Please forward notices to Kathleen Kelleher, 2875327/087 2845465,
Please feel free to forward Calendar to family and friends or add to your Facebook page.
NATIONAL SPRING CLEAN MONTH 2018
APRIL IS NATIONAL SPRING CLEAN MONTH
Take pride in your community and your neighbourhood !!
Register now for National Spring Clean.
Special pack and information available.
Wicklow County Council, 1890 222276, eao@wicklowcoco.ie.
National Spring Clean, 4002219, www.nationalspringclean.org.
Bray Recycling Centre open
Monday to Thursday 9 am to 4.30 pm.
Friday 9 am to 1.45 pm.
Saturday 9 am to 1.45 pm
Usual recycling material accepted.
Also, waste paint, waste engine oil and waste electrical and electronic equipment.
All free of charge !!
WICKLOW DEMENTIA SUPPORT
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR ALZPALS
ALZPALS is a befriending service supporting people with dementa living at home.
Full free training provided with Garda vetting reference checks, support, mentoring.
If you have a few hours a week to spare and live in Co. Wicklow, please contact:
Wicklow Dementia Support, 089 4286928.
wicklowds@gmail.com; www.WicklowDementiaSupport.org.
Closing date for enquiries is 22 April, 2018.
TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS
Are you over 50 and would like to improve your general health and well being ??
This form of exercise, adapted from the ancient Chinese martial arts, may well be for you.
Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Arthritis programme integrates mind, body and spirit.
It can help you gain greater muscular strength, joint mobility and improved balance.
Suitable for individuals with arthritis.
Or for those who would simply like to enjoy slow, smooth, continuous movements.
Details from Barbara Mullan, 087 2059480, barbsmullan@yahoo.co.uk.
Course will run 8, 15, 22, 29 May; 12 and 19 June, 2018.
Cost is €60 for the six sessions.
WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL
SOCIAL HOUSING ASSESSMENT 2018
This is a review of all approved applicants for social housing supports now on WCC list.
WCC will write to each approved Applicant.
If you have moved address, please notify WCC Housing Section by 13 April 2018.
This is very important !!
If you do not return the information on time, your application will be terminated !!
And you will be removed from the list !!
Please pass on this information to relatives and friends who might be on the list.
Forms should be returned to:
Jackie Carroll, Senior Executive Officer.
Housing and Corporate Estate, Wicklow County Council
County Buildings
WICKLOW
0404 20120; housing2@wicklowcoco.ie.
WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL|VALUE YOUR VOTE !!
Please check the Register of Electors to make sure that you are registered to vote.
You can check on www.checktheregister.ie.
Don’t be disappointed at the polling station if your name is not on the Register.
If you are not on the Register, you can apply to be included in the Supplement.
Queries and information from franchise@wicklowcoco.ie.
GREYSTONES FILM CLUB NOW AT WHALE THEATRE GREYSTONES
Well established film club now has new venue !!
Fabulous films now available to watch in the magnificent Whale Theatre Greystones.
State-of-the-art projection and sound system.
Arthouse Release Screening of Loving Vincent Wednesday, 11 April 2018 @8 pm.
These shows will sell out very quickly !!
Details of the films: https://www.greystonesguide.ie/the-ormonde-strikes-back/
Ticket bookings: http://greystonesfilmclub.whaletheatre.ie/login/
WHIST EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING ST. KILIAN HOUSE FAMILY CENTRE 8 PM.
GREYSTONES ACTIVE RETIRMENT ASSOCIATION
KILIAN HOUSE FAMILY CENTRE
Outings + Meetings
Membership Payments and Bookings for all events:
Tuesdays, Kilian House Family Centre, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Weekly Activities include:
Aqua Aerobics Art Keep Fit Art
Short Mat Bowling Bingo Active 55
Walking Group Monthly Get Together
Day Trip with Guided Tour to Glasnevin Cemetery 11 April
Coach leaves Holy Rosary Church Car Park; 9:30 a.m.
Cost is €25.
Day Trip to Russborough House Blessington 2 May
Trip includes Guided Tour.
Coach leaves Holy Rosary Car Park; 10:00 a.m.
Cost is €25.
Day Trip to Altamont Gardens, Tullow, Co. Carlow 9 May
Morning Coffee and Lunch at The Forge Restaurant.
Visit to Bloom in the Phoenix Park 31 May
Details to follow.
Day Trip 13 June
Nicholas Mosse Pottery Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny
Arboretum @Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow
Cost is €25.
7 and 8 April 2018
Whale Theatre|Met Opera|Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jnr.
Whale Theatre, Theatre Lane, Greystones. 2:00 p.m. Doors 1:30 p.m.
Tickets €12/€8.
Choose your day … Saturday or Sunday.
This Easter holiday, come and see Disney’s favourite little Mermaid.
You can be part of her world under the sea !!
Wicklow School of Music and Drama will keep all the family entertained.
All singing and dancing cast.
Based on the Hans Christian Anderson story and the Disney film.
Details, booking and forthcoming events from 2010550 or www.WhaleTheatre.ie.
7 April 2018
Greystones & District Horticultural Society Daffodil Show
Old Schoolhouse Delgany; 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Spring has really arrived when the Daffodil Show comes along !!
All welcome.
10 April 2018
Coffee & Scones @YWCA Coolnagreina
YWCA Coolnagreina, Trafalgar Road; 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Located just up from Greystones Harbour Marina.
Entrance opposite Harbour Barber.
Each second Tuesday of the month.
