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30th Jan

Community Notices




Sympathy
The sympathy of the community is extended to the family and friends of the late Charlie McCann, Mullantyboyle, Glenties, who was buried in Ardara on Thursday the 16th of January. Charlie was pre-deceased by his wife, Mary McCann (nee Bennett), who was born and raised in Ardara. Sympathy is also extended to James Boyle of Leaconnell, whose brother-in-law, Ronnie Doherty, died in Birmingham last week.



The Methodist's Concert
The annual concert in the Methodist hall will be held on Thursday , Friday, and Saturday (6th, 7th, and 8th of February) at 8 p.m. A varied programme of entertainment will be presented, as well as a three-act play, the title of which this year is "Married Bliss". Usually a popular and fun evening out, this is a night not to be missed. Admission will cost 8 euro for adults and 2 euro 50 cent for children, and includes supper. All are welcome.



Senior Citizens
The Day Centre re-opened on the 28th of January from 2-5 p.m. in the Commnity Centre, and will continue on Tuesdays as usual.



Mass and Healing Service
This service will be held in the Franciscan Friary, Rossnowlagh, on Sunday the 2nd of February. A bus will leave Divers' at 1:30 p.m. that day, and bookings may be made at Divers'.



Club Ceili na nGleannta
A reminder of the St Bridget's Day ceili/barndance on Friday the 31st of January in the Highlands Hotel. Rushes for cross making will be available. Music will be by Art Mcnally, and the admission fee of 5 euro includes supper.



Seals Dying
A resident of Loughros Point has observed three dead seals lying in the area of the slipway on the southern side of the Point. There are unconfirmed reports of a number of dead seals being seen on Fintra Strand. The seal virus, which killed many seals in Scotland, and, more recently, on the Galway coast, may have reached our shores. Some fishermen are not unduly sorry about this, as they say that the seals have increased greatly in number in the last few years, and that the furry sea creatures are responsible for many a chewed salmon taken in their nets.



Chiropody
The chiropodist will be in attendance at the Community Centre, in association with Ardara Community Care, from 2 - 5 p.m. on Tuesday the 4th of February. Anyone who wishes to, may make an appointment by calling Breda at 075-41246.



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28th Jan

Community Notices




Barn/Ceili Dance
Barn/Ceili Dance, Friday 31st January, in the Highlands Hotel. Music by Art McNally. Admission, including supper, €5. Rushes for cross making will be available.



Tidy Towns 2003
Have your say about what happened in 2002 at the Tidy Towns Committee Open Meeting in the Community Centre at 9.00pm on Wednesday 29th January.



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23rd Jan

Community Notices




The Late Bella Ann Boyd
After a lengthy illness, the death occurred in Letterkenny Hospital, on December the 10th, of Bella Ann Boyd, aged 86 years, formerly of Drimitten, Loughros Point. She had been living in the care of her nephew and niece-in-law, Bertie and Margaret Boyd, Tullyvoose, Mt Charles, for the preceding four and a half years. The wake took place at their home. The funeral service was at the Ardara Methodist Church on December the 10th, Rev Weir, Dunkineely, and Rev Henderson, Inver, officiating. The readers were Fiona Boyd and Donna Alcorn. Burial took place afterwards at Kilcashel graveyard, Loughros Point. Bella Ann was born in Drimitten and lived all her life, with her brother and his family, there. She took a great interest in her nieces and nephews, and was always on hand to help look after them. She was a very skilled knitter and a capable sewer, and though she lived quietly, when the opportunity arose, she enjoyed a party. She loved children and she had a good memory for the people she met.

Bella Ann was pre-deceased two years ago by her brother, Hugh Thomas Boyd. She is survived by her sister, Rachel Boyd, Drimitten, and her brother-in-law, Alex Boyd, Drimitten, her sister-in-law, Bella Boyd, Drimitten, her eight nephews and two nieces, and many great-nieces and great-nephews. She will be fondly remembered by her many friends and relatives.



The Late Noelle Vial
Members of the Donegal Workshop Theatre and the Ardara Writers' Group would like to convey their heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of the late Noelle Vial and to the Killybegs Writers' Group, of which she was a founder member. Noelle was a long-standing friend, mentor, and workshop leader of the Donegal Workshop Theatre and the Ardara Writers' Group, and her creative input will be thoroughly missed.



