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Our clinic is open late, 6 days a week. ++ Tel: Web: 59 Drogheda Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin (between Supervalu & the Garda Station) Dr. John Heeney & Associates B.A., B. Dent. Sc. Hons (T.C.D.), B. Rad (U.C.D.), D.C.R. (London) Tel: 01 - 841 7344 www.balbriggandentalcare.ie 01841 73 44 8 to 8 Dental Balbriggan Balbriggan© July 2020 The Meath Coaster 4 The Meath Coaster Magazine and Services Directory S ince June 2005, T he Meath Coaster is published monthly and distributed in County Meath between Grange Rath, Donacarney, Mornington, Bettystown, Laytown, Julianstown and Stamullen, as well as in some local shops. Each print issue has over 7,000 copies. The Coaster Digital Edition is available online @ www. meathcoaster.com/library, This month’s cover by David Stanley is of a child in a Laytown field, she was enthralled by nature and just loved this ladybird. 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FOR SALEFOR SALEFOR SALE Roseville, Bettystown 4 Bed & 4 Bath Price region €285,000 The Village, Bettystown 3 Bed & 1 Bath Price region €125,000 Northlands, Bettystown 3 Bed & 3 Bath Price region €215,000 An Ri Rua , Bettystown 2 Bed & 2 Bath Price region €160,000 Pasadena, Bettystown 4 Bed & 3 Bath Price on application FOR SALEFOR SALE FOR SALE Eastham Court, Bettystown 2 Bed & 2 Bath Price region €185,000 FOR SALE The Downs, Whitefield Manor 4 Bed & 3 Bath Price region €300,000 An Colm Choille, Bettystown 1 Bed & 1 Bath €150,000 FOR SALE FOR RENTFOR RENTFOR RENT RENTED & MANAGED RENTED & MANAGED RENTED & MANAGED RENTED & MANAGED RENTED & MANAGED RENTED & MANAGED Rose Cottage, Bettystown 2 Bed & 1 Bath Rent €1,200 pm An Colm Choille, Bettystown 1 Bed & 1 Bath €950 pm Seagrave Square, Ashbourne 2 Bed & 2 Bath €1,389 pm The Park, BryanstownKermon House, DroghedaCastlemartin, Bettystown Mornington, Co. MeathBay View, BettystownStrandview, Bettystown Meath@bohanhyland.ie www.bohanhyland.ie 041 9812222 Meath Office Bohan Hyland & Associates Bettystown Town Centre Bettystown, Co. Meath© July 2020 The Meath Coaster 8 Bettystown Tidy Towns (BTT) E nhancement works are continuing around the town, although at a slower pace due to Covid restrictions. Pole planters were installed on the light poles along the main street. These planters have an 8 litre water reservoir to supply water to the plants as required. This is a very efficient watering process and elimi- nates excess watering and saves water. The units are watered with harvested rain water using our new mobile watering unit. Our thanks to Denis and Marina Reddan of Reddan’s Bistro Bar for sponsoring the 7,000 litre water harvesting tank and permitting us to install the tank on their property and harvest the rain water from their Neptune Hotel roof. Congratulations to Elissa Plunkett who won our banner photograph competition that we held before Covid restrictions were in place. The banner is now hanging by the Bettystown beach entrance. Our thanks to local resident Deborah Ander- son for designing the sign layout and to Val Darcy of Budget Signs for printing and donating the sign to us. With limited funding this year, due in part to Council and National Tidy Towns grants being suspended, we are very grate- BTT Volunteer, Tony Lennon, using our mobile watering unit to water the planters with harvested rain water Banner at Bettystown beach entrance© July 2020 The Meath Coaster 9 ful to Liz and Roger from The Cottages, and Pat Stafford of Stafford Nurseries in Laytown who donated plants to us and to Jayne Kearney of Anagenic Hair Design and Des Lappin for their generous finan- cial contributions. These funds will help us continue our work in the town. Carroll Estates, the developers of Cois na Mara and Sraid na Tra, donated wood to BTT and to the East Meath Men’s Shed to assist us with projects we are working on. Our thanks to Ollie Cawley of Carroll Estates who arranged this for both of our groups. We are continuing to create wildflower gardens in the town and Bill McDon- ough, a volunteer with BTT, created signs for each of our gardens. The Green Gate Garden is located on Tri- ton Road across the road from Coastal Carpets. The Kite Garden is located behind the statue of the Boy with a Kite. Eastham Corner Garden is located at the roundabout near the Bettystown Court Hotel. The Green Gate Garden, on Triton Road New wildflower bed at Eastham corner Continued over....Next >