th May at Lakelands. Under 13's from all over Ireland, Britain, France and elsewhere will compete on full size pitches in this premier event. Further details, including the Friday and Saturday evening social events, can be found at www.europeanyouthrugby.com

TRA Committee Members (Update following the AGM, 2013)

This year's AGM took place on Thursday 25th April in St Joseph's Parish Centre and was attended by forty-five people, including residents and local representatives on Dublin City Council.

The following were re-elected:

Chairman: Jim Dowling

Vice-Chairman: Birgit Schmidt

Secretary: Christine Hughes

Treasurer: John Grant

Planning/Environment: .

Committee: Barbara Atkinson, Fionnuala Blake, Leila Byrne, Ben Costelloe, Peter Duffy, Joan Finkel, Jin O’Reilly, Rioch McElinn and Margaret O’Shea.

One member had retired last October and two stepped down this month.
Three new members were elected: Frank Harrison, Ann Mahon and Patrick O'Hagan.

The committee meets on the first Tuesday of every month except for January and August. If there are any matters you would like raised please contact any committee member in person or else use the contact form on our website.

Terenure Residents' Association AGM, 2013

Please note that this year's AGM will take place at 8pm on Thursday 25th April in St Joseph's Parish Centre. All residents in our area are very welcome to attend.

Membership of the committee currently comprises residents from Rathfarnham Road, Cormac Terrace, Westbourne Road, Bushy Park Road and Gardens, Wasdale Road and Park, Greenmount Road, Olney Crescent, and Rathdown Drive and Park. Some members are due to retire after years of sterling service.

If you are interested in matters affecting our community and would like to help out in any way, please consider putting yourself forward for election to the committee. The committee meets on the first Tuesday of every month (except for January and August).

Local Property Tax

An annual self-assessed Local Property Tax (LPT) charged on the market value of all residential properties in the State will come into effect from 1 July 2013. It will be administered by Revenue and a half-year charge will apply in 2013. 
For more information log on to:

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/lpt/. (Revenue website)
Citizens Information website
Money Guide, Ireland

News and opinion pieces:

Almost 65,000 calls made to property tax help-line (Irish Times, 13th April 2013)
Property tax demonstration (Irish Examiner, 13th April 2013)