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| Samuel Beckett and the Donegal connection! Donegal actors Rosaleen Linehan and Sean McGinley, are among those performing in the newly released Beckett on Film project. The idea of filming all 19 of Beckett's stage plays originated with Michael Colgan (a Donegal descendant) of Blue Angel Films and the Gate Theatre, Dublin. He and and Alan Moloney of Parallel Films are the producers. Blue Angel are in partnership with Tyrone Productions of which Donegal woman Moya Doherty (the producer of Riverdance) is a director! Beckett On Film has brought together some of the most distinguished directors and actors in film, television and theatre including Atom Egoyan, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Anthony Minghella, David Mamet, Karel Reisz, Patricia Rozema and actors Michael Gambon, John Gielgud, Alan Rickman, John Hurt, Harold Pinter and Julianne Moore. Beckett's play 'What Where' is directed by Dublin born Damien O'Donnell, (also a descendant of Donegal) whose film East Is East is currently on international release and gaining massive critical acclaim as well as being awarded a BAFTA. Water Pollution: EU Commission moves against Ireland The European Commission has decided to proceed to the European Court of Justice against Ireland for non-respect of the European Union's 1976 Dangerous Substances Directive and has also decided to notify a Reasoned Opinion (second warning letter) to Ireland for non-respect of the 1991 Nitrates Directive. The decision on the 1976 Directive relates to general failures concerning required pollution reduction programmes for dangerous substances, as well as specific weaknesses in Irish measures for phosphorous, the substance which gives greatest concern for Irish water quality. The decision on the 1991 Directive relates to Ireland's failure to designate vulnerable zones for waters polluted by nitrates from agriculture and to adopt corresponding preventive and clean-up measures. There is similar action under way against other Member States. Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström commented: "I am concerned that Ireland is the only Member State not to have yet notified any nitrate vulnerable zones, and would urge the Irish authorities to take the necessary steps as soon as possible, including action for nitrate-polluted groundwaters on which small rural communities depend for their drinking water. As regards the 1976 Dangerous Substances Directive, I would also urge the Irish authorities to do more. For the most important substance, phosphorous, Irish measures are moving in the right direction, but need to go further. ". Donegal County Council take note! Letterkenny Arts Centre At the Letterkenny Arts Centre Prints from The Madden-Arnholz Collection From The Irish Museum of Modern Art from Thursday the 8th of February until March 16th. For more details contact them on 074 29186. Victory for Braade/ Carrickfin Conversation Group Local TDs have confirmed that the Swedish Company, Avipaint have abandoned their plans for industrial development at Carrickfin because of massive local opposition and the High Court proceedings by local residents which are still ongoing. The decision by Avipaint was intimated to Minister O'Rourke by a representative of Údaras na Gaeltachta at a recent meeting in Dublin attended by representatives of the Airport Company, Údaras, the Government and local TDs Dinnie McGinley and Thomas Gildea. The local Conservation Group had been campaigning against the proposed development for over 2 years as they viewed the Swedish Company's proposals as a threat to the environment in a very scenic area adjoining a Blue Flag Beach. Despite the support of Donegal County Council, Údaras, the Airport Company and Government Ministers for the paint stripping plant, the power of the local community and their belief in the justness of their campaign appears to have been decisive. Meanwhile, three local residents are continuing to strenuously defend Defamation proceedings raised against them by the