Nuacht | News Aug 28 09

Nuacht | News Aug 28 09 : ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: —» 24 August 2009 - REPS Slurry Spreading Period Extended The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr Brendan Smith TD, today announced a temporary measure to assist REPS farmers affected by current weather conditions. The measure applies to farmers in REPS 3whoarerequiredtohavespreadalltheslurryproduced during the winter housing period by 31 August.

"I recognise that the current weather conditions make it difficult for some REPS farmers to get their slurry spread by the end of this month," Minister Smith said. "Indeed the Nitrates Regulations would rule out spreading in many areas at the moment. For that reason, I have agreed to extend the deadline to 15 October which is the deadline in the Nitrates Regulations themselves and also applies to farmers in REPS 4."

While recognising the problems caused by the bad weather, the Minister stressed that all REPS farmers - and all other farmers - remain subject at all times to the overriding obligation to avoid causing pollution. "Indeed all good farmers will be even more conscious at the moment of the increased risk of inadvertently causing water pollution and they will be taking special care to avoid it,"hesaid.

Section 18(2) of the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2009 (the "Nitrates Regulations") provides as follows :

"Fertilisers or soiled water shall not be applied to land in any of the following circumstances - (a) the land is waterlogged; (b) the land is flooded or likely to flood; (c) the land is snow-covered or frozen; (d) heavyrainisforecastwithin48hours,or (e) the ground slopes steeply and, taking into account factors such as proximity to waters, soil condition, ground cover and rainfall, there is significant risk of causing water pollution."

—» Family history workshop - As part of Heritage Week, The Western Family History Assoc- iation has organised a workshop which will take place on Saturday August 29 in the Claregalway Hotel from 2pm to 6pm. It will provide an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in family history research to learn and procure information both local and national.

The programme consists of informative talks, followed by questions and answers. There will be a number of display tables and a number of members will take along their computers and will be very glad to inform and share their knowledge and experience and expand on their research.

Gregory O'Connor, senior archivist in the national Archives, will speak on the day as will Marie Mannion, heritage officer with Galway County Council. Siobhan McGuinness from the Galway Family History Society West Ltd will speak, as will representative of the Irish Historical Research and Publications, Paul Manzor.

Paul O'Donnell, founding member of the Western Family History Association will also speak at the event. Admission is free. —» European Bat Night - As the summer season draws to a close, the Galway Bat Group are hosting one final bat walk to mark European Bat Night on Saturday 29th August 2009. The walk will take place in Renville Park West, Oranmore, County Galway. Meeting in the lower car park by the shore at 20:30 hrs, members of the group will be available to tell the public all about Irish bats and to see and hear them using bat detectors.This walk is suitable for all the family. Warm clothing, sturdy footwear and a torch are recommended. This is a free event. For enquiries : [email protected]

—» Bog Walk Kilchreest Castledaly Heritage Group are also holding a "Bog Walk in the Aughtys"on Saturday 29 at 3pm. This is situated at Cloghaun , 2 miles on the Gort side of Kilchreest. The walk is uphill and requires suitable footwear and clothing. Refreshments will be served and is free. Walk will commence at the Heritage signpost for Killinane Graveyard. Any enquiries to Dympna Fahy Secretary : 0860788251 and [email protected]

—» Doorus Orchard Project – Opening of the New Biodiversity Garden As part of Heritage Week, on Sunday 30th of August, 2pm to 4pm, the new garden will be opened. Everyone is welcome. Come and learn all about how to encourage lots of wildlife into your garden using simple techniques and by making small changes.

Also happening: A talk on the honey bee by Antoinette Lyons WoodfiredclayovenbuildingdemonstrationbyLiam Carroll. Families and children welcome. For more information contact Lynn on : 091 638099.

