Failte Ireland Graduation 2009 - 27/9/2009
Failte Ireland has just completed a 10 week Taster Course in Cookery and Restaurant Skills in the Blackwater Valley Learning Centre in Ballyoisin.
Congratulations to the 14 Local participants who completed the course, 9 of whom work part – time in the Blackwater Learning Centre.
It is envisaged that the skills and knowledge the participants learned over the 10 weeks will help them source employment and enhance the skills of those already in employment.
Thanks to the Failte Ireland team Ann Marie Blake, Course Co Ordinator. Yvonne Kiernan, Hospitality tutor and Chef, Dermott McGreal.
Honda Step Thru Run Sunday 7th June - 28/5/2009
Donagh Development Association LTD., are holding their first ever Honda 50, 70, 90, run on Sunday &th June, Raffle on the day for a 1982 Honda 90. For Details contact Declan on 0863578333 or Noel on 0872737200
MOODWATCHERS PSYCHOLOGY COURSE COMES TO BLACKWATER VALLEY LEARNING CENTRE - 11/6/2009
Grandparents Day - 2/6/2009
Deravoy N.S
A special Grandparents Day will be held in Deravoy N.S on Mon 8th June. All Grandparents, Gran-Aunts and Uncles in the parish are invited to attend an afternoon of entertainment provided by the children.
I.C.L.R.D. - 28/5/2009
The team from the International Centre for Local & Regional Development (ICLRD) were very pleased with the conference organised on May 8th titled " Rural Restructuring; Local Sustainable Solutions to the Rural Challenge" organised at a time of major change in the Rural Development . They were very impressed by the setting for the conference at The Blackwater Valley Community Learning Centre, the hospitality of the Manager & Staff of the community Services Programme, caterer Ann Holland and the local support. The ICLRD are finalising a detail report on the three way Conference linking Duhallow on the Cork/Kerry border with Draperstown/Workspace and the Rural College along with the Aughnacloy/Truagh/Emyvale micro region. They wish to engage with the three areas through the Public/Statutory organisations, the Business& Enterprise sector and the Community/Voluntary sector to establish an active partnership on the Blackwater Valley section of the Blackwater Valley Catahment Strategy as a micro region needing special support.
Mission Appeal - 28/5/2009
The Columban Missionary Sisters will visit Donagh and Truagh parishes on the weekend of June 6th & 7th. They will speak about their work at all Masses and organise a collection in support of their missionary effort. We welcome Sister Rose Gallagher, a native of Leitrim and Mary Greaney, a native of Dublin. Each has 25 years and more missionary experience serving people in Peru, Chile and Hong Kong.
Pentecost - 28/5/2009
The annual open-air cross border cross community Pentecost service will take place on Sunday, May 31st in Errigal Truagh Old Graveyard at 3.00pm. The service willbe led by the Right Rev. Bishop Michael Jackson and the Most Rev. Bishop Joseph Duffy. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the Blackwater Valley Community Learning Centre in Ballyoisin. Everyone is most welcome to this gathering.
Congratulations - 25/7/2009
Congratulations to Heather Watters from Emyvale who has been selected as one of 30 University students from the Republic and Northern Ireland to participate in the Washington Ireland Programme for 2009. The Washington-Ireland Programme for Service and Leadership (WIP) is an 8 week programme of personal and professional development that brings outstanding Protestant and Catholic university students from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to Washington, DC for summer internships and leadership training. In Washington participants gain first-hand experience of a mature political process and are exposed to a culture of diversity. Through an intense eight-week schedule, WIP interns are formed into a team and challenged to develop their vision for the future of post-conflict Ireland. Students gain invaluable practical experience by completing internships in US government, media, business and non-profit organizations. At the end of the summer, participants return to Ireland with enhanced professional and interpersonal skills, as well as a new confidence in their ability to work together to make a difference. Prior to her departure on 6 June Heather is volunteering with Truagh Development Association in cross border cross community peace and reconciliation work across the Blackwater Valley. We wish her every success in Washington.
For further information on the Washington Ireland Programme please visit their website www.wiprogram.org
Study Visit - 28/5/2009
Study Visit
For the second year running, Monaghan Community Network is hosting seven students from Michigan State University along with Professors, Carol Robinson and Randall in their annual Study Abroad Programme. The students are working with community groups in the North Monaghan area for six weeks. Ann Marie Centlivre from Detroit is based in Truagh and is Truagh and is being hosted by Deirdre & Peadar Mc Cluskey & family,Shanmullagh. She has already been introduced to a wide range of people and the history of the area by members of Truagh Development Association. It is the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls (1607) and the Ulster Plantation 1609. This is central to an understanding of conflict for the past 400 years and the challenge to overcome the past and build a lasting peace. Economic necessity,if nothing else, would point us towards mutal understanding and cooperation. The students are getting first hand experience of peace building in a border area and are also visiting Derry and Armagh during their stay.
ICLRD Conference: Rural Restructuring:Local Sustainable Solutions to the Rural Challenge - 5/5/2009
ICLRD will be hosting Rural Restructuring: Local Sustainable Solutions to a Rural Challenge — a conference on rural development strategies — on Friday, 8 May at the Blackwater Learning Centre in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan. The conference will run from 9:30 until 16:30.
Confirmed speakers include: Roger Turner, Commission for Rural Communities; Geoff Brown, Carnegie UK Trust; Kevin Heanue, Teagasc; and Eoin Magennis, InterTradeIreland.
Aimed at community and local development agencies, businesses and business networks, practitioners, policy makers and academics, attendance at this event is free of charge.
For bookings and more information, contact Event Organiser
Eimear Donnelly
eimear.donnelly@qub.ac.uk
Tel: 028 3751 1550
(or 048 from the Republic of Ireland)
