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13th May 2021
The artist behind the Puca statue in Ennistymon says it would be ‘the biggest own goal in history’ if the structure is not erected in the town.
Clare County Council has paused its plans to put up the statue after a number of local objections, with a public engagement process on the Puca now due to take place.
The six foot tall figure was projected to cost 30 thousand euro, with concerns expressed that the statue did not fit with the character of the North Clare town.
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However, artist Aidan Harte who sculpted the figure, believes it has already put Ennistymon on the map.
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Sculptor Aidan Harte has shared with IrishCentral his thoughts about the controversy surrounding his Púca of Ennistymon statue.
Harte told IrishCentral on Wednesday morning: All I can say is that it matters what all the people of Clare think. A vocal minority seem to have been set against it from the start, and that culminated with the priest denouncing it from the altar as a pagan idol. That s silly; the Púca is no more pagan than the leprechaun. But since the controversy went national there s been a swing, with locals who like it now speaking up. That s welcome and I hope it goes ahead.
Developers have proposed that no development should take place over any children s burial ground with human remains in situ at the former Mother and Baby Home at Bessborough, Co Cork, where it is planned that 179 apartments be built.
The barrister for developer MWB Two Ltd made the proposal, one of a number conditions suggested in a submission to the oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála, which reconvened today.
David Holland SC for the developer circulated two documents at the hearing. These included a memo with their proposals for planning conditions and a document on an aerial photograph.
Mr Holland outlined these changes. He said they wanted to provide some form of memorialisation but said that they did not want to impose their view.
Galway Bay FM
5 April 2021
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Galway Bay FM Newsroom – Members of the public are being urged to donate their unwanted laptops as part of the Galway Tech2students initiative.
The programme was first launched in April 2020 by the Trinity College Dublin Access Centre in response to the digital divide experienced by many students in DEIS schools.
The Galway collection drive is being coordinated by Galway Chamber and NUI Galway’s University of Sanctuary initiative.
Anyone who wishes to make a donation can drop laptops at the Galway Chamber offices, on Merchant’s Road, every Tuesday between 9.30am and 4pm.
Meanwhile, tech2students volunteers can send out postage labels to help people who live more than 5km from the city to donate.
); If I didn t have that conversation in 2010 or in 2016, I wouldn t have my All-Ireland medal
James Skehill on his Galway career, opting against emigration and goalkeeping challenges. Fintan O Toole By Fintan O Toole Sunday 10 Jan 2021, 8:00 AM Jan 10th 2021, 8:00 AM 32,141 Views 2 Comments
James Skehill lifts the Liam MacCarthy Cup after Galway s win in 2017.
Image: James Crombie/INPHO
Image: James Crombie/INPHO
He was tempted to answer and make that move.
The previous September he’d been part of the Galway squad that fell short at the final hurdle to Kilkenny but coming that close All-Ireland glory was not a reason persuasive enough on its own for him to stay put.