< Previous© February 2018 The Meath Coaster20mended projects was based on the physics of the roller coaster in Tayto Park. The project received funding from Women in Physics in order to enable the students to further develop their ideas. All our entries will be taken further. The girls are entering the John Hooper CSO statistics award, Scifest, The environmen-tal awards and The Northern Ireland Big Bang. We wish all our 3rd and 6th year students the very best in the Mock Examinations which will start this term.Our Elite dance crew are through to the All Ireland schools final after a fantastic performance at the semi finals in the TLT in Drogheda.. Our u16 Camogie team are also very proud winners of the Leinster fi-nal and are through to the national quarter finals. §Some of our Young Scientists© February 2018 The Meath Coaster21Wedding ShowcaseTHURS 22ND FEB6-9PMJoin us at Glenside Hotel for our Beautiful Wedding Showcase and discover why we are fast becoming one of the North East's Premier Wedding venues.Glenside Hotel, Drogheda 041 982 9999 info@glensidehotel.ie www.glensidehotel.ieComplimentary room Draping & lighting worth over €1250 for all weDDings ConfirmeD with Deposit of €1000 on the night.*t&C’s applyLive Music & Bubbles on Arrival Sumptuous Food Tasting A Host of Wedding SuppliersGoody Bags for the First 50 Couples Full Wedding Set up in Banqueting SuiteAnnual Market Day© February 2018 The Meath Coaster22Coláiste na hInseBilly Elliot Production Smashes Atten-dance Records in CNIOver 1,400 people thronged to Co-láiste na hInse over four nights for the outstanding production of Billy El-liot The Musical. With a team of over one hundred and nearly twenty teachers hav-ing worked towards this production over a number of months, the audiences were stunned by the professional standard per-formance, leading to a standing ovation each night. Congratulations to all of the dáltaí in-volved in the cast, the orchestra and backstage, and to the teachers who have worked with the dáltaí since September, including over the Christmas holidays. A huge thank you also to all of our generous sponsors for their support of the show as the curtain came down on another year of musical theatre in the Coláiste.Months of Rehearsals and Preparations Paid off over four nightsScene from Billy Elliot© February 2018 The Meath Coaster23Saoirse O'Donnell and Eoghan Boland have all qualified for the semi final of the Leinster Schools' Debating competition. Aoife and Eoghan have also qualified for the national run offs for the Irish team. Finally one of our sixth years has had incredible success in the Soroptimist National Public Speaking Competition. Medb Brereton Hurley has qualified for the national final to take place on March DebatingAs we move into the business end of most debating competitions, the Coláiste is very well represented on all fronts. At junior level, six of our daltaí have quali-fied for the Leinster Finals' Day of the All Ireland Junior Debating competition! Well done to Eabha Brereton Hurley, Mark Hanley, Liam Walker, Peter Phelan, Laragh Philips and first year Aoife Forkin. At senior level, debates have coming in thick and fast. Sixth years Aoife Walker, Continued over....Lá DearfachasStudents Receiving their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement in CNIThe SanctuaryUpstairs @ Riverside Home & Gifts, Coast Road MorningtonSANCTUARY HAIR SALON MARTINA 0876009845© February 2018 The Meath Coaster24Credit Union Art Winner10th in Ballina. We wish her and all our speakers the best of luck!Lá DearfachasOver two days, over one thousand dáltaí from Coláiste na hInse descended on the Pavilions in Swords for ice-skating and last minute Christmas shopping. There were plenty of thrills and spills, but there have been noticeable year-on- year im-provements, especially from the múinte-oirí! A huge thank you to the Coláiste’s Foireann Dearfachas for organising both days, a remarkable feat of organisations and logistics.CNI Students Receive their Junior Cy-cle Profile of Achievement!On Friday 22nd of December all 220 stu-dents who sat their Junior Cycle/Certifi-cate exams in May 2017 received their JCPA – Junior Cycle Profile of Achieve-ment.This is the first time this innovative way of recording students’ academic and non-academic achievements has been awarded to students.SEC exam results, Classroom Based As-sessment Results and Other Areas of Learning (Learning that occurred through: Sports, Debating, Music, etc) have all been recorded in one place for students and parents giving a holistic insight into each student.Erin Englishby Wins Credit Union Art CompetitionCongratulations to Third Year dálta Erin Englishby for her success in the Credit Union Art Competition in the always competitive 14-17 Category. To mark her success, Erin has been in-vited to Croke Park in February where she will be presented with her prize. Well done Erin! §Over 1,400 People Attended Billy Elliot in CNIDáltaí Enjoy Ice Skating at Lá Dearfachas086/1733396086/3673406Mullenandsons1@gmail.comwww.Mullenandsons.comAlan Mullen & Sons Builders LtdFifth Generation Irish BuildersFor All Your Building NeedsNew Builds - Extensions - Renovations Attic Conversions Fully Insured and RegisteredLouth & East Meath T.D. IMELDA MUNSTERWorking with Cllr Eimear FergusonFor an appointment please contact me atSINN FÉIN CONSTITUENCY OFFICE84 West St., DroghedaMonday - Friday 9.30 - 5pm041 987 3823imelda.munster@oireachtas.ieLOCAL CLINIC TIMEAlverno House, Laytown.2nd & 4th Monday, 3.30pm - 4.30pmPhone 041 987 3823 for appointmentwww.developmentperspectives.ie/sdgadvocacy© February 2018 The Meath Coaster26News from Julianstown & District Community Associationby Niamh Uí Loinsigh and Mi-chelle O’RourkeHello Spring…We have endured a