Sympathy
The sympathy of the community is extended to the family and friends of Charles Harold, Glenswilly, who died on New Years Eve in Leconnell, Ardara, and also to the family and friends of John Breslin, Owenteskna, whose funeral took place on Tuesday the 7th of January.



Parish Council Meeting
At the Parish Council meeting of January the 14th, letters were received from Dinny McGinley, T.D., and Minister Mary Coughlan stating that they had been in contact with the North Western Health Board and the Donegal County Council, respectively, requesting measures to speed up the provision of facilities for the elderly in Ardara. Jerry McGarrigle, Project Manager of the N.W.H.B., had also written to the Parish Council outlining the flood report on the Owentocker as being the reason for a delay at present, but he also expressed the commitment of the N.W.H.B. to the provision of a Day Care Centre and a Primary Health Care Centre in Ardara.

The International Fund for Ireland had written to inform the Parish Council of their grant of 130,000 euro for the construction of a river walkway and a footbridge in Ardara.

John McBrearty reported on behalf of the Community Centre committee that a new boiler had been installed downstairs as part of the heating system, and that the Playcentre committee had decided to meet the cost of this installation. Donal Haughey said that the programme for the Walking Festival had been printed.

Declan Brennan furnished information concerning the representation by irishadventure.com at the Holiday and Leisure Fair in Dublin from January 23rd-26th. The Lakehouse Hotel, the Walking Festival, and the Cup o' Tae Festival will receive publicity at the irishadventure.com display in the R.D.S. Also available will be information about accomodation and night-life in the Ardara area. The Parish Council had contributed 440 euro towards the cost of this display.

The chairman of the Tidy Towns committee, Jack Maguire, fixed a date for their first meeting of the year, Wednesday the 29th of January. The secretary, John Couzens, was of the opinion that many more people were needed to help with the necessary work on the approaches to the town, in order to improve on last year's marks.

Counciller Slowey was unable to attend the meeting but had sent a report, which was read by the secretary of the Parish Council, Ann Marie Travers. The Donegal County Council are in the process of placing a state of the art disinfection of water supply at Ardara. It would be in effect within the next three months. It would ensure only a residual chlorine level, and that the water would meet the Drinking Water Quality Criteria as regards bacteriological levels. A meeting concerning a research project for rural libraries in Donegal would take place in the Ardara Community Centre at 6 p.m. on Wednesday the 15th of January. The library hours at present are as follows : Saturdays 4 - 6 p.m. ; Wednesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Some concern was expressed at the meeting as to the difficulties of contacting a doctor for emergency situations at night and at the weekend. It was felt that the present system was too slow. Pending an appointment with her, this matter will be discussed with Dr Sweeney.

The meeting felt that parents need to take more responsibility for their teenage children and to know where their young people were at all times. It was important to be aware of the dangers of alcohol and drugs. Some parents have formed car pools to meet their children either outside the disco, or as they get off the bus in Ardara.

The need for more bins at scenic locations during the tourist season was recognised, and concern was expressed that at present there is no-one to collect wrecked cars in the county. The secretary will write to An Post in support of door to door postal delivery, as it is a life-line to many elderly people, and it is an Irish way of doing things - we don't have to be the same as other countries in the European Union.

The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Monday the 10th of February at 9 p.m. in the Community Centre.



The Canon's Concert
A crowd of slightly less than three hundred people enjoyed a varied programme of local talented artists in the Community Centre on Friday the 17th of January. This was a revival of the traditional Canon's Concert of former years in Ardara, and it is hoped that it will once again become an important annual event. There is definitely plenty of local talent to ensure the continuation of the tradition. Vincent Campbell and Derek McGinley, two notable Donegal fiddlers, began the evening with some remarkable music, some of it learned from other musicians, like the late Johnny Doherty. Meentinadea National School had the audience listening attentively to keep up with the story being presented to them in Irish script and song. They performed very well. Deirdre Mooney brought a lump to the throat with her rendering of "Danny Boy", and she was followed by Irish traditional music provided by a youthful trio from the Seamus Sweeney music group.A gentleman of uncertain identity, though he is said to be from Monargan, brought forth a great deal of laughter with his fund of funny stories, then Michelle McHugh delighted everyone by singing "Tomorrow" from the show 'Annie'. The first half of the concert was brought to a rousing conclusion by some spectacular dancing, of 'River Dance' standard, from the Marie Cannon dancers.

