Hope of summer reopening for Laois leisure centres
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The Laois County Council chief is hopeful of a summer reopening for both Portlaoise and Portarlington public leisure centres.
CEO John Mulholland has expressed hope that they can reopen in summer under shared management, if the public health advice on Covid-19 allows it.
“Any level from 1 to 5 of Covid does not provide any kind of optimism to reopening leisure centres. We are very much at the whim of public health advice and progress with vaccinations and other public health measures. We don’t have wisdom or knowledge in relation to when you could possibly open a leisure centre or swimming pool to large members of the public.
The non-profit held an electronics drive on Saturday for people to recycle old technology.
January 9, 2021 5:04 pm
Did you know that Lincoln Goodwill takes electronics?
The non-profit organization held an electronics drive today to accept donations, promote recycling, and raise awareness that they accept electronics donations, year-round.
“We always, year-round, accept electronics, but a lot of people don’t know about it,” Lincoln Goodwill communications director Anne-Marie Maher said. “This really helps spread the word that we take electronics at all, and it also helps us gets the word out about our partnership with Dell.”
Through what’s known as the Dell Reconnect Program, Goodwill and Dell partner up to recycle computer equipment. Donors can bring their old technology to any Goodwill across the country. From there, Goodwill sorts through the equipment, determine which items can be resold or repurposed, and has Dell pick up the remaining equipment to be recycled.