Dardar writes:
Very sad to see that Itsa cafe in Sandymount has closed. Their All Day Cure Bagel had become a cornerstone of our weekend. I wish the staff and owners all the best in the future.
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Grace Notes
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To Madam or Sir,
Please don’t close Bally-mote library, because evry one loves it. We do music there and get lovely books. Louise, Bridy and Bernedette [The librarians; she didn’t include Malachy’s name because she didn’t know how to spell it] are very nice and friendly too. If you do lots of Bally-mote’s resedents will get upset a they might cry! It is one of the lest librarys I have ever seen. The fourth class go to music too. Evry time we go there are about ten pepoel there. I am sure resedents from other towns come, and that might be the only library they know. I have read about two hundred books in that place! There are the top five books, “Otoline goes to School”, “Helen Keller Courage in the Dark”, “Mheanwhile”, “Kittens and Puppies” and “Bugs”. Please don’t close our library.
Yours sincrly Grace
age Seven.
Proud dad, Dermot McGlone writes:
A letter written by my seven-year-old daughter, Grace, on the impending possible closure of some Library services in County Sligo, and in particular her local library in Ballymote. Grace wrote this herself, with no prompting or assistance from anyone, she felt it was something important that she needed to do.
There have been previous attempts to curtail and/ or close the Ballymote library service, and these have been thwarted or reversed by people power. But this is our most serious threat yet.
Reliculous
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The National Museum of Ireland
“The National Museum of Ireland would like to clarify that reports in today’s media that the Museum’s four sites face imminent closure or that entry charges are to be introduced are incorrect. No decision on the closure of sites or on the introduction of charges has been taken by the Board and no recommendations have been made to the Minister of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht in this regard. The Museum’s four sites are and will remain open to visitors and entry to all Museum sites is free. The Board remains committed to the principle of free entry. So far this year, the Museum has welcomed over 1 million visitors.”
Further to reports on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that four of Ireland’s major museums may close on January 1, unless they receive more financial support from the State, the National Museum of Ireland has released a statement
National museum board discussed closing sites (RTE)
Press release issued on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland
[Allied Irish College, South Mall, Cork]
Can someone give him/her a call?
You may recall a post from last Friday detailing how Millennium English School on Dominick Street in Dublin had closed suddenly, making it the fourth such school in Dublin to cease trading in recent weeks.
RTE News at One has reported that a fifth school – in Cork – has also ceased trading.
The school is called Allied Irish College and is owned by Rezule Haque, who also owned Millennium English School.
RTE’s education correspondent Emma O’Kelly told RTE News at One that she spoke with Mr Haque who said the 60 students at Allied Irish College would get their money back.
In regards to the students at Millennium College, he disputed the claim that he owed them money and said most of the students were coming to the end of their programmes, so he doesn’t feel he owes them money.
Ms O’Kelly also said that Mr Haque denied that he was taking fees as late as last Monday, after Ms O’Kelly said she had spoken with a student who claimed to have paid fees on Monday.
Ms O’Kelly also told how a Millennium student, from Brazil, was travelling last month and needed a letter from Millennium, for the immigration authorities, to state she was a student in Dublin, and to allow her get back into the country.
However, the student told Ms O’Kelly that Millennium couldn’t give her a letter as it had been suspended from the registered list, operated by the immigration authorities. Instead, the girl was given a letter stating she was a student with Allied Irish College – even though the student had never been in Cork.
Ms O’Kelly put this to Mr Haque and claimed the student wanted to move to Cork.
Language school in Cork city centre closes (RTE)
Previously: Teaching English The Irish Way
Pic: StudyEU
Independent TD Shane Ross, staff member Claire Farrell, and other staff members at Mount Carmel Hospital earlier today, as 200 staff worked their last shift.
Another 128 will lose their jobs in the coming weeks.
Liquidators were appointed to the private hospital, which opened in 1949, last Friday.
Last baby born at mt Carmel hospital – she’s a girl! 4 babies delivered today.
— Ingrid Miley (@ingridmileyRTE) January 31, 2014
Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
UPDATE:
Around 20 mount Carmel staff saying they are going to mount sit in at hospital
— Ingrid Miley (@ingridmileyRTE) January 31, 2014
Carmelised
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RTÉ reports:
Around 300 staff at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin are set to lose their jobs as the directors of the hospital apply to the courts for the appointment of a liquidator.
While it is unclear when the hospital will actually close, sources said that NAMA was likely to fund an orderly wind-down of the operation and that staff will be paid in the interim.
300 jobs set to go as Mount Carmel Hospital applies for liquidator (RTÉ)
Dublin Community Television is to close.
A statement from DCTV says:
“It is with regret that the staff and committee of Dublin Community Television (DCTV) must inform you of the orderly wind down of the station, and the planned cessation of broadcast in February 2014.”
“On 21 October 2013 the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) made it known that it would not be funding any of DCTV’s archiving project submissions. Alongside this decision, BAI support for DCTV projects through the Sound & Vision scheme had dropped. Funding for 2012 was seven times higher than the funds received in 2013.”
“DCTV had recognised its dependence on the BAI and tried to generate alternative funding. This year the station secured significant alternative funding. However, the drop in BAI support to less than a sixth of its previous annual average left the station unable to guarantee the ability to meet its obligations in wages, rent and other costs if it continued to operate.This has been a difficult decision, not least because of the belief that the station was approaching a sustainable funding model.”
Full statement here.
H/T: Come Here To Me
The former base of 77 gardai, processing 3000 prisoners a year. The latest of around 40 garda stations shut in 2012. More closures planned for next year.
(Thanks Oisin)
Game Over
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RETAILER GAME has closed all of its stores in the State with the loss of 121 jobs after the group went into administration. Administrators appointed yesterday also closed most of its stores in Northern Ireland, cutting 110 jobs.
The Game Group became the latest retailer to go into administration, after the company last week suspended its listing on the London Stock Exchange and said it was seeking the protection of the courts.
Only five outlets in Ireland will survive the cull – all in the North.
Game Closes All Shops In Republic (Irish Times)
Above: City Mode on Middle Abbey Street; another space for let in the GPO Arcade; Home Store on Dublin’s Millenium Walkway and a trio of recent closures on Dublin’s Capel Street – Foodplus, Wolfes Irish Artisan Bistro and Excel furniture store.
According to figures from business intelligence analyst, Vision-net earlier this year, 1,930 Irish companies closed in 2011 – 160 companies every month.