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Established 1967 www.lucannewsletter.ie Online only Sunday 18th April 2021 Lucan Tidy Towns The National Tidy Towns competition for 2021 is set to go ahead and will take place virtually this year. We await the official launch of the competition. Meanwhile, we continue with our activities, while restricting our work in accordance with government regulations. Weeding, digging, planting, sweeping and litter picking keep us busy. As we all know, each year, An Taisce promotes April as National Spring Clean month. Keeping Covid awareness in mind, we would like to see we, the people of Lucan play our part. We hear that some residents' groups have found ways of organising safely, their own clean-ups. We also have been contacted by a number of individuals who want to play their part in clean ups by doing some litter picking while out walking. We thought it might be good to dedicate one week to a concerted effort at cleaning and tidying. With this in mind, we are proposing the week beginning Monday, 26th April as Spring Clean week. As per the regulations, people from up to 2 households might decide to work together in carrying out a litter pick of their own locality or else choose a black spot in need of attention. If you are interested in participating that week, either by organising your own local clean up or would like to offer to do so around the village, we invite you to get in touch so we can arrange to coordinate, record, publicise and support your efforts. Find us on facebook or else give us a call. Kevin O'Loughlin Lucan Tidy Towns Tel 0879468271 Lucan Citizens Information Centre Know Your Rights: www.citizensinformation.ie Parent’s leave - What's New COVID-19 19 has changed the This news item was posted on April 8, 2021 service we offer to the public. Our drop-in service is not currently I am due to have a baby in three months and have available, but we are taking phone calls, arranged to take Maternity Leave. Am I entitled to any more paid leave to look after the baby? answering emails, and providing a call back service. Parent’s leave is a statutory entitlement for Call us on 0761 07 5090, leave a message with parents that allows each parent 5 weeks paid leave your name and number and an Information for a child born or adopted on or after 1 Officer will return your call within 2 working November 2019. It aims to let working parents spend more time with their child. days. Or you can email your query to us at It must be taken within 2 years of the birth of a [email protected] and someone will reply. child or in the case of adoption, from the date of placement of the child. If you have enough PRSI Citizens Information Phone Service (CIPS) contributions, you get a weekly Parent’s Benefit 0761 07 4000 operates on Monday to Friday 9 am payment of €245 from the Department of Social to 8 pm. Protection during parent’s leave. MABS The Money Advice and Budgeting You can take parent’s leave in one 5-week block Service is the State’s money advice service, or in 5 one-week periods. You can visit guiding people through dealing with problem debt citizensinformation.ie to find more about parent’s leave. for over twenty years. MABS Clondalkin, phone 0761 07 2270 or email [email protected] Parent’s leave is different to parental leave. Parental leave is unpaid and can be taken up until the child’s 12th birthday. Summary of leave available for parents Maternity leave - Female employees, 26 weeks and up to 16 unpaid weeks . Yes, Maternity Benefit is paid for 26 weeks. Adoptive leave - One parent of an adopting couple or a parent adopting alone. 24 weeks and up to 16 unpaid weeks. Yes, Adoptive Benefit is paid for 24 weeks Paternity leave - A parent of a child under 6 PLEASE NOTE: months of age (usually the father or partner of the We are NOT operating from the Newsletter mother, or in the case of adoption, the parent who Office at the moment, but leave your ads, is not taking adoptive leave), 2 weeks. Yes, Paternity Benefit is paid for 2 weeks queries or notices in the letter box at St. Mary’s Parish Centre, before 10pm on Wednesday Parental leave - Parents and guardians of night, and we’ll collect and look after them. children under 12 26 weeks. No, it’s unpaid Alternately email any of the following: [email protected] Parent’s leave - Parents of children under 2 years [email protected] of age (or in first 2 years of adoption placement), [email protected] 5 weeks. [email protected] Yes, Parent’s Benefit can be paid for 5 weeks Due to present restrictions, we will continue publishing online only for the next few