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You do not need an appointment, just arrive. Our clinic is open late, 6 days a week. ++Tel: 01 - 841 73 44 Web: www.balbriggandentalcare.ie59 Drogheda Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin(between Supervalu & the Garda Station)Dr. John Heeney & AssociatesB.A., B. Dent. Sc. Hons (T.C.D.), B. Rad (U.C.D.), D.C.R. (London)Tel: 01 - 841 7344www.balbriggandentalcare.ie01841 73 44© December 2018 The Meath Coaster4The Meath CoasterMagazine and Services DirectorySince June 2005, The Meath Coast-er is published monthly and dis-tributed in County Meath between Grange Rath, Donacarney, Mornington, Bettystown, Laytown, Julianstown and Stamullen, as well as in some local shops. Each issue has over 7,000 copies.This month’s cover of Church of the Sacred Heart in the snow by David Stanley If you have any interesting seasonal photos or of local people or places, send your photos to the Meath Coaster at dermot@meathcoaster.comYour Local MediaWe proudly promote Citizen Journalism which means ordinary citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analysing and disseminating news and information” All our articles are directly submitted by local people. As a local publication serving our communities, if there is something you’d like to submit for publication, please email it to the address below. We try our best to publish all local material but the pages fill up fast! .CONTACT DETAILSAddress for correspondence:The Meath Coaster147 Betaghstown WoodBettystownCo. MeathPhone: 041 9813860 Email: dermot@meathcoaster.comWhere to Get A CoasterYou can get a copy each month from Tesco Bettystown, Dunnes Stores, South-gate; Limited supplies are in Pat’s Cen-tra, Bettystown; Anchorage Supermar-ket, Parish Rooms, Julianstown; St Pats, Stamullen, Centra Stamullen. The Coaster is online @ www.meathcoaster.com/library, All Rights Reserved© Meath Coaster 2018PRINT DEADLINESAs the printer closes over the Christmas and New Year holidays, the closing date for the JANUARY issue is Sunday December 16th. Distribution will begin at the start of the month.ADVERTISING RATESThe Meath Coaster is the only media delivered to the door in this area since 2005. It is also available online.Advertising in the Coaster works. If you have a local business or provide a local service, then tell people about it.Effective advertising needs repetition and time to produce results according to best practice research. Check out our discounts for longer term bookings. To get our ad rates, please either...Go to www.meathcoaster.comPhone 041 9813860 or Email: dermot@meathcoaster.com Merry Christmas to All!3.9% APR PCP FINANCEFROM €283 PER MONTHNEARY'S LUSK STATION ROAD, LUSK, CO. DUBLIN (01) 843 7100 www.nearyslusk.ieFinance Example: Mitsubishi ASX Intense Petrol (MY19): Retail Price† €26,500. Customer Deposit / Trade In €7,950. Finance Amount €18,550. 36 monthly payments of €282.67. Total Cost of Credit €1,690.71. GMFV†† (Optional Final Payment) €10,001.10. Fixed APR 3.9%* (Annual Percentage Rate) as at 01.11.2018.†Excludes delivery & related charges. Model is shown for illustrative purposes only. ††The Guaranteed Minimum Future Value (GMFV) is payable if you renew or retain the vehicle at the end of the agreement. Further charges may be applied by your Mitsubishi Dealer subject to kilometre limits/ condition of the vehicle.*Lending criteria and conditions apply (Over 18s only). APR is inclusive of a documentation fee of €63.49. To qualify for this Finance Offer, a minimum deposit of 10% is required. Rate quoted is correct as at 01.11.2018 and is subject to change. Offer available on all new Mitsubishi ASX Intense Petrol (MY19) registered from 01.11.2018 until 31.01.2019 at participating dealers. This is a Consumer Hire Purchase agreement provided by Bank of Ireland t/a Bank of Ireland Finance. Ownership remains with Bank of Ireland until the optional final payment is made.MORE ACTIVE,MORE ADVENTURE© December 2018 The Meath Coaster6Bettystown Tidy Towns (BTT)BTT was formed just one year ago when we launched BTT at the 2017 Christmas Village Lights event. As we write this article we are finalizing the 2018 Village Light event and when this article is published, the event will be over and, we hope, it