Swedish company and its Managing Director arising from comments made during the course of the Conservation Group's campaign. Against this background of two long running High Court actions arising from the expansion plans at Donegal Airport, the West Donegal Land League Limited, a company formed by local land owners, including members of the Conservation Group, is about to issue High Court proceedings against Údaras na Gaeltachta and others regarding land ownership and other rights pertaining to the land in and around the Airport at Carrickfin. Proceedings have been drafted by Counsel and will be issued shortly. On the political front, the Braade/Carrickfin Conservation Group are calling on all conservation and environmental groups in Donegal to liaise with each other and put forward candidates in the forthcoming general election. It is expected that environmental groups in Donegal will embrace this suggestion in view of the isolation which they have experienced due to the failure of local representatives generally to support them on environmental issues in the face of a pro-developer mentality by Donegal County Council, Údaras, Government Departments and An Bord Pleanala. Contact Richmond Irish Society Richmond Irish Society are holding a Dinner Dance and Cabaret at the Winning Post Twickenham (A316) on Saturday 17th of March. Celebrity guests expected for dinner include Kieth Wood and Connor O'Shea. Tickets at £27:50. can be booked by ringing 020 8568 0302, 020 8940 1389 or 07973 127327. Rock against Cancer The Abbey Hotel, Donegal Town is hosting a 'Rock against Cancer' gig on the 19th of March at 9.00pm. Bands who are participating include Johnny Gallagher & Box T; Keltic Kaos; Tamarack and The Revs. Tickets are 5 pounds and all proceeds to Cancer Research and The Donegal Hospice. The Alternatives to Pylons Group The Alternatives to Pylons Group challenge Donegal County Council to rescind their decision to allow the ESB planning permission for 100 kilometres of 110kv poles and pylons across West Donegal based on new research which indicates that living near pylons does increase the risk of getting cancer. Richard Leake, science editor of The Sunday Times this week reported (4/3/01) that: "High voltage power cables have been officially linked to cancer for the first time. Sir Richard Doll, the epidemiologist who discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer in the 1960s, will this week warn that children living near electricity power lines are at an increased risk from leukaemia. He is also expected to say that there may be a link with adult cancers but that this is unproven as yet". Doll's work was commissioned by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), the UK government's radiation watchdog. This new study supports Professor Denis Henshaw's research (See Electric Fields) that power lines increase the risk of cancer especially in children. In light of this most recent research the ATP and Coiste Timpeallachta Ghaoth Dobhair are appealing to Donegal County Council to CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND SAVE LIVES. If this development goes ahead it is possible that those responsible for agreeing to the development may be held accountable for future childhood cancers in the County. In a second Sunday Times article (4/3/01) it is reported that UK families living close to power lines are now considering suing over the premature deaths of their family members due to cancer. An Bord Pleanala are currently making a decision which is literally a life and death issue for the people of Donegal. But it is not too late for the County Council to reclaim their authority and rescind their decision just as Cobh Council did in Cork. See The Sunday Times 4/3/01 Sunday Times & National Radiological Protection Board. |