After the intermission, the audience heard, at length, from a 'Dungloe' man, who had woken up one morning, looked out the window, and had said to himself, 'It's a good day for cutting turf,' so he went down to the shed and .................suffice it to say that that man had a very busy and interesting day! 'Sail Along Silvery Moon' was Matt McNelis's first number on his silver trumpet, and it was enough to make any middle-aged person feel twenty again. The Seamus Ryan Quartet gave him professional backing, and then performed in their own right with singers, Lucy and Donna. There followed a sketch starring the greatest footballer who never left Ardara, Columba Diver. It was rather difficult to recognise Columba after Dr Conal Shovelin and his nurse had finished ministering to him, using the latest weight-losing methods from America. (Was that real smoke issuing from the weight loss machine?) Elaine Boyle pleased the young ones, especially, with her selection of clap-along modern songs, and Shirley Baskin completed the programme by singing some country and western style songs, providing her own accompaniment on her piano-accordion. Rose-Marie Whelan had baked a birthday cake for Shirley, since it was her birthday, and Canon Laverty presented the cake with gallantry.

Great credit is due to Bart Whelan and his willing team for organising this concert, the proceeds of which are in aid of the Sheltered Housing for Elderly People in Ardara. Another enjoyable and successful performance of this concert took place in the Kilclooney Dolmen Centre on Sunday the 19th, with some changes to the programme.



Doctor's Consulting Rooms
The new surgery at Hillhead is a huge improvement on the former rooms in Main St. The conversion of the bed and breakfast house next to the petrol station worked very well, as the space available in the house fitted the needs of the doctor's practice. The interior layout has yet to be signed and some decorating is still in process. There are parking spaces for at least six patients in front, and there is staff parking at the rear of the building. As it is necessary, an ambulance could be parked in the front driveway to the house. A practice-nurse, Ms Carol McDonagh, is available for certain procedures like measuring blood pressure, taking blood samples, doing E.C.G. tests and dressings, etc. Having a practice nurse opens future possibilities for running day-clinics for diabetics, for example, or "Stop-Smoking" courses. The practice nurse is there solely to look after the needs of the practice. Such assistance definitely takes some of the pressure off the doctor in circumstances where the waiting room is full, and should help to decrease waiting time for the patients.



Barndance/Ceili
The Club Ceili na Gleanta are holding a night of dance and music in the Highlands Hotel, Glenties, on Friday the 31st of January, (St Bridget's night).Music for dancing, from 9:30 p.m. till 1 a.m., will be provided by Art McNally. Admission will cost 5 euro and includes supper. All are welcome.



Tidy Towns Committee
The Ardara Tidy Town Committee is to hold an open meeting at the Community Centre on Wednesday January 29th at 9 p.m. The main objective of the meeting will be to evaluate the progress made in 2002, to consider the key area mentioned in the Tidy Towns Competition judging, decide whether to enter the competition this year, and to discuss ways of achieving improvements to the appearance of the town.

Considerable progress was made last year, with the provision of hanging baskets around The Diamond and Bridge areas, the use by both business premises and householders of a large number of window boxes, attention to the central garden on the Diamond, and the painting of premises. While further progress will be expected this year, participating in the Tidy Towns Competition requires a great deal of work in a number of areas. So the committee is hoping at its meeting to concentrate on a number of key areas, forming sub-committees with responsibility for overseeing progress in sectors such as signage, floral attractions, litter and grass cutting. One lesson from 2002 was that more people have to remain involved during the spring and summer if worthwhile progress is to be achieved. It is requested that all local groups arrange to send at least one representative to this meeting to ensure that the views of all the community can be considered.



Ceili Classes
Ceili classes commence in the Highland Hotel, Glenties, on Thursday the 23rd of January, from 8:0 - 9:30 p.m. All are welcome.



Bowling
It is hoped to get the bowling club up and running again in the Dolmen Centre, Kilclooney. New and old members are welcome. Contact the Centre for further details at 075-45010.



Playboy of the Western World
The Balor Theatre Company will be performing "The Playboy of the Western World" in the Dolmen Centre, Kilclooney, on Monday night, the 3rd of February at 8:30 p.m. Admission will cost 8 euro for adults and 4 euro for children.



Ardara GAA
There has been no winner of our weekly Flotto. The numbers drawn on Saturday night last were 1, 2, 10 and 18 and the nearest were Brendan Sweeney, Carrickacleave and Mary Kelly, Mountcharles. This weeks jackpot stands at €6,150.00 and this weeks selling team is Columba Diver's.

