Mar

1

Over 40 people attended a public meeting tonight in strandhill to discuss the conservation of Dorrins Strand – the area of Sligo Bay in Strandhill, that will be directly affected by the proposed eastward extension of Sligo Regional Airport.

As with an initial meeting held in the first week in February, the discussion and input from the floor was passionate but reasonable; the common feeling was that the airport company have the requirement to extend the runway due to safety and legislative pressures, but also that the option chosen is a poor one. The consultants report in particular, has come in for some criticism.

Some key tasks will be carried out over the coming days – contact with local representatives, a petition distributed within the local community, as well as a meeting between the Airport company and representives from the conservation group.

Feb

26

Strandhill Online is now published using  Wordpress – very nice too.

The import from Blogger was done via Wordpress.com (it has an import from blogger features), exported from Wordpress.com and then re-imported back into strandhillonline.com.

It’s only afterwards you realise the small things that make this messy – even though the import/export was very easy. The key thing was preserving Google ranking – this was not helped by the fact that blog permalinks are created the first time you create a post – any subsequent modifications to the title do not change the permalink. This took a little bit of figuring out, and those links that broke Google, I recreated (just 3 out of 9).

Feb

17

The early flush of getting something half decent up and running for Strandhill Online, has been quickly replaced by recognition of the inflexibility of Blogger (where this site is currently hosted).

Currently looking to Wordpress (another, more flexible blogging platform) to provide the basis for this.

The most obvious drawback of Blogger is the inability to add static, non-chronology based links.

Feb

14

The Scoil Asicus Parents Association has recently elected a new committee. At the AGM held last November, chairperson James Given, secretary Linda Burke and treasurer Linda Keane were appointed. Vice-chair Kevin Peyton, vice-secretary Deb Kilgallon and vice-treasurer Sandra Hufsky were also elected.

The new board wishes to follow up the good work and fundraising activities that have taken place over the past number of years. In the lead up to Christmas, they produced a very attractive colour calendar for 2007, comprising artwork from students as well as scenic shots of the local area.

A small number of these calendars ate still available for purchase. Association members will be looking for your support over the coming week as they sell these door-to-door in the locality.

Some of the activities planned over the coming months include assisting school staff with the purchase of new computer equipment, a road safety campaign, further development of the school website as well as ongoing fund-raising.

A public meeting is planned for the latter part of February, and the attendance and input of parents would be much appreciated. More details will be published closer to the date.

Feb

9

Over 100 people attended a public meeting in Strandhill last night to show their concern over the proposed new 270 metre eastward extension of the runway into Dorrins Strand.

Chaired by Alfie Parkes, representatives from the Airport Board as well as those directly affected by the developments made statements on their positions.

A lively debate ensued from the floor. All of those who spoke were unanimous in their hopes that the runway can be extended, but threw serious doubt on the decision to extend east. The quality of the EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) was questioned by a number of well qualified individuals, as was the apparent decision by the board to choose the less expensive option. For the record, the option to develop west into the Atlantic is apparently technically possible – but at least double the price (€10.2m).

A lively and passionate evening – this one has a long way to go.


Feb

5

Welcome to Strandhill, Co Sligo. A surfing mecca in the North West of Ireland, and home to over 2,200 residents.

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Feel free to email us (info AT strandhillonline.com) with any issues you would like covered – we will try to oblige.

 

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