weeks, You can read more when we will review the situation. about family leave and Our weekly block and small ads, which are not benefit on normally carried online, may be viewed on our ‘Community’ Page at www.lucannewsletter.ie citizensinformation.ie Tune into Liffey Palmerstown Camera Club Sound 96.4FM this Palmerstown Camera Club invites all adults, who weekend for a very are interested in photography, to our monthly different mix of Wednesday night meetings. We currently meet by music and chat! Zoom from 8pm until 9.30pm. Saturday On Wednesday April 21st, 10am - Blast from the past - 50's, 60's & 70's Palmerstown Camera Club music presented by Terry Callaghan will have presentations from 4pm - Hot Hits - Kelly Darcy keeps us up to date Robert and Sharon Prenton with the latest from the Irish Hip Hop scene who are based in North Wales. They are best known 8pm - Sarah C's Electro house session - Sarah for combining their studio Cahill plays an hour of the greatest DJ's work with the waterfalls, lakes, castles, mountains and beaches that are a Sunday short drive from their home. They are both multi 10am - Out of this world - Religious based award winning national and international programme with music & interviews presented by photographers whose images are exhibited all Pat Quinn over the world. 11am – Bookline - Teresa Quinn interviews local To visit, free of charge, for one or two meetings, & national authors about their new releases and to see how you can benefit please visit 12pm – Operaworks - Michael Bourke presents https://www.palmerstowncameraclub.com. an hour of Opera & classical music See you on Wednesday nights. 2pm - Cracklin' Country - An hour of the best of Country music with Mick Roche 4pm - Down Penny Lane - Colm Grogan takes a nostalgic trip past strawberry fields and down Penny lane 5pm - Music Parade - Join Pat Mcgee for a 2 hour mix of music and chat 8pm - Country Sounds - Country & Western music as well as ballads from around the counties with Padraig McGarrigle Liffey Sound 96.4FM- Lucan's Community Radio Station www.liffeysoundfm.ie or catch up on Facebook Age Action are offering five hours tutoring, remotely, to anyone who needs support using their smartphone, tablet or laptop. Covering topics like how to set up an email, how to download an app, how to use video calling to see your loved ones etc. For more information, please call 01 4756989 or email [email protected] Parish Notes Divine Mercy, Lucan South www.lucansouthparish.net St Mary’s, Lucan All Masses will be livestreamed only on www.lucanparish.com www.lucansouthparish.net During Level 5 Masses will be livestreamed on Sunday Mass: www.lucanparish.com Sunday 10:30am Sunday Masses: Vigil Saturday: 6.30pm, Weekday Masses: Sunday: 11am Monday to Friday 9:15am Saturday 10am Weekday Masses: Monday to Saturday 10am Daily Readings on website: Praying with Scripture: Under our Welcome menu you will find links for Praying with scripture is continuing on zoom. If the Daily Mass Reading which updates every day interested please contact Cheryl Murphy at 086 as well as Sunday Mass Reading for the following 8343754 to register. Sunday’s Mass. It is a great way to be able to read along during Mass if you so wish or take time to Private Prayer: reflect on the passages during the week and see The Church will be open daily for private prayer what message they have for you. One quick note on weekdays from 10.30am to 6pm (funerals is that if it is a Sunday and you want to see the permitting) and on Sundays from 12 noon to 6pm. Gospel for today then click on the Daily Mass Please enter by the Main Porch Door and exit by Reading link as the Sunday listing will be for the the side door (near the Nun’s Chapel). Please following week. ensure social distancing when visiting the church and use hand sanitizers provided when entering Private Prayer: and leaving. While the Church is not open to parishioners for Mass, the Faustina Chapel is open for private prayer from 10am to 12 noon Monday to Friday. St. Patrick’s Esker/Dodsboro/Adamstown www.stpatrickslucan.ie Dublin Diocese All Masses are now streamed live on the Parish You Tube channel during Level 5 Virtual Pilgrimage to Sunday Masses: Vigil Saturday 7pm, 9am, 10.30am Family Mass and 12 noon. Knock The Dublin Diocesan Weekday Masses: Pilgrimage to Knock Monday to Friday at 10am. will take place on Saturday April Private Prayer: 24th with a programme of online workshops from Church is open for private prayer, weekdays from Our Lady of Victories Church, Ballymun Road 10.30 to 12.30 and access through church door at via webcam commencing at 12pm.