The history of the Club is progressing very well. The committee have now reached an advanced stage. There are still pictures and other information which are required for the early years. We are currently looking for two pictures that someone might be able to locate for us - 1954 Minor Team and the 1979 U-14 County Champions. The Committee is as follows : George Doherty, Mary Kelly, James McHugh, Tom O'Donnell, John McConnell, John M. O'Donnell and James McBrearty.

Coaching Officer, John McConnell, has organised a Coaching Session which will take place in the Community Centre, beginning on Saturday 1st February. These sessions will involve the skills of the game. It will be opened to U-18, U-10 and U-12s. (There will be more in next weeks Notes).

The Minor Board will hold their first meeting on Wednesday 29th at 9.00 p.m. in Dohertys' Bar. All managers are asked to be present.

The Minor Board are organising a Poker Classic which will be held in the Central Bar on Friday 7th February beginning at 8.00 p.m.

Congratulations to St Columbas Comprehensive School U-16 Team who beat St Columbas, Stranorlor last week in the County semi-final. They now meet Falcarragh in the County Final. Many of the Ardara U-14 and U-16 Players are part of the team. We wish them all the best in the final.



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21st Jan

Community Notices




Rainbows
Rainbows is a programme which provides support and healing for children and young adults who are grieving through loss or separation. This team will work with participants in small groups over a fourteen week period. The venue will be the Dr McCloskey Day Centre in Glenties, and the beginning date will be Wednesday the 22nd of January. Contact numbers for further information are 075-51125 and 075-51700.



Adult Barndancing Classes
Classes resume tonight Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. for beginners and at 9:30 p.m. for advanced, in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel. Please note the change of venue. All are welcome.



Retreat
Preached retreat based on the "Our Father" with Fr.Sylvester O'Flynn, O.F.M. Cap at Ards Friary, Creeslough on Friday 14th to Sunday 16th February. To book a place ring Carmel at 073-21767 or Dolores at 074-30920



Night Classes
The following night classes will take place in the Comprehensive School, Glenties, for the Spring session, numbers permitting.

Tuesday nights :
Introduction to Computers, Yoga, Learn to Speak Spanish, Learn to Speak French, Beginners' Bridge.

Thursday nights :
E.C.D.L., Upholstery, Gaeilige-Cómhra, Creative Writing, Colour Me Beautiful.

Enrolment takes place on Monday January the 20th from 7:30 till 8:30 p.m. and classes will commence in the week beginning 27 January 2003. There is a concessionary fee for unwaged participants for one class per term. This concession is not available to unemployed people whose spouse is earning a salary/wage. Please note that satisfactory evidence of unemployment must be produced on enrolment, that is, a note from the Social Welfare Department, a pension book, or R.S.I. number. All participants must be at least 18 years of age.



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16th Jan

Community Notices




The Late Sheila Connolly
The death occurred after a short illness of Sheila Connolly, Sandfield, Ardara, on New Years Eve at Letterkenny Hospital. The funeral took place at St Conal's Church, Kilclooney, on January the 2nd, Fr Daly officiating. Sheila was born in Kilclooney and lived all her life in the area. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Joe Boyle, and married Paddy Connolly some years later. Paddy died early in their marriage. Sheila will be remembered for her courage in adversity, and her good-natured out-going personality. She devoted all her energies to her children, being a solo parent through difficult years, and the better years which followed.

She is survived by her sons Oliver, Sandfield, and Michael Boyle, Aberdeen, her daughters, Bernadette Morrison, Aberdeen, and Fidelis Spillane, Ashbourne, Co. Meath; her sons Patrick, Sandfield, and Seamus Connolly, Sandfield; her sisters Mary, Birmingham, and Sadie McGurk, Armagh, her brother, Danny Boyle, Coventry; her nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She'll be sadly missed and fondly remembered by all her family.



The Late Kathleen Fisher
Kathleen Fisher, nee Haughey, died on January the third in Killybegs Community Hospital after an illness of three months. The funeral Mass, on Sunday the fifth of January, was in the Church of the Holy Family, Ardara, with burial in the adjacent graveyard. Canon Austin Laverty officiated. Kathleen was born and raised in Brackey, Ardara. She married William Fisher of Hillhead, Ardara, and they settled in Tullycleave where they raised a family of seven children. Kathleen was pre-deceased by her son, John, who died in a car accident in Dublin, and also by her daughter, Mary, who died in Brooklyn, New York. In later life, Kathleen herself was to live in New Jersey for eighteen years, working as a nurse's aid. She retired to the family home in Tullycleave where she spent a good few happy years. Kathleen was cheerful, smiling, and always had a good word for everybody.