All are welcome to come and enjoy delicious home baking.
And freshly brewed McCabe’s coffee or a delicious cup of Fairtrade tea !!
Donations to Youth Cafe Project are welcome too !!
11 April 2018
Whale Theatre|A Night at the Opera
Whale Theatre, Theatre Lane, Greystones. 8:00 p.m. Doors 7:00 p.m.
Tickets €15.
Bringing together some of Ireland’s brightest young talent.
Student showcase that see much-loved opera classics given a new lease of life.
Mixture of old masters and new blood features Mozart, Puccini and Verdi.
As well as some beloved musical theatre ballads from Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Wonderful young singers will feature in the programme.
You will be able to say you saw these incredible young artists before they were famous !!
Details, booking and forthcoming events from 2010550 or www.WhaleTheatre.ie.
13 April 2018
Whale Theatre|My Left Nut
Whale Theatre, Theatre Lane, Greystones. 8:00 p.m. Doors 7:00 p.m.
Tickets €12/€10.
The hit of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2017 comes to Greystones !!
“Laughing one minute, crying the next. Terrific performance of touching story.
So says The Sunday Times !!
“My Left Nut is what fringe theatre is all about; anm hour of fresh, pure entertainment.
Shouldn’t be missed.” The Reviews Hub.
“Heart warming and charming.
A documentation of the struggle to find one’s true self in the face of person trauma.”
From TN2.
Details, booking and forthcoming events from 2010550 or www.WhaleTheatre.ie.
April 2018
Whale Theatre|The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Whale Theatre, Theatre Lane, Greystones. 8:00 p.m. Doors 7:00 p.m.
Tickets €18/€16.
The three piece group, Shadows and Light, bring her captivating show to Whale Theatre.
Stunning interpretatioins of her music, vocalist, Maura Vambeck.
Dave Mulligan on guitar; Paul Enright on keyboard.
Show features songs from the huge Joni repertoire.
Their hypnotic performace of the lyrics and life of Joni is truly special.
Bringing you Joan Anderson, the poet, artist and mother.
Details, booking and forthcoming events from 2010550 or www.WhaleTheatre.ie.
17 April 2018
St. Patrick’s Church Soup & Sandwiches
St. Patrick’s Parish Centre, Church Road; 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Wonderful home made food, good company, good cheer, good welcome.
Suggested donation of €5.00, in aid of charity.
19 April 2018
La Touche Wines|Wine Tasting|What’s Behind the Label ??
Greystones Ridge Angling Club; 7:45 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
A fun evening where all the wines will be tasted blind !!
We will try to match the wine by tasting it.
And then matching it to a picture of a label.
Of course … there is a prize for the person who gets the most right on the night !!
Bookings at La Touche Wines, 2873826. €25.00 per person.
21 April 2018
RNLI Water Safety Awareness Day with Greystones Fire Brigade
Greystones Fire Brigade will be washing cars in aid of North Wicklow RNLI.
Greystones Harbour Marina; 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
RNLI|Saving Lives at Sea
21 April 2018
WICKLOW SINGS CHORAL FESTIVAL 2018
Temple Carrig School; 7.30 p.m.
A Musical Evening featuring the best of Wicklow’s Choirs.
Tickets, €10; Students, €5.
Tickets available at 086 8146926/087 2718766.
Temple Carrig School Office, 2873610.
Greystones Business Bureau, 2877504.
www.EventBrite.ie or WicklowSings@gmail.com
All proceeds in aid of Tiglin.
24 April 2018
Greystones Municipal District Monthly Meeting
Council Chamber, Mill Road; 7:30 p.m.
25 April 2018
Holy Rosary Soup & Sandwiches
Kilian House Family Centre; 12:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Meet your friends for delicious home-made soup and sandwiches.
Followed by tea/coffee and cake.
Suggested donation, €5.00.
All proceeds go to local charities.
Everyone is most welcome for good food and a friendly chat.
Greystones Cancer Support Men’s Evening
La Touche Place; 8:00 p.m.
This meeting is for men who have or who have had cancer and for those men who have family or friends who have had cancer.
Details from 2871601, Facebook and info@GreystonesCancerSupport.com.
Greystones Cancer Support offers guidance, encouragement and support to cancer patients, their families and their friends.
Can we help you or someone you know ??
26 April 2018
La Touche Wines|Spanish Wine Dinner
Bochelli’s Restaurant, Greystones.
To celebrate Spanish Wine Week !!
Dinner in conjunction with Bochelli’s Restaurant.
Guest Speaker: Mr. John Wilson, “Irish Times Wine Correspondent”.
Bookings and full details from La Touche Wines, info@LaToucheWines4u.ie.
La Touche Wines 2873826
Bochelli’s Restaurant 2873625
€60 per person.
27 April 2018
RNLI Table Quiz
Greystones Lawn Tennis Club, Mill Road; 8:00 p.m. sharp.
Table of four: €40.
Tables can be booked at RNLI.NorthWicklow@gmail.com
RNLI|Saving Lives at Sea
30 April to 3 May 2018
La Touche Wines|Wine Trip to Portugal
Itinerary now available !!
Details at La Touche Wines, 2873826.
6 May 2018
GCS Greystones Walk
7 May 2018
May Bank Holiday Monday
Tidy Towns Family Fun Day
8 May 2018
Soup and Sandwiches at Presbyterian Hall
Trafalgar Road; 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Donation €5.00.
Great food and a warm welcome.
Come along for the chat !!
