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COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The SALLINS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL 2008 is upon us. It will happen on
the weekend of August 9/10th.

The events of the festival are described here.

This year's program will be dropped to most homes in Sallins, by volunteers. This is the cover of this years programme. (Click for larger image).

Sallins Community Festival Programme 2008

The Gardening Competition Application Form is available
on this Link. Gardening Poster 2008
and the is the Queen of the Waterways Application form is here. Link. Sallins Queen of the Waterways 2008

The Festival Queen Competition is sponsored by the Bridgewater Inn (www.Bridgewater.ie). Denise Healy was appointed Queen of the Waterways after winning the competition last year. She has gone on to win the Regional heat of the Rose of Tralee and she will appear in the final Rose competiton in the Dome in August. Best of Luch Denise.

The Festival Art Competition for children is sponsored by Tom and Mary Cross. Entry forms are now available. A Print friendly page is available here and a Word version can be downloaded here.

The Sallins Community Council meets on the first Monday of each month, in the Parish Centre, beside the Church. Recent meetings discussed the upcoming review of the Sallins Local Area Plan, by the Kildare County Council, and the recent Public Consultation around the options, put forward by KCC, for the planned Sallins Relief road. There is a page on this subject on the KCC website here and the full Study doc is available here (3.5 MB pdf)
A doc on the SCC recommended route is available in the Community section.

We are building up a Directory of the opening times and service offerings of the Local Businesses in our Amenities Section..

There is some new info on current Planning Issues in our Community section.

This is the new website of the Sallins Community Council. Please send any ideas you have on what content we can share through this facility to Joe.Kelly@Sallins.Org.