—» Wed Sept 9th Crusheen Singers Club (singers and listeners welcome) The Highway Bar Special Guests Ron Kavana & Annie Armstrong

Ron Kavana has been on the cutting edge of contemporary Celtic and British pop music for more than two decades. His collaborations have brought him together with such influential musicians as Alexis Korner, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, Jack Bruce, the Pogues, Donovan, the Chieftains, Elvis Costello, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Doug Sahm, Richard Thompson, and the late Sandy Denny. Performing with a lengthy list of bands, Kavana has blended the musical traditions of the British Isles with blues, Tex-Mex, country, Cajun, and rock influences. Called a "hard-hitting, no-nonsense realist" by The Village Voice, Kavana has produced music that has been described, by Music Week, as "charming, disarming with a very dry sardonic wit." A three-time Folk Roots Award winner, Kavana has released 10 multi-award winning albums to critical acclaim–Home Fire is the most highly recommended Irish folk album in MOJO magazine’s 1,000 Essential CDs. —» Noughties but Nice : 21st Century Irish Art Thursday 11th September - Sunday 8th November

Noughties but Nice: 21st Century Irish Art surveys the extensive terrain of art made in Ireland during the first decade of this millennium. This exhibition selects some of the most exciting contemporary master-works of the Noughties, including seminal works by leading Irish artists. Audience engagement is a central element of this exhibition; the selection includes high impact works in sculpture and on canvas juxtaposed with digital media, participatory and experiential works. The exhibition will be officially opened at 7pm on Thursday 10th September by Dr. Martin Mansergh TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Arts.

Noughties but Nice: 21st Century Irish Art is funded by The Arts Council as a Touring Pilot in Visual Arts. The exhibition will premier in Limerick City Gallery of Art before touring to Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre in Donegal, Solstice Arts Centre in Navan, Meath and VISUAL in Carlow throughout 2010. Curated by Mike Fitzpatrick and Susan Holland, the exhibition is accompanied by a full colour catalogue.

Admission is Free. LCGA Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm, Thurs: 10am-7pm, Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 2pm- 5pm,ClosedBankHolidays.

For further details contact Limerick City Gallery of Art - Tel: +353 (061)310633 / Email: [email protected]

Denis Connelly / Anne Cleary stripes-1 Denis Connolly and Anne Cleary, working collaboratively have developed a practice that they call ‘observer participation’, bringing the public and other collaborators into works that they call ‘entanglements’. They believe that art should be at the service of society, and their work is a constant enquiry into contemporary social and cultural questions.

—» Call for Submissions for 2010

ATTENTION ARTISTS

Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery is seeking submissions for the forthcoming year, 2010.

The newly renovated Ennistymon Courthouse building features a main art gallery, the smaller Red Couch gallery space, five artists’ studios, and a sound recording studio. The Courthouse Gallery seeks to attract local and national audiences by exhibiting work of the highest stand- ardbylocal,national,andinternationalartists.

We are interested in exhibiting a wide range of visual art, including collaborations and multi- media projects for exhibition in both our gallery spaces. We also welcome proposals that are participatory led or involve some engagement with the community.

We wish to focus on exhibiting emerging artists based locally and nationwide.

If you are interested in applying, please send your submission (which should include): • biography / CV • artist statement, • brief description of proposed show, • 6-8 images on CD or hard-copy photos

25% commission charged.

Please send submissions to: Trudi van der Elsen - Coordinator, Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Parliament Street, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.

Selection will be made mid October and all artists will be contacted after that.

For more information or a gallery viewing please contact: E: [email protected] T: 065-7071630 W: www.ennistymoncourthousegallery.blogspot.com

Deadline for submissions: 5pm, Friday 2nd October 2009 —» CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) is an web site devoted to providing a wide range of information and source material on the Northern Ireland conflict and politics in the region from 1968 to the present. The site also contains some general information on Northern Ireland society. CAIN is based within the University of Ulster. Source : http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cainbgn/index.html

—» The Inchiquin papers, previously held in Dromoland Castle, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare, were first surveyed by Dr Edward McLysaght in the 1940s. A calendar was later prepared by John Ainsworth and was published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. In November 1963 the archive was presented to the Library by Donough Edward Foster O’Brien, 16th Baron Inchiquin. Portions of the material were catalogued by the Library and provision-ally listed in Richard Hayes’ Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation, First Supplement (Boston, three volumes, 1979). The recent cataloguing of the remaining portions of the unprocessed material has now ensured that the entire Inchiquin archive is more readily accessible to historians. Source : National Library of Ireland Nuacht - Number 36: Summer 2009