She is survived by her daughters, Margaret Miller, New Jersey, Annie Campbell, Hawthorne Heights, Letterkenny, her sons, Brendan, New Jersey, Thadaeus, New York, and Connel Fisher, Tullycleave, her five grandchildren in the U.S., her four grandchildren in England, and her four grandchildren in Ireland, her brother, Willie Haughey, Brackey, and her many nieces and nephews. The community extends its sympathy to the family in their loss.



The Cannon's Concert
The Cannon's Concert, in aid of St Vincent de Paul Sheltered Housing, will be held in the Community Centre, Ardara, on Friday the 17th of January at 8:30 p.m. This promises a great night of song, dance, music, and drama with top local artists taking part. Admission will cost 5 euro for adults and 2 euro for children. Please support this worthy cause.

The concert will also be held in the Dolmen Centre, Kilclooney, on Sunday the 19th of January at 8:30 p.m. An evening of entertainment not to be missed.



Keep Fit Classes
An exercise class for keeping fit would be just the thing after the festive season. Such a class, suitable for all ages, is commencing in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel on Wednesday the 15th of January from 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. The fee for the six week course will be 40 euro. All are welcome, and if you miss the first week, don't let it bother you - you can start the second week!



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14th Jan

Community Notices



Keep Fit Classes
Keep Fit Classes commence in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel on Wednesday 15th January. Session lasts from 8.30 - 9.30pm



Cannon's Concert
The Cannon's Concert will be held in the Community Centre on Friday 17th January at 8.30pm, in aid of the St Vincent de Paul Society Sheltered Housing. A good night of music, dancing, singing and dram is guaranteed.



Dates for your dairy
Ash Wednesday: .....5th March
Easter Sunday: ........20th April
Confirmation Day: ...Sat. 29th March
First Communion: ....Sunday 25th May



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9th Jan

Anyone for Ice-Skating?
by Susan Boyd


During the recent heavy frosts the Drimiha/Yellowbanks section of the Loughros Point road was frozen to an icy sheen. Shaded all day from the southern side as it is, it didn't thaw at any time. By Monday the 6th of January, a total of four vehicles had been involved in mishaps on this stretch. It is a length of road which is always dangerous in freezing weather. The fourth person to come to grief picked up the phone and contacted Dinny McGinley, T.D. She put it to him that though the Donegal County Council may not count this a major road, it was a road of great importance to the several hundred people who live in Loughros Pt. As it was so close to the junction with the road to Ardara and Killybegs, many local people were wondering why the County Council could not grit around the Yellowbanks, in the interests of safety, at the same time that they gritted Main St and its continuation to Killybegs. It is not on record what reasonable persuasion Dinny offered to the County Council, but all users of the road are grateful to the persons in public office responsible for the gritting and salting, which are now rendering the surface of the road at the Yellowbanks so much safer.



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Community Notices



The Late Susanna Gillespie
The death occurred in Letterkenny General Hospital, on the 26th of December '02, of Susanna Gillespie (nee Maloney) of Brackey, aged 76 years. The funeral took place at the Church of the Holy Family, on December the 29th, Canon Austin Laverty officiating. As a young woman, Susanna worked in Maloney's Hotel, Carrick, and then in Belfast, before going to live in London in 1948. She and her husband, Frank, were married in London in 1955. They retired from London to their home in Brackey in 1985, where they enjoyed living among their many neighbours and friends. Frank is grateful to all those who kindly helped during the wake, in particular the McCabe brothers, and C. Heena, who sang lovely hymns at the funeral Mass. Susanna is survived by her husband, Frank Gillespie, Brackey, her two daughters, Patricia and Frances, London, her grand-daughter, Michaela, London, her two brothers Tommy Maloney, Ardconnell, Ardara, and Michael, London, her brothers-in -law, Colm and Josie Gillespie, Clogher, Carrick, her brother-in-law, Con, Essex, England, her sisters-in-law, Agnes, Navan, and Annie, Donegal town, her many brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. The community extends it's sympathy to Frank, in his loss.



Community Library
The Ardara Community Library will re-open in the Community Centre, following the Christmas break, on Saturday the 11th of January. The revised opening times are Saturdays from 4 - 6 p.m., and Wednesdays from 7- 8:30 p.m. The library has a large selection of books to suit all tastes and the number of books is increasing all the time. There is a joining fee of 5 euros per family. It is requested that young children should be accompanied by an adult, when they attend the library.



