NEWTOWNMOUNTKENNEDY
LOCAL NOTES CONTACT
If you have news or an item to be added to the Newtownmountkennedy Notes, please email Ciara Martin Perks at ciaraperks87@gmail.com or call 087 6380155.
COMMUNITY RESPONSE
Your Community is here to help. Wicklow County Council Covid19 Community Call Helpline are there to help in anyway, call them between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week.
There is help and support available to everyone no matter what. If you need any help whether you are self isolating, ill or cannot get out for the essentials please call Ciara Perks at 087 6380155 or the Community Call Helpline 1800 868 399 and we will get you the help and support you need. Whether it is groceries, collection of prescriptions, a paper or just a friendly chat please call your community is here for you.
THANK YOU to the amazing people who have volunteered their time, skills and knowledge, you are making a big positive difference to the people of our community.
SURVEY
If you are interested in a safe walking and cycling route for kids and adults to help get to school work and leisure, off main roads and connecting with bus and rail lines from Greystones/Kilcoole to Glendalough via Newtownmountkennedy’ could you please fill out the survey to be found online at surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MountainsToSeaGreenway or on your local social media Facebook etc.
This is being organised by Newtown 2050 on foot of the highly successful fundraising drive Strictly Newtown dancing in 2018. (Big thanks to Robert Byrne) It forms part of a feasibility
study for a Greenway linking the Uplands to the Sea and creating a more accessible, integrated, prosperous and environmentally focused community.
It is critical to have a say and give views for good and bad about whether you support such an effort and or want to get involved. We in particular want opinion from the rural areas especially farmers looking to farm diversification as part of their future.
It also forms part of the Newtownmountkennedy Smart Village 21 initiative by the EU, and informs a response to the Covid Epidemic.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
Unfortunately for all our teams and coaches decisions made by Government last week in moving the country to Level 3 meant that all matches had been cancelled for a minimum of three weeks starting from last weekend, but that time period may be extended as it looks like the whole country will be heading into Level 4 or 5.
The FAI updated its Safer Return to Training Protocols in accordance with the new Government guidelines announced recently (October 7). We have since communicated this to all coaches and parents within the club. The aim of Newtown Juniors FC on our return to training/games was to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone, once we adhere to the guidelines laid down. Obviously if the country enters Level 4 or five it may mean no training sessions of any sort for a while. We will be continuing to update all protocols as we get them from the FAI, and we will also be holding regular de-briefing meetings with all coaches and supervisors. If anyone has any further enquiries regards the updated protocols, they can contact our COVID Compliance Officers Rory Hackett and Hughie Nolan.
We have two players from the club who are celebrating their birthdays in the coming week
and they are Harry Brown from the under-eights and Donnacha Eager-O’ Brien from the under-nines. Happy birthday lads from everyone at Newtown Juniors FC.
On a sadder note everyone at the club would like to extend their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Margaret McCabe (née Kennedy) (Church Road) who sadly passed away last weekend. May she rest in peace.
For further information on all matters Newtown Juniors FC please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email to hughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
GAA LOTTO WINNER
Congratulations to Ally and Ryan Taylor on their recent scooping the jackpot in Newtown GAA Club draw. They shared the sum of €8,200.
At present Newtown GAA propose to resume the lotto draw on November 2.
LITTERING CONCERNS
Please respect our community and the many people, Businesses and groups, who help to keep our town so beautiful and litter-free. Littering and dumping is not acceptable even during a pandemic, so please bring your rubbish, used gloves, used face masks etc home to your household bin and if you see a case of littering/dumping please report to Wicklow Litter Line on 1890 548837.
If the bottle banks in the town are full please do not leave yours around or between the full bins – this is considered dumping and fines will be issued.
CRISP PACKET RECYCLING
The Coffee Place, Newtownmountkennedy, have partnered with Terracycle to allow you to recycle your empty crisp packets. Drop your empty crisp packets ONLY (no popcorn packets or crisp tubes) into the team at the Coffee Place.
Money raised will be donated to Newtownmountkennedy Primary School so you will be helping your local school as well as the environment.
COMMUNITY FORUM
Newtownmountkennedy Community Forum would encourage everyone to support our local businesses and shop local where you can. By keeping it local we are supporting our community to get back on it’s feet and continue to flourish.