—» Remix Theory - The site is designed to host, archive and promote projects which explore the current possibilities of Remix online and offline. It does not focus on the latest information, but on relevant material to the history of Remix, some which may have been published years ago. To learn more about the interdisciplinary practice of Eduardo Navas, Please visit : http://navasse.net/ Source : http://remixtheory.net/

—» KYBERNEKYIA AS HYPERVORTEXT - Why hypertext Pound? This question can be read two ways, Why hypertext Pound?, or of what benefit is computer technology to the understanding of the Cantos? or, Why hypertext Pound?, of what value is the work of Ezra Pound to the postmodern technologies and the postmodern mind? ... How does one harness vast amounts of information in order to be most useful to the limited human consciousness? concept & editing Ned Bates | project director Gail McDonald With special thanks to Robert Langenfeld Source : http://www.uncg.edu/eng/pound/canto.htm

—» The Contemplator's Short History of Broadside Ballads - Before the printing press broadsides were written by hand. Before folk songs were written by hand there was a centuries-old tradition of minstrels and folk singers. As these declined and the printing press became more common, folk music transmission was channeled into broadsides. Broadsides contributed to the further decline of minstrelsy. Broadsides were, in turn, replaced by newspapers and printed sheet music. The Contemplator (Lesley Nelson-Burns) 1996 Source : http://www.contemplator.com/ —» Charles Parker (1919-1980) The Charles Parker Archive contains a wealth of material for studying the culture of the 1950s-1970s - broadcasting, the folk revival, pop music, community arts - as well as contemporary social and political issues. Charles made programmes with blind people, Irish labourers, workers in China in 1972, Asian teenagers, protesters against the Vietnam War and other minorities traditionally denied a voice on the air on in historical records. Source : http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/charlesparkerarchive.bcc

—» Folkstreams.net has two goals. One is to build a national preserve of hard-to-find document- ary films about American folk or roots cultures. The other is to give them renewed life by streaming them on the internet. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites Source : http://www.folkstreams.net/

—» Night Haunts is a collaboration between writer Sukhdev Sandhu, website designer Ian Budden and sound artist and musician Scanner. In this contemporary nocturnal journal, Sandhu prospects in the London night with the people who drive its pulse, from night cleaners to praying nuns, security guards to the Samaritans. Commissioned by Artangel Interaction, Night Haunts unfolded in monthly episodes throughout 2006. Source : http://www.nighthaunts.org.uk/

—» International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning is a refereed global monthly publication focused on technology assisted teaching and learning at all levels of education and training in traditional, distance and open learning. The Journal was initiated in January 2004 to facilitate communication and collaboration among researchers, innovators, designers, producers, practitioners, and administrators of education and training. Source : http://www.itdl.org/index.htm

—» The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland - The organisation actively pro- motes Scottish traditional music by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops, tours and competitions, and helps create an environment in which old and new interpretations of traditional music and song can flourish. Source : http://www.tmsa.org.uk/

—» The National Folklore Collection consists of Manuscript, Photographic and Audio/Video archives, a specialist Library, and a Folk Music section. The Collection contains approximately three million manuscript pages, a three hundred thousand-item card index and other computerised indices, thousands of hours of audio recordings (including early wax cylinders), approximately 70,000 photographs and drawings, and a collection of paintings. Source : http://www.ucd.ie/folklore/ —» MAGYAR POETRY. Selections from HUNGARIAN POETS. Translated by William N. Loew [of the New York Bar].

An enlarged and revised edition of the translator’s former works: “Gems From Petfi,” 1881. “Magyar Songs,” 1887. “Magyar Poetry,” 1899.

Source : http://mek.niif.hu/03900/03966/html/index.htm

... this volume is not intended to be an historical anthology of Magyar poetical literature, nor does it dare to claim any degree of completeness, covering the broad field; it has only culled a flower here and another there.