Open invitation to Terenure 2030 meeting Thursday 27 February

The Terenure 2030 group is having its "First Fruits" meeting on

Thursday 27 February at 7.30

at

Terenure Sports Club (formerly CYM), Terenure Road North

Short presentations on work to date on over a dozen separate volunteer projects will be made, and everyone is invited to participate and support existing work, or set up new projects! Your help in moving our community forward is welcome and appreciated.

More information is available at
http://terenure2030.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Terenure-2030-First-Fruits-meeting.pdf

New Terenure post office opening TODAY!

This afternoon, Tuesday 25th February, the new post office counter at Centra on Terenure Road North will open for business! After an absence of several years it is a welcome return of An Post to Terenure village. Please also note that the post box that was previously on the east side of Terenure Road North has been resited to the west side outside Centra.

A Quarter of Nine Year Olds are Overweight or Obese. Terenure based campaign seeks to remedy this shocking statistic

A Terenure based campaign to highlight the issues of over-eating, particularly for children, is holding a

Portion Wise Week

3 - 7 March 2014

with various activities, demonstrations and initiatives all round Terenure.

The first major event will be on :

Monday 3rd March at 8pm

main hall, Presentation Primary School

with a talk by the renown Professor Donal O’Shea (RTE's The Obesity Clinic), Eimear Flannery of the Irish Heart Foundation on Physical Activity, and Janis Morrissey, dietician with Irish Heart Foundation. Everyone is welcome to attend this interesting evening to learn more about this topic which is relevant to us all, but particularly how we feed our children.

More information is available at www.portionwise.net or on facebook.

Watch out for more information on other events in Portion Wise Week.

Music @ Brighton Road concert, Sunday 16 February

Music at Brighton Road’s 2014 Spring series of Sunday afternoon concerts will continue on:

Sunday 16th February 2014 at 3pm

 Rathgar Methodist church, Brighton Road, Dublin 6

with a beautiful concert for flutes and harpsichord

played by

Derek Jones (flute)

(Head of Woodwind and Performance Arts, University of Melbourne)

William Dowdall (flute)

Professor of flute RIAM

and

David Adams (harpsichord)

The programme will include works by Bach and Telemann amongst others.

These three musicians are masters of their fields and this is an unprecedented and exciting opportunity to hear them together.

Tickets available from www.tickets.ie and we are offering one free ticket with every 2 purchased.

Music @ Brighton Road aims to reach a wide audience by giving classical music recitals in a

relaxed and conveniently located setting outside the city centre. Musicians speak briefly about each work before it is played.

Tea, coffee and refreshments provided by the Corner Bakery Terenure are available during the interval, and parking in Brighton Road is free on Sundays.

Tickets are €15 (€10 concessions), children under 12 go free

Follow us on Facebook at Music @ Brighton Road

Press queries: contact Lucinda Thomson (087) 246 5003 or lthh@indigo.ie

Water Mains Disruption in Terenure Road West Area

The Dublin Region Watermains Rehabilitation Project (DRWRP) is currently replacing the old and leaking water main on Kimmage Road West. The project is sending out water shut off notifications to customers that are directly affected by the water interruptions informing them of the dates and times the water will be switched off. However there are also a number of people in the surrounding areas (Terenure Road West, Kimmage Road Lower and Fortfield Road areas) that are being affected by low pressure when the water is switched off in Kimmage Road West.

The DRWRP is working to improve water pressure and apologises for the inconvenience caused. Any queries should be directed to the Project Hotline on 1890 882 410.

There is about 5 to 6 weeks of work left on Kimmage Road West, and there will be a need to turn the water off from 9am to 6pm approximately twice a week. Until the issue of low pressure can be resolved while the water is turned off on Kimmage Road West, water shut off notifications will be sent to all customers in the surrounding areas informing them that their water will be switched off detailing the times and dates this will happen.

Over the next few days this is likely to occur on 25, 26 and 30 January.

Terenure 2030 - an update

The Terenure 2030 project started last September with a meeting in St. Joseph's parish hall with over 150 attendees and the generation of literally hundreds of ideas on how we can make Terenure an even better place. A number of project groups have been established, each covering a specific task, and another meeting, the "first fruits" of the earlier seeding meeting, will be on 27th February (venue tbc), so watch out for further notices. All are welcome, particularly volunteers to join in!

In the meantime, any Facebook members are invited to "like" the "I Love Terenure" facebook page. Here is the link: www.facebook.com/pages/I-Love-Terenure

You can also follow what's happening with the Terenure 2030 group at their website at www.terenure2030.com

Could you be a Volunteer Companion to the Elderly?

"Alone" is an independent organisation that provides support to older people in need. They are currently looking for Befriending Volunteers throughout Dublin. If you have an hour to spare per week and would like to visit an isolated older person in your area to provide companionship and support, then please call them on 01-679 1032 or email deirdre.m@alone.ie for more information.

Closing date for applications is Friday 24 January.

Why not enter our photographic competition?

The Terenure Residents' Association is holding a photographic competition with 2 prizes of €50 vouchers, 1 for adults (16 and over) and 1 for under 16s. The theme is "Terenure" and the competition is open to all our residents (that is if you live in the area shown on this map).

There are more details about entering here.

We would love to see your pictures of Terenure, so get those cameras out and Good Luck!

New Lidl store now open

At 8 o'clock this morning, Thursday 12th December, Terenure's latest store opened its doors for the first time. Lidl is welcoming new customers with various promotions, although one of the biggest attractions is free parking in the village for up to 3 hours. It is also nice to see some open space and planted areas around the tree on the Rathfarnham Road.

Parking Restrictions on Beechlawn Way

Please note that several pay-and-display spaces on Beechlawn Way between the Rathfarnham Road end and the entrance to a private residential car park were finally removed on 10th December 2013. A small number of pay-and-display spaces remain further up Beechlawn Way, closer to the entrance to St Joseph's.

Double yellow lines have been painted on Beechlawn Way at the Rathfarnham Road end and the road has been widened to facilitate access to the car park at the new discount store.