Butts children will be praying for good weather this Saturday, otherwise their promised outdoor family festival of sports games, mini Olympics and bouncing castles and other novelty stalls will have to be postponed. Residents, parents, teenagers and children have finished festooning the streets of their community with their legendary displays of black and amber for the upcoming historical All Ireland and are now turning their attention to a special family day to mark seventy years of The Butts estate and…
Continue ReadingButts Family Festival to Mark 70th Year of Housing Estate
March 17, 2009 |
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The Butts Family Festival is to be revived to mark the 70th year of the building of the Connolly Street and Pearse Street blocks of the Corporation housing scheme. Residents, parents and young people have been meeting over the summer months at the Fr. McGrath Centre to organise a series of fun activities for families and children on the last Saturday (29th) in August. A Miss Congeniality contest for children under twelve, bouncing castles, mini Olympics, novelty races and handball…
Continue ReadingButts Community To Set up Committee To Protect Elderly and Children
March 11, 2009 |
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A community meeting between Garda and residents of the Butts Community last week to discuss a serious incident of harassment by local drunken teenagers against a 72 year old women in Connolly Street has lead to agreement to establish a new committee to look out for elderly and young children in the area. Srgt. Gary Gordon and Communtiy Garda Caroline Daily (nee O’Malley) heard a packed meeting at the Fr. McGrath Centre on St. Joseph’s Rd tell them of a…
Continue ReadingBreagagh River Valley – People’s Public Park Plan
March 8, 2007 |
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A plan and supporting committee began a campaign to preserve the green space in the Breagagh Valley from urban development and help preserve adequate living and outdoor passive and active social facilities for many future generations of Kilkenny families. 1. Breagagh Valley; 5 point plan 2. Breagagh Valley PR Election 3. Open letter to the people of Kilkenny for support for Public Green Space for City families 4. Save the Waterbarrack
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