will have been a great night for all involved. It is our intention to en-hance this event every year. This year we added some decorations, the Bettystown Bows, along the Triton Road, where we cannot install lights, the vacant buildings art work, and we held the 12 days of Christmas count-down raffle, culminating in the turning on of the lights. Our sincere thanks to all the businesses for supporting this annual event, please remember to shop local and support our local businesses.2018 was a busy and successful year for BTT, winning the Best New Group in the Meath County Council Pride of Place awards and The Neptune Hotel winning Best Shop Front award. Aside from the weekly litter picks we have completed the painting of common area walls and street furniture. A new flower bed has been created by the beach entrance and new plants planted in the planters. New signage for the village has been ordered and will be installed in January 2019. The signs were created with the input from the Bettystown Business Alliance group and Meath County Council. We are very lucky to have two great guys, Gary and Paul, from the Community Employment and TUS schemes. Their work during the week is of immense value to us and is ap-preciated by locals and businesses, thank you Gary and Paul. We are already making our plans for 2019 and two of the projects we have for next year is to tidy up and maintain the vacant site near the beach entrance and in another vacant site we plan on creating a pollina-tor site. We will need some help setting up the site, clearing undergrowth, planting, painting etc. If this project is of interest to you, and you would like to assist in some way, we would appreciate it if you would contact us to discuss further.Bettystown Village is your village and if you want to be involved in some aspect of its development, or you want to assist with organising an event, enhancing a specific area or you just want to help out now and again, then, why not consider joining BTT. You can contact us through our Facebook page or meet us in the vil-lage any Saturday morning between 10.00 and 11.00, when we are out and about in the village with our hi-vis jackets.Wishing you all the very best over the fes-tive season and best wishes for the New Year. §Sonas agus síocháin na Nollag chugat, agus bliain nua faoi shéan agus faoi mhaise. Wishing you a peaceful and happy Christmas and prosperity in the New Year.Louth & East Meath T.D. Imelda MUNSTER Drogheda Constituency OfficeOpen: Monday - Friday 9.30 - 5pmTel: 041 987 3823Email: imelda.munster@oireachtas.ieClinics held in Laytown & Ardee© December 2018 The Meath Coaster8Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa, Bettystown.Wellness Week Following on from obtaining our Health Promoting School flag in October we had our first ever Wellness Week. Staff enjoyed participating in mindful breathing, eating and walking. Pupils were given no written homework instead they focused on extra physical activities, emotional wellbeing and healthy eating. The children raised funds to help fund a defibrillator.Some of the activities they were involved in:-Walked 5 laps around the school with their teacherSkipped for 10 mins.Future First Aiders from Scoil Oilib-héir NaofaA huge thank you to Ms Carol Daly for organising Mark and Warren from the Civil Defence to come into Senior Infants recently as part of their lessons about ‘People Who Help Us’. The children were shown how to resusci-tate, make a sling and save someone from choking. They also got to check out the Civil Defence jeep and examine all the first aid equipment. They had a super time learning this new information. If you have a child who will be 4 years old before 31st March 2019 and wish to enrol them, please contact 041-9887431 or email office@bettystownschool.ie.Rode on their bikes or scoot-ers for fifteen minutes© December 2018 The Meath Coaster9Free Range Bronze Turkey, Smoked Ham, GooseSpiced Beef, Free Range Chicken... or how about Duck, Pheasant or Venison? We’ve got lots of variety so far a really tasty Christmas treat that’s sure to please, Visit Callaghan’s Butchers.Enter our Traditional Christmas Draw! Lots of PrizesCALLAGHAN’SQUALITY BUTCHERSBettystown, Co. MeathTelephone (041) 9887885Find Us OnPlanning for Christmas?Next >