Samuel Beckett and an ceangal le Tír Chonaill! Tá aisteoirí Thír Chonaill Rosaleen Linehan agus Sean Mc Ginley ar chuid de na h-aisteoirí atá ag glacadh páirt sa tionscadail Scanainn ar Beckett atá iniadh a bheith scaoiltha amach. Is é Michael Colgan ( sliocht ó Thír Chonaill) a bhí an íde aige scanánnach a dheanamh ar obair Samuel Beckett. Tá Michael Colgan ceangailte le Blue Angel Films agus an Gate Theatre, Baile Átha Cliath. Tá sé fhéin agus Alan Moloney as Parallel Films mar tháirgtheoirí ar na scanáinn. Tá Blue Angel I gcomhpháirtíocht le Tyrone Productions agus tá Moya Doherty ( an Táirgtheoir a bhí ar Riverdance) ina Stiúrthóir air. Rinne Beckett On Film nasc idir chuid de na stiúrthóirí agus aisteoirí is fearr I scanáinn, teilifís agus an t-amharclann. Ar chuid acu seo tá Atom Egoyan, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Anthony Minghella, David Mamet, Karel Reisz, Patricia Rozema agus na h-aisteoirí Michael Gambon, John Gielgud, Alan Rickman, John Hurt, Harold Pinter agus Julianne Moore. Rinne Damien O'Donnell a rugadh I mBaile Átha Cliath stiúthóireacht ar scanáinn Beckett 'What Where". Tá Damien ina shliocht ó Thír Chonaill fósta agus tá an scanánn deireanach a bhí aige East is East scaoilte amach idirnaisiúnta agus ag deanamh go han-mhaith agus go dtí seo tá duais BAFTA faighte aige ar a shon. Truailliú Uisce: An Coimisiún Eorpach in éadan Éireann Tá an Coimisiún Eorpach ag tabhairt an tír seo go dtí an European Court of Justice. Tá siad ag deanamh amach nar thug Éireann aird ar Threoracha an t-Aontas Eorpach, 1976 Substaint Contúirteach agus tá sé leagtha amach acu an scéal a inse do Bharúil Réasúnach ( an dara litir fógartha) d'Éirinn mar nar thug siad aird ar na Treoracha Níotráitím 1991. Baineann na Treoracha 1976 le faillí ginearalta nuair nach cuireadh cláracha laghdú truailliú ar siúil do shubstaint contúirteach, chomh maith le laigeachtaí sa tomhas Éireannach do Fhosfarúil, an substaint a chuireann scóth an uisce anseo in Éirinn I gcontúirt an-mhór. Baineann na Treoracha 1991 le faillí ginearalta nuair nach chuir Éirinn criosanna airithe le éascanna iontú ar fáil d'uisce truaillithe le Níotráitím ó thalmhaíocht. Chomh maith le seo baineann na treoracha le doigheanna le iarrachtaí coisctheach a chuir in áit agus doigheanna le glanadh suas a thogáil amach. Tá obair ar siúl faoi láthair leis an gníomhú céanna a dheanamh le baill stáit eile san Eoraip. Duirt an Coimisinéir Timpeallachta Margot Wallstrom le gairid: "Tá imní orm gurbh é Éireann an t-aon bhaill san Eoraip nach chuir in iúil ar chriosanna Níotráitím airithe, agus molaim d'údarais na hÉireann na ceimeanna cearta a ghlacadh go luath agus is feidir, chomh maith le gníomhú ar thalamh uisce atá truaillithe le níotráitím mar go bhfuil an pobal iarghúlta ag brath air an uisce. Mar gheall ar na Treoracha Substaint Contiúrtach 1976, mholainn d' údarais na hÉireann níos mó a dheanamh. Le haghaidh an substaint is tabhachtaigh, Fhosfarúil, tá rudaí ag dul an bealach ceart anseo ach caithfear níos mó a dheanamh." Comhairle Condae Dhún na nGall - glac nóta! Ionad Ealáine Leitir Ceanainn Faoi láthair ag Ionad Ealáine Leitir Ceanainn tá Prints ón cnuasach Madden-Arnholz a thagann ón Irish Museum of Modern Art agus beidh sé ar siúl ó Deardaoin an 8ú lá de Fheabhra go dtí an 16ú lá de mhí Mhárta. Le tiollamh eolais a fháil bí I dteagmhail leo ag 074 29186. Buadh ag Grúpa Caomhnú Braade/ Carraig Finne Tá Teachtaí Dalaí áitiúil iniadh fogrú go bhfuil an comhlacht Sualannach, Avipaint ag cuir stóp lena bpleananna le forbairt tionsclaíoch a thogáil amach I gCarraig Finne mar go bhfuil muintir na háite ina éadan go mór agus tá siad go foill sa Chúirt Árd faoin ábhar seo. Chuir Avipaint an socrú seo in iúil don t-Aire O'Rourke tríd ionadaí ón chomhlacht, an t-Aerfoirt, Údaras, an Rialtas agus Teachtaí Dalaí áitiúil Dinny McGinley agus Thomas Gildea ag cruinniú go deanaigh I mBaile Átha Cliath. Tá an grúpa caomhnú áitiúil ag dul in éadan an forbairt le 2 bhlian nó níos mó mar go shíleann siad go bhfuil pleananna an chomhlacht Sualannach ag cuir isteach ar an timpeallacht mar gur áit an-álainn atá ann le trá brat gorm congarach. Cé gur thug Comhairle Condae Dhún na nGall, Údaras, an t-Aerfoirt agus Airí ón Rialtas tacaíocht don chomhlacht stiall péintala, is cosúil go bhfuil níos mó cumhacht agus