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Hello; Márħaban; Ni Hao; Ahoj; Hallo;
Salut; Shalóm; Dia dhuit; Ciao; Ohayl; Salâm; CzeſĿ; Olá; Privét; Hola; Jambo;
Merhaba; Sawubona.

F.A.B. (Firhouse &
Bohernabreena) Community Network Services.

Newsletter
– November 2006.

INTRODUCTION:

The F.A.B.
Community
Network Services Group is an organisation recently established by a group of
concerned residents to deal with issues within the Firhouse and Bohernabreena
residential areas.  These issues
include traffic, parks, litter, social awareness & community development. If
you have any issues you would like to raise or if you would be in a position to
help out as much or as little as your lifestyle allows, please contact us as
follows:

Mary
Roberts:     087
9967225.

Website:       http://www.firbohgroup.org/.

E-mail:   [email-masked].

FUN-DAY:

F.A.B.’s first
Family Fun-Day, incorporating qualification to represent the Bohernabreena
Parish in the Community Games, took place on Sunday 11th June,
2006.  We are sure anyone who was
there will agree it was a resounding success. We would like to express our
sincere thanks to all the Sponsors and the volunteers who helped out on the day.

Following on from the Fun Day, 4 children participated in the Dublin
Community Games Art final, with Glenn Plunkett winning gold at U8 boys; two
swimmers participated in the swimming finals and 10 children took part in the
Athletics final at Santry.  Damien
Thomson came 4th in the 100m final.

LOCAL
ISSUES:

-     F.A.B. have written to
the V.E.C. requesting that the new sports hall at the Firhouse Community College
be opened for community use. The V.E.C. advised that the hall will open from
early new year. A committee to run the hall should be in place by December and
ads for Management Staff should be in the papers in the next 2 weeks.

-     We are raising local
issues with South Dublin County Council on a regular basis. If you feel that
there are any items of concern that need to be raised, please make contact with
us via any of the above channels.

-     The Community Centre
Development group met this week.
The main focus of the committee is to build a facility that will enhance
the park, together with a playground.
Tallaght Youth Service has expressed an interest in being the anchor
tenant.  New drawings are currently
being drafted and the group will engage with the architects from the onset to
ensure their requirements are being included.

Please note that
this is a Community Facility, not to be confused with a Community Centre.  It is envisaged that this facility will
be more family orientated and will facilitate smaller more intimate activities,
e.g. dancing, yoga, meetings, youth groups, parent/toddler, arts & crafts,
Drugs Awareness Programmes, etc.  It
will not cater for indoor sports as this is already catered for at the local
Firhouse Community Centre and the new Firhouse College P.E. Hall.  We hope that the Community Facility will
also serve the local community as a local Citizen Information Centre.

YOUTH
DROP-IN:

We are still
hoping to organise a weekly youth drop-in night in the Firhouse Community
Centre. This is currently in the very early planning stages as we have
encountered problems securing premises. This will be aimed at the 15+ age group
and will be unlike a youth club in that the young people will decide what they
want to do. There will be adult supervision, but there will be no interference
from the adults unless deemed necessary.

JUNK
COLLECTION:

The junk
collection was carried out by South Dublin County Council in August. This year
Ballycullen View, Daletree, Oakdale & Ely were included. We are in contact
with SDCC and have been told that Beech Dale & Parklands will be included in
next year’s collection.

BALLYCRAGH
PARK:

Park Ranger
-   Mr. Willie Byrne, Tel. 086
2515539.

Another clean up
of the park was carried out on Saturday, 21st October.  Future clean-ups will take place on the
third Saturday of every month from 2 – 3 p.m. (excluding December) and will be
advertised on our website.

OTHER
INFORMATION:

-     As part of the
Tallaght Drugs Education & Prevention Programme 2006/2007 a Drugs Awareness
Programme for local parents will be held in the Parents Room at Firhouse
Community College. This is a very informative 5 week course commencing on
Tuesday, 7th November from 10 – 11.30 a.m. or 7.30 –
9.00 p.m.  (Parents have the option
of attending the morning or evening course).  There will be no charge for this course.

-     Please note that
contact numbers for local groups or amenities can all be obtained on our
website. The Community Guards for the area are:

Patrick Tarrant,
Rathfarnham Garda Station. Tel. (01) 6666500.

Paul Flood,
Tallaght Garda Station. Tel. (01) 6666000.

The Youth
Officer for the area is Jean Lowry of the Tallaght Youth Service.  Jean may be contacted at 4515322 for
further youth information & activities.

-     Finally, the season of
goodwill is fast approaching.  If
you are involved in a local group or organisation and are looking for a charity
to donate to for Christmas, why not consider Operation Christmas Child.  All you have to do is fill a shoe-box
with gifts for boys or girls in different age categories.  These boxes are collected from local
drop-off points and sent to children in impoverished countries.  Many of these children have nothing and
it’s their only Christmas present.
If you are interested, leaflets explaining what to do are available from
Rachel Kavanagh, Tel. 087 9296066.

-     The next FAB meeting
takes place on Friday, 10th November at 10 a.m. in the Parents Room
at Firhouse Community College. If you are interested in getting involved please
come along.

Prepared
by: Margaret Hackett; Rachel Kavanagh; Mairead Flanagan.

Printed
by: Bohernabreena Community Enterprise.

Funded
By: South Dublin Co. Council.