Music Courses
Kenneth Baker Music Courses will begin on Tuesday the 14th of January. Enrolment will take place in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel on Friday the 10th of January from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Further information may be obtained by calling 073-36437.



New Location of Dr Sweeney's Surgery
As from Monday the 6th of January, Dr Sweeney's consulting rooms are located in the Portnoo Rd at what used to be Greenhaven B & B, beside Maguire's petrol pumps.



Dearcadh
Ardara's own annual publication, Dearcadh or Ardara View, is still available in the shops. Congratulations to the editorial committee on this years edition, of a commendably high standard, as usual.



Medujorge Pilgrimage

For more details of the Medujorge Pilgrimage from August 17 - 24th this year, contact Noreen Feeney at 075 - 41689.



River Walkway and Footbridge
Councillor Terence Slowey welcomes the allocation by the International Fund for Ireland of €130,000 towards the provision of a River Walkway Extension and Footbridge at Herron’s Field, Ardara. Cllr. Slowey said this is another vote of confidence in Ardara and looks forward to the completion of this work. This project in addition to the other private projects planned for Ardara in the coming years are set to transform the area and enhance greatly the commercial nature of the town.



Barndance and Supper
The Ardara Basketball Club are holding a barndance in the Central Bar at 10 p.m. on Friday January the 10th. The music will be provided by Country Traditions, and a supper will be served. The door-charge will be € 5. and everybody is welcome.



Ardara Parish Council
The January meeting of the Ardara Parish Council will take place in the Community Centre on Monday the 13th of January at 9 p.m.



Digital Photography
An eight week computer course to assit you in digital photography will start on Monday the 13th of January at the Women's Centre, Kilclooney, from 7 - 9 p.m. Everyone is welcome. For more details call Sally at 075-45368 .



Ardara GAA
The Annual General meeting of the Club takes place in the Community Centre on Sunday 19th January, 2003, at 2.30. All members and new people wishing to join are welcome to come along.

The Minor Board A.G.M. takes place on Thursday16th January in Dohertys at 8.30 p.m. All underage Managers are asked to attend as well as any parents who wish to help out in the coming year.

This weeks Flotto jackpot stands at €5,850.00 and this weeks selling team is Michael Breslins Team.

A number of photographs were taken by John McConnell at the annual Dinner and Dance in the Blue Haven. These pictures can be viewed on the GAA Site and copies ordered if required. The site can be obtained on www.geocities.com/ardaragaa



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7th Jan

Community Notices



Dearcadh / Ardara View
The Dearcadh magazine is now on sale in the shops.



ICA
The monthly meeting of the ICA will take place on Wednesday 8th January at 8.00pm in the Community Centre. As usual all are welcome.



Library
The Ardara Community Library will re-open in the community Centre following the Christmas Break on Saturday 11th January. Revised opening times will be Saturdays 4.00pm - 6.00pm, Wednesdays 7.00pm - 8.30pm.



Music Courses
Kenneth Baker Music Courses will begin on Tuesday the 14th of January. Enrolment will take place in the Nesbitt Arms Hotel on Friday the 10th of January from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Further information may be obtained by calling 073-36437.



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3rd Jan

Community Notices



Doctor's Consulting Rooms
As from January the 6th, Dr Mireille Sweeney's consulting rooms will be situated in the former "Greenhaven" guesthouse, which is located next to the petrol station at Hillhead.



Ardara Sewage Scheme
Following on from a promise given to Thomas Gildea during his period in office in Dail Eareann, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government welcomed on December 10th, 2002, the fact that progress can now begin to be made on the Ardara Sewage Scheme, since the granting of a draft foreshore licence by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

The Minister , Mr Pat the Cope Gallagher , T.D., said, "The scheme was included in my Depertment's Water Services Investment Programme under the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative at an estimated cost of € 3.5 million. However, work had been unable to proceed due to the problem with the Foreshore Licence."

It is now understood that advertisements for the Civil Work Contract will be placed in the New Year. Donegal County Council estimates that tender recommendation for these works will issue to the Department in March or April and, allowing for the issuing of approval, construction work will begin next summer.

"I want to reassure the community of Ardara that as soon as the application is received in my Department, it will be dealt with the utmost urgency," concluded Pat the Cope.



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