long, dark & cold winter but longer, brighter evenings are fi-nally on the way… Wel-come February, good-bye January… Spring is here and with it brings the feast day of St. Brigid (Lá Fhé-ile Bríde) - 1st February, offically marking the start of the pagan festival of Spring. St. Brigid is a very busy saint as she is the patron saint of many, including ba-bies, blacksmiths, boatsmen, cattle farm-ers, dairy workers, fugitives, mariners, midwives, nuns, poets, the poor, sailors, scholars & travellers to name but a few. Brigid is one of Ireland’s patron saints and was known as a fertility goddess in Celtic mythology. According to tradition Brigid was born at Fochart, near Dundalk. One of the most common traditions of the day is to make a St. Brigids Cross, which are made traditionally from rushes but straws will work too. They are made in a cross shape with a square shape in the middle and then four arms coming along each side. Some believe that the crosses have the power to protect the owner’s home from harm. Tidy TownsOur Bug Hotel in the Woods was recently vandalised and our committee was won-dering would any Transition Year Stu-dents be willing to revamp it? You can be as creative as you wish and it would be a lovely project for those taking part in the President’s Gaisce Award. Community Involvement is all about giv-ing back to the community. Whatever pas-sions you may have: care and concern for the environment; a love of animals; or a desire to make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate than you, the Com-munity Involvement section gives you the chance to make a difference.Castle Grove Estate EntranceWell done to the Residents of the Castle Grove on the beautiful and well main-tained entrance to their estate. It is a credit to you all and what people can’t see when they are passing by is the lovely shrub-bery at the rear of the estate. Love the Cyclamens!Julianstown wel-comes Dean Kath-erine Poulton to St. Mary’s Church of Ireland. She was one of the first women to be ordained a deacon in the Church of Ire-© February 2018 The Meath Coaster27land in 1987. She was born in Belfast, the daughter of a priest of the Down & Dro-more diocese. She moved to the Republic of Ireland in 1999. In 2010 she became Dean of Kilkenny where she felt privi-leged and challenged by her appointment. Katherine has two children who live and work in Dublin. She likes to keep in con-tact with friends, visit new places, loves reading, attempts knitting and taking her dog, Millie on daily walks. She has en-joyed walks by the river Nore in Kilkenny but looks forward to walking on the beach at Laytown and Bettystown. New Speed SignsCastle Grove & Ballygarth Manor estates in Julianstown have been included under the Road Traffic Special Speeds Limits (Housing Estates) at its October meeting and came into force from November 2017. Learn CPR it could save livesIf anyone in the community would like to learn CPR or wants to know how to use the External Defibrillators we have installed around the community please call along to the old red brick school Donacarney Co Meath. We will be demonstrating every 3rd Thursday of each month between 20.00 - 22.00hrs. Dates for 2018 are15th February, 15th March, 19th April. 17th May, 21st June, 19th July, 16th August, 20th September, 18th October, 15th November, 20th December Please come along & bring a friend. We look forward to seeing everyone.Sensible Social MediaSocial media plays a big part of our lives on a daily basis. Be sensible with every image you post online. Once you post an image on a social media site you no longer have control over it, and it is likely to end up anywhere. A post is forever. Even if you delete it as soon as possible, it’s prob-able that someone caught a screen capture of it. Be careful what in-formation you post on social media and check your security settings. Set down guidelines so your children are kept safe while surfing. Talk to your children about the dangers and consequences of social media. Check your children’s security settings regularly. Keep a good line of communication open between yourself and your children, when it comes to social media, as this can help reduce any problems that may occur. Safe surfing!© February 2018 The Meath Coaster28Beware of Bogus CollectorsYou are responsible for your waste from when it leaves your front garden to where it ends up for disposal. Under the Waste Management Regulations must have a valid Waste Collection Permit. If a ‘man with a van’ arrives at your gate, seeking to take & dispose of your waste, there is every chance that your waste will end up dumped in a bog, in a field or on a beach. Do not give your waste to bogus collectors, check their waste collection permit. If your waste has to be cleaned up by the Council, you are paying on the double i.e. the bogus collector & through your taxes and if the waste is linked to you, you will receive a court fine & pay again. Do not allow bogus collectors destroy our envi-ronment. If you are approached by a bo-gus collector, contact the Environment Section, Meath County Council in confi-dence.Contact us: www.julianstown.com or www.facebook.com/JulianstownTidy-TownsGroup Crab Apple at the WoodsHave a walk in the woods and take a look at all the plaques on the trees with pictures and poems from the pupils of Whitecross National School. They are AMAZING! Call us on 041 9886545 for an appointment.Email: bettystowndental@gmail.comWeb: www.bettystowndental.ieTriton Road, Bettystown, Co. Meath (between Funtasia & Tesco)Extended PRSI Scheme Dental exam and clean only €15 for qualified patients. To check eligibility contact us on 0419886545Private, PRSI and Medical Card Patients WelcomeDr Matthew Crinion B.D.S. 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