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Written by Nicole Le Saout
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Dear residents of Shankill,
We wanted to bring to your attention that Arthur, our man who walks through Shankill daily with his cart picking up litter and sweeping leaves, will be leaving Shankill this Friday 21st October. He is to be moved to a different section within the Council and will not be replaced. At present we have Arthur on a daily basis and the Shankill Tidy Towns team have sponsored someone to help with litter/weeding/planting etc 3 mornings a week, this sponsorship however ends in December. That means we will have no one going through the village, main streets and back streets removing litter and leaves.
The Council said that they will send the small path sweeping truck to clean the paths outside the shops on Shankill Main Street between 2 and 5 times a week and the large road sweeper will go through the estates once a month. This is not enough. We, residents and traders, in Shankill have been working very hard together over the last 4 years to improve the look and feel of our village. Not having our daily man with the cart would be a huge setback for all of us in Shankill.
Please can you contact the council, 205 4700 or
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to ask them to keep Arthur on in Shankill. The contact in the council is Mr. Dara McGowan. We have spoken to Arthur and he lives in Shankill and wants to stay working in Shankill.
Please also contact your local Councillors:
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Act now!
Many thanks
The Shankillmatters Team
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Shankill wins awards in the 2011 Tidy Towns Competition |
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Written by Susan Fanning
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Yet again Shankill did extremely well in this year’s Tidy Towns Competition. Congratulations to all involved and thank you for you support. Our aim is to ensure that Shankill remains a great place in which to live, do business and visit.
This year we achieved a total of 287 points out of a total of 400. That is an increase of 2 points on last year's results. We won a Bronze medal and came second in our County (Dublin - Dun Laoghaire Rathdown), with Dalkey coming first with a mark of 288, just one more point than Shankill. Please click on 'Read more' to see the adjudicators report. Shankill was visited by two adjudicators, in July and again in August.
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CRA supports Shankill Tennis Club with submission |
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Written by Teresa Whitaker
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The Corbawn Residents Association supports the proposed enhancement to the Shankill Tennis Club, in principle; however, we are making the following submission to request several changes to the proposed project. These changes are mainly to protect the rural nature of the lane, surrounding woodlands, and greenbelt and to make the lane a pedestrian-priority zone. You can download the entire submission document here. Or "read more" to see the concluding statement found in the report. If you have any queries, please contact us
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Anti-Social Behaviour at the DART |
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Written by Nicole Le Saout
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You will probably have seen a letter from ‘a Shankill Resident’ in the December issue of SCAN magazine, page 9, raising the issue of the deteriorating situation in the car park in front of the DART Station over the past few months, typified by car windows being smashed and some being broken into, and at least one car was actually burned out. Sadly I have to advise you that the situation is becoming even more serious and without causing undue alarm to warn that caution needs to be exercised by individuals, particularly younger people, in accessing the DART station alone especially Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings /nights. On Saturday night last, at 8.15pm approx, a 20 year old young man walking alone along the well lit footpath in front of the Dart station, was accosted, knocked to the ground, and kicked repeatedly by a group of seven 15 -18 year old adolescents, for no reason whatsoever. |
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Shankill Community public meeting 8pm Thursday 21 October |
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Written by Shankill Matters Team
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Shankill is a vibrant community with many residents associations, sporting and social groups. An incredible amount of effort and enthusiasm, commitment and dedication abounds in numerous areas of our community, energies that are put into use to improve different aspects of Shankill.
However we lack one common voice on issues of importance that affect us all. For the last few years we have had no Shankill Community Association representing the common interests of our community. A number of local residents feel that it is important for the future of Shankill to reform such a group. We are currently trying to get together a body of people representing all sections of our community.
We are trying to contact representatives from schools, sports and voluntary organisations, churches, residents and traders associations.
Are you involved in any of the above or similar?
Do you know someone who is?
We urge you to contact us.
At the moment we are only looking for an initial point of contact, not life membership The initial vision for this organisation is to establish a simple communication network between the various established organisations within Shankill.
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Tidy Towns and Tidy Districts Awards 2010 |
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Written by Susan Fanning
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Shankill wins 3 awards in the 2010 Tidy Towns Competition - The best ever! - and 3 awards in the Tidy Districts Competition.
We are delighted to announce that Shankill scored 285 points in this year's Tidy Towns competition, which is only 23 points behind the national winners. As a result we won our 1st Bronze Medal position and received a Best Endeavour Award. This score is the highest score in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown area and earned us a County Award, beating Dalkey by 4 points!
Thank you so much to all those involved for your hard work and support.
Tidy Towns
Bronze Medal Award €400
County Award €1,000
Endeavour Award €500
Tidy Districts
Best Urban Centre (>10,000) Shankill Tidy Towns
Most Improved Town/Village Shankill Tidy Towns
Best Large Estate Management Area (>250) Rathsallagh, Shanganagh, Clifton Estate Management Forum
Well done Shankill!! |
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