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Mr Mark Dunphy Reports;
 Local public and private waste industry representatives as well as business operators, interested in waste recycling and prevention, are being invited to a Regional information event here in County Tipperary next month.
The “Envisioning Resource Efficiency,” event takes place in the Horse & Jockey Hotel, Thurles, on Thursday November 14th 2013 and is being hosted by the Southern Region Waste Management Office, through its remit as a project partner in the European-wide ‘Regions 4 Recycling,’ (R4R) project.
The Regional Waste Management Office, which develops and coordinates waste activities and policy throughout the Region, says the event will feature presentations from a range of waste experts, a questions and answers session, information stands and an interim update on the R4R project.
Under the three-year Interreg IVC European Regional Development funded R4R project, local authorities in Tipperary, Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny and Carlow have joined participating authorities in 12 other European regions in making performance comparisons and exchange of good practices in order to improve their respective recycling performances.
According to Ms Philippa King, Regional Co-ordinator for the Southern Waste Region: “European municipalities are subject to common EU waste management regulations but have taken different approaches to reach recycling targets. Differences between the recycling performances are evident, ranging from less than 10% to more than 70% from one region to another. Some of the differences can be accounted for by different data compilation practices between regions. Interim results collated by participating R4R project partners show that the Southern Region of Ireland is one of the leading regions in Europe in terms of Recycling and Low waste generation and Prevention.
The upcoming event will be of particular benefit to those organisations and businesses looking to improve their waste collection and recycling policies by learning from the experiences of others throughout the region and overseas. There is no charge for this event but booking is essential via the Southern Region Waste Management Office at Tel; 061-496596 or by Email to rwmo@limerickcoco.ie,” added Ms King.
Guest speakers at next month’s upcoming event will include R4R project partners Jean-Benoit Bel of French-based Ordif speaking about “From Local Waste Data to the European Recycling Society,” and Svend Byrial Poulsen of Odense Renovation (Denmark) who will be making a presentation on the “The Odense Waste Management Experience.”
Other speakers will include Dr. Shane Colgan, EPA (Ireland’s National Waste Prevention Plan), Brian Lyons, Clean Ireland Refuse & Recycling (Recycling Municipal Waste into the Future – A Waste Contractor View), Martin Tobin, ERP Ireland (Recycling Household & Business WEEE into the Future), Percy Foster, CRE – Composting Association of Ireland (Rolling out the Brown Bin in Ireland Challenges and Opportunities), Warren Phelan, RPS Consulting Engineers (The Irish Waste Market: Changes, Trends and Observations), and Pauline McDonogh and Dr. Mary Stack, Local Authority Prevention Network (Waste Prevention in Practice: Regional & Local Co-operation for a Resource Efficient Future).
Remember: Envisioning Resource Efficiency takes place in the Horse & Jockey Hotel, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Thursday November 14th 2013 from 9.30am to 3.30pm.
For more information visit www.managewaste.ie.
 “The Meeting of the Waters“- Poem extract by Thomas Moore (1779 – 1852)
There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet.
Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart,
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
It is with great sadness we report the death of a great friend to Thurles, Mr Dermot Cahill, Ard na Re, Leugh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Knockbrack, Banteer, Co. Cork.
Mr Cahill, former Manager of Dovea AI Centre and retired, passed away suddenly on September 22nd, 2013 last.
Dermot was beloved husband of Eileen and much loved father of Donal, Conor, Dermot, Cathriona and Mary. His passing will be sadly missed by his family, his brothers, sisters, daughters-in-law, son-in-law, grandchildren, nephews, nieces and a very large circle of close friends.
An avid reader, local historian, gardener, store house of knowledge and passionate environmentalist, Mr Cahill will be greatly missed from amongst our community.
Having reposed at the family home from 4:00pm yesterday (Tuesday) September 24th, his remains were removed this Wednesday morning at 9.30am for Requiem Mass at 11:00am, to the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, Co.Tipperary. Mr Cahill’s body was interred later in Killinan Cemetery, Nenagh Road, Thurles.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
 Part of Tipperary’s Lough Derg shore line. North Tipperary County Council this week rejected a motion calling on councillors to oppose a plan to extract huge volumes of water from Lough Derg, same intended to supply Co Dublin and other surrounding counties.
Instead a decision was taken, that until North Tipperary Council’s elected members have been given the opportunity to consider findings of independent consultants; latter soon to be appointed by North Tipperary County Council to access the impact that any extraction would have on the lake, no further action should be decided.
It was noted that five elected members of the 21-member North Tipperary council were not present for the final vote.
