Almost 10,000 Pupils in Offaly to receive Free Active Pupil Diary for the New School Year Photo L-R: Dermot Egan, Healthy Offaly Coordinator, Anna-Marie Delaney, Chief Executive Offaly County Council, & Cllr Robert McDermott, Chair of Offaly Sports Partnership.

Delighted to welcome Jackie Donoghue to our office this week when he called in for a chat. Office is open for appointments please feel free to call 087 2555251 or 086 4677163 to arrange a suitable time.

Barry CowenTD and myself joinned Area Engineer Mark Mahon on a tour of the road works in Edenderry The Granary Court link road from Fairgreen to JKL Street, Competition date is the end of October. The road linking Carrick Road to Clonmullen is due to commence October 11th.

Thank you to everyone who helped in getting the office open. The good news is that it is now open. The office hours are. Monday 10am-12 (noon), 6pm - 8pm Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday closed Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 10am - 4pm.

Oaklands Community College launch plans for new 1,000 pupil school and campus. Pictured Cllr. Robert McDermott Chairperson of Oakland Board of Management, Mairead O’ Shea Deputy Principal Oaklands, Brian Kehoe Principal Oaklands and Richard Murphy Deputy Principal Oaklands.

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I welcome the news this morning that Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service has secured funding for an extra staff member. This is to mark 16 days of activism against gender based violence.

Offaly Sport Partnership would like to congratulate both Danielle Donegan who represented Ireland in the U23 cross country championship. Also Laura Mooney who represented her country at the U20 championship. Both Ladies did themselves and their county proud.

Supporting yourself, your children and others in the aftermath of a tragic event can be both difficult and challenging.

Summer Works Scheme is designed to allow schools to carry building works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings. Offaly projects are Clonbullogue N.S. S N Mhuire. St. Patrick's N.S. Castlejordan N.S. St. Mary's Secondary. Killina Presentation St. Brendan's

As Chair of our MD I welcomed Minister Humphreys to both Croghan and Ballycommon. She opened the Community Centre extension and the upgrade of the Croghan Hill walk. In Ballycommon she opened a 5.3 KM stretch of the Grand Canal Greenway along the disused Kilbeggan Branch.

As Chair of Offaly Sports Partnership, this week we launched the 2023 Club Development Grant Scheme for sports clubs in Offaly. Clubs are advised to contact Offaly Sports Partnership on 057 93 57462, by email [email protected], or visit offalysports.ie/.../club-devel…

My year as Chair of the Municipal finished today and I was delighted that one of my last acts was to witness the signing of phase 2 of the new link road in Edenderry. My year started with the opening of phase 1. The contractors will move in on site by the end of June.

This is a great initiative by An Garda Siochana.

Offaly Sports Partnership has engaged Patricia Keenan, 2into3 Head of Grants Advisory Services to deliver a workshop in Tullamore on Tuesday 1st August at 7:30 pm. This is to help clubs with application for the Sport Capital Grants announced this week.

I have been notified by Offaly County Council that there will be temporary road closure in Clonbullogue on Thursday September 21st and Friday 22nd to facilitate road works. The works are on the R400 and both North and South Clonbullogue will see works.

Fuel Allowance is a payment to help with the cost of heating your home during the winter months. You can get it if you are aged 70 or over, or getting long-term social welfare payments. The current rate of payment is €33 every week from 25 September 2023 until 5 April 2024.

Sports Capital and Equipment The Prog. received a record no of applications & the Dept has advised it will take several months to have the process complete. In this regard, it is planned to assess the Equipment-only 1st with a view to announcing these grants in the coming months