Anti Litter League - Cleanup Julianstown
Meath Co Council's Anti Litter League commenced this week (Mon 6 Feb) and will run over the coming 8 weeks. Volunteers in high visibility tabards are currently out on the roads in Julianstown picking up litter. On our first morning we filled 12 black sacks! Even the most cursory glance as you pass through the village reveals a dreadful problem - the casual dumping of bottles, cans, cigarette packets and butts, chewing gum...the list goes on. The ditches tell a gruesome story - more bottles, discarded clothes, hub caps, pieces of carpet, redundant signage...
Please spare a thought for our environment; think before you drop it and take it to the nearest bin instead.
And if you think you could spare an hour, we would welcome your help in our efforts.
Meet at Julianstown School 9.00AM Mondays (also (900AM Wed/Thursday)
All equipment will be provided, tel. 087 2866757.
Thanks!
Meath Community & Voluntary Forum meets in Julianstown March 2
James Doorley emailed to say that Meath Community & Voluntary Forum will be holding it’s next public meeting in Julianstown. The meeting will be held in Julianstown parish rooms at the Church or Ireland on Thursday 2nd March at 8pm.
The guest speaker will be Seamus Boland of Irish Rural Link, who will speak on the topic of "Maximising Voluntary Effort in Local Communities".
All are welcome and please feel free to pass this onto those whom you think would be interest.
Meath Community and Voluntary Forum is the coming together of the 11 people or so elected to represent the community and voluntary on various statutory bodies. We were elected last year as part of a process organised by Meath County Council. We organise meetings on various topics to highlight issues for community and voluntary groups and also to feedback on what we havebeen doing and of course to get input also.
Here is a link to the details of all the reps and who they represent
and which bodies they are on.
http://www.meath.ie/community/about_us.html#representatives
Irish Rural Link
Email James Doorley for more details doorley007@yahoo.com
New Photos in Gallery
Check out the new photos in the Gallery. They were taken by the Pride of Place people and used to showcase Julianstown during the awards ceremony last year
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Residents' Survey Results
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here for the results of the recent survey carried out by Julianstown and District Residents's assocition. In November the association asked people to list the top three issues that they wanted to see addressed during the year. Many of the requests centred around reducing traffic volumes in the village, including weight restrictions, traffic calming and a bypass. There were also suggestions for areas which needed improvement such as the Laytown and Moorchurch Roads. There was division on provision of a playground however with both support and opposition for the idea.