creideamh ag muintir na háite mar go n-aontaíadh lena dtoil. Idir an dá linn, tá trí dhuine ón phobal ag seasamh suas d'imeachtaí Aithisiú a cuireadh ina n-éadan ón chomhlacht Sualannach agus Stiúirthoir Bainistíochta an chomhlacht. Rinneadh na caintigh seo I rith conradh an grúpa caomhnú. Ar thaobh polaitaíochta de tá an grúpa caomhnú Braade/ Carraig Finne ag iarraidh ar ghrúpaí eile caomhnúchan agus timpeallachta I nDún na nGall iarrthóirí a chuir chun tosaigh sna toghcháin ginearalta atá ag teacht aníos gan mhoill. Tá ag dreim go dtabharfaidh grúpaí eile caomhnú sa chondae aird ar an chomairle seo de reir an easpa tacaíocht a thabharfann polaiteoirí áitiúil do ghrúpaí agus a thabharfhas tacaíocht do ghrúpaí a bhfuil suim acu I gcúrsaí timpeallachta cosúil le Comhairle Condae Dhún na nGall, Údaras, Roinn den Rialtas agus an Bord Pleanala. Bí I dteagmháil le Cumann Gaelach Richmond Beidh Damhsa agus Dinnéar Chumann Ghaelach Richmond (Irish Richmond Society) ar siúl sa Winning Post I Twickenham (A316) ar an Sathairn an 17ú lá de mhí Mhárta. Ar chuid de na cuairteoirí speisialta a bheithas I láthair ar an óiche beidh Keith Wood agus Connor O'Shea. Tá na ticéadí 27.50 agus thig leat ticéad a cheannach ag 020 8568 0302; 020 8940 1389; nó 07973 127327. Óiche Cheoil in eadan Ailse Tá Óstan an Abbey I mBaile Dhún na nGall ag cuir óiche 'Rock Against Cancer' ar siúl ar an naoú lá déag de Mhárta ag toiseacht ag a 9 a chlog. Cuid de na grúpaí a bheithas ag seinm ag an ócáid nó Johnny Gallagher & Box T; Keltic Kaos; Tamarack; agus na Revs. Tá na ticéadí 5 phunta agus tá fáltais an óiche ag dul chuig Taighde ar Ailse agus an Donegal Hospice. Grúpa ATP Tá an grúpa ATP ag brath dúshlán a thabhairt do Chomhairle Condae Dhún na nGall lena mbreithiúnas a chuir ar ceall, le céad pleanala a thabhairt do Bhórd Sólathar an Leictreachas (ESB) 100 ciliméadar de phollaí agus piolónaí a chuir suas in iarthar na condae. Tá an dúshlán seo bunaithe ar thaighde úr a dheirann go bhfuil ardú I ailse i ndaoine a bhfuil ina gconaí congarach ag na piolónaí seo. Bhí tuairisc ag Richard Leake, eagarthóir eolaíochta leis an pháipear nuachtan The Sunday Times, an tseachtain seo caite ( 04/03/01) agus dúirt sé: "Don chéad uair tá ceangal oifigiúil idir cáblaí cumhachta le ardvoltas agus ailse . Rinne Richard Doll, Epidemiologist an ceangal idir caitheamh toitíní agus ailse scámhain sna seascoidí agus an tseachtain seo tabhairfaidh sé le fios do dhaoine ar an chontúirt do phaistí a bhfuil ina gconaí congarach ag línte cumhachta leictreachas agus ar an doigh a bhfuil ardú millteanach I Leukemia. Tá ag dreim leis an t-Uasal Doll ráit chomh maith go bhfuil contúirt mhór do dhaoine fásta ach níl fianaise ar bith ag baint leis an raíteas seo go foill. Rinne an National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) údaraithe ar obair an t-Uasal Doll. Dheanann a NRPB gadhar faire ar raidíocht an Rialtais sa Bhréatain Mhór. Tugann an tuairisc úr seo tacaíocht do thaighde an t-Ollamh Denis Hensaw chomh maith. (Féach Electric Fields) Deireann an t-Ollamh Hensaw go bhfuil ceangal idir línte cumhachta agus ailse, go h-airithe I bpaistí. Da bhrí sin, tá an grúpa ATP agus Coiste Timpeallachta Ghaoth Dobhair ag iarraidh ar Chomhairle Condae Dhún na nGall A N-INTINN A ATHRU AGUS BEATHA A SHABHAIL. Má théann an tógra seo ar aghaidh is cinnte go mbeidh an locht curtha ar na daoine sin a d-aontaigh leis an tógra sa chéad áit agus go mbeidh siad ciotach ar ailse I bpaistí ar bith sa chondae. Sa dara airteagail sa Sunday Times ( 04/03/01) rinneadh tuairisc ar theaglaigh ina gconaí congarach ag línte cumhachta agus an doigh ina bhfuil siad ag dul chun cúairte mar gheall ar bháis roimh áma da dteaghlach mar gheall ar ailse. Tá an Bórd Pleanala ag deanamh socrú faoi láthair agus is cinnte gur cúrsa báis nó beatha é do mhuintir Thír Chonaill. Ach níl sé ró-mhall ag Comhairle Condae Dhún na nGall an socrú a chuir ar ceall mar a rinne Comhairle Condae Cóbh I gCondae Chorcaigh. Féach The Sunday Times 04/03/01 Sunday Times & National Radiological Protection Board. |