Dublin City Council have yet to make a formal application on this Lough Derg proposed water extraction plan, which will then to go through the independent planning process. North Tipperary County Council will then and only then form an overall view within this statutory planning process.
It is understood that a planning application to pipe the water from Derg to Dublin is likely be made by Dublin City Council sometime next year, and will take a further two years before any final decision is likely to be made by the Irish independent national planning body An Bord Pleanala.
Some councillors in attendance stated that this proposed plan, if implemented, could have a significant impact on the tourism and economic life of North Tipperary. It could also damage the entire lake, which was already designated as a “Special Area of Conservation and Protection.”
Councillors from counties Clare and Limerick, bordering on Lough Derg, have already rejected any future proposed water extraction plan.
“All through the wintertime he hid himself away
Ashamed to show his face, afraid of what others might say.”
(Lines taken from “The Ugly Duckling,” by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875).
Picture Supplied Courtesy of Tipperary’s Award Winning Wildlife Photographer Eamon Brennan (L.I.P.F.)
Dingle / Daingean Uí Chúis, or whatever they are calling it these days, may have Fungie, a wild Bottlenose Dolphin, taking up residence in their harbour, but meet North Tipperary’s Dicky (Richard) Robin, who has taken over territory and currently resides a mere 15 minutes driving distance from Thurles, in the townsland of Raheen, Ballycahill.
Dickie, possibly the only existing albino Robin in Ireland presently, has suddenly become a tourist attraction in the area, particularly for weekend walkers all anxious to get a glimpse of this unusual cheeky member of our feathered friends. While some robins often do appear paler than others, local Ornithologists are calling Dicky’s present prerequisite simply Leucism or Dilution, latter being a genetic condition where a bird produces less-than-normal amounts of pigments, necessary to colouring its feathers in the normal way.
Since Robins don’t migrate and use mating rituals through bird song and bird behaviour, rather than using plumage colour, this albino robin could have a better chance of reproducing than other albino bird species. So could we have a family of white Robins next year? Time will tell.
In the meanwhile the word has spread and those in the Bed & Breakfast business here in Thurles are reporting an upsurge in enquiries from those anxious to get a glimpse or indeed photograph this rarest of phenomenon and newest of Tipperary celebrities “Dicky Robin.”
Bullying On Facebook
I cannot help but think of course that perhaps this rarest of phenomenon could be a gentle reminder from our great Creator, encouraging us to raise up our heads from our modern day gutter and put a stop, once and for all, to those of us who use social media to intimidate the less fortunate or those who display difference within our varied communities.
Above video is perhaps one of the best stimulating and morale-boosting of songs for young people, sung here by American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian the late Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminsky). In the past our youth were more subjected to this type of storytelling and with it emerged in our youth perhaps a greater confidence, greater courage and social enlightenment, demonstrating in a most effective way on how to encourage those intimidated by social media, how to stand up and lead rather than be simply sheepishly led.
Time perhaps to take a look again and borrow from past wisdom and experience, instead of providing so called governments with distracting footballs to kick around.
The Cabragh Wetlands Trust are holding their annual “Open Day,” on Sunday next, August 11th, 2013. The Open Day will have the usual range of raffles and sales of everything from cakes, to unique pictures of wetland wildlife, to bird boxes for your garden.
Pictures
Courtesy Eamon Brennan & G.Willoughby.
Music
Dario G, ” Sunchyme.”
The Wiggles, “Country Garden.”
Vivaldi “Autumn” (3rd Movement) & “Winter” (1st Movement)
Children’s events begin from 2.00pm to 4.00pm with farm animals to see, creepy-crawlies to observe, together with talks and guided walks by local experts, not to mention a pottery wheel demonstration. Games and races include the traditional Egg & Spoon Race, Sack Races and 3-legged Races, plus plenty more for all of the family to enjoy.
There will also be a Children’s Fancy Dress Show, with the theme “Nature,” so a great turn out of human birds and animals are anticipated.
Donations for the Open Day will be gratefully received, particularly raffle prizes and items for auction. They do ask that items for auction are of good quality; no bric-a-brac please. These items can be left at the Cabragh Wetland Centre any morning, or Telephone 0504-43879 / 086-3179919 to arrange delivery.
This is also the perfect opportunity to understand a bit more about the Cabragh Wetlands Trust, its priorities, its plans for the future and its role both as a conservation body and as an important community development group. You may even be tempted to join their growing membership of experts and volunteers, as they do need your assistance in continuing their efforts in creating a greater awareness of conservation and the appreciation of our natural environment.
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