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Limerick Forest Rally Coming to Murroe

September 20, 2016 E H , , No comments
Limerick Forest Rally Coming to Murroe

Some more exciting news: the 2016 Limerick Forest Rally will have its event base in Murroe Village this year, with competitive stages located in the surrounding Sliabh Feilim Forests. This penultimate round of the series is sponsored by Lyons of Limerick Jaguar Landrover, and will take place on October 16th. Cathal Mansell will act as Clerk of the course and the event will offer a competitor-friendly and compact 3×2 route.

The official launch of this event will take place tonight, September 20th, at 7pm at the Lyons of Limerick showrooms on the Ballysimon Road. The event is open to the public and welcomes enthusiasts who are interested in finding out more about the Forest Rally and seeing some of the competition Rally cars up close. There will also be complimentary demo runs available in the latest spec Jaguar & Land Rover cars from Lyons of Limerick.

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Another Murroe Winner For This Year’s KBC ‘Bright Ideas’ Competition!

September 15, 2016 E H , No comments
Another Murroe Winner For This Year’s KBC ‘Bright Ideas’ Competition!

Congratulations are in order to the Garanbawn Residents Association, whose tool sharing idea has been selected as one of the winners of this year’s KBC ‘Bright Ideas’ competition. This is the third year in a row that a Murroe project has been successful in this 3-year old competition.

Even better, the project has been selected as one of the 14 national ideas shortlisted for an additional €5000 in funding. The winner will be determined by public vote so please support this local initiative by voting. You can do so through this link, which will also tell you a little bit more about the winning idea: https://kbcbrightideas.com/ideas-hub/limerick/luke-bourke/?list=2

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Survey of Women & Girls in Ireland

September 5, 2016 E H No comments
Survey of Women & Girls in Ireland

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is conducting a survey of issues affecting women and girls in Irish society.

See: http://www.ihrec.ie/news/latest/2016/07/25/cedaw-consultation-2016/ for more information and to have your say.

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RTE Radio 1 Documentary on Glenstal Abbey and the Northern Irish Refugees

August 29, 2016 E H , No comments
RTE Radio 1 Documentary on Glenstal Abbey and the Northern Irish Refugees

Murroe is the focus of this week’s Documentary on 1 on RTE Radio 1.

Did you know that in 1972, Glenstal Abbey played host to 172 women and children who were fleeing The Troubles in Northern Ireland?

In a documentary entitled “We Couldn’t Understand the Peace”, UL economist, and adopted Murrovian, Stephen Kinsella examines this fascinating, if somewhat forgotten, chapter of Irish and local history from the perspectives of members of the monastic community, civil defence and refugees. He will be discussing the documentary on the Sean O’Rourke show this Thursday, between 11 a.m. and 12, while the documentary itself will air on Radio 1 on Saturday, September 3rd at 1pm (and repeated on Sunday at 7pm). We will also link to the podcast as soon as it becomes available.

This is definitely one for the diaries. You might even recognise a few of the people interviewed!

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Gaelic Fields Book

August 20, 2016 E H , No comments
Gaelic Fields Book

Murroe native, Paul Carroll, has spent the past 7 years travelling the 32 counties of Ireland to photograph GAA landmarks and games in action. He has now launched a Kickstarter campaign to turn the work into a photography book (see: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaelicfields/gaelic-fields). Joe.ie recently had a piece about this, which you can check out here: http://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/video-a-trip-through-the-32-counties-to-find-the-most-scenic-gaa-pitches-in-ireland/91769. We would like to wish himl the very best with his project. Don’t forget to come back to Murroe to sign a few copies, Paul!

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Community Games Results

August 20, 2016 E H , No comments
Community Games Results

Murroe-Boher had 3 competitors representing their Community and their County at the HSE Community Games National Festival in Athlone last weekend.

Katie Bartley was in the u10 Art competition, Rose Clancy was in the u14 50m Butterfly swimming & Peter Ashe was in the u8 25m Freestyle swimming.

Rose came 4th in her heat and just missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals.

Peter came 4th in the Plate/B Final. The U8s are divided into A & B competitions after the preliminary round. Separate A & B semis & finals then take place.

It was a great experience for all, even the parents and Rose, Katie and Peter were very proud to represent Murroe-Boher.

Well done to everyone.

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CPR Training Session

August 12, 2016 E H No comments
CPR Training Session

Community First Responder Group Boher, will run a CPR training session at Boher Community Centre on Saturday 20th August, 9h00-12h00. Training will be provided by Paul Earls & Ita Richardson. For volunteers, this will be a chance to refresh your CPR skills and to get in some practice. In addition, people from the community are invited to learn how to do CPR. Everyone is welcome – it is about people knowing what to do if they were faced with a situation at home, on a sports field etc. So, if you are not a volunteer, feel free to join this group at any time during the morning. Allow about 1/2 hour – it should take no longer than 1/2 hour of your time.

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