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Link. We have articles and ads mixed for your perusal and
enjoyment. Fruit 4U have their usual great offers and as usual, their briquettes are the best value in the county at 5 bales
for only €20 and not 4 for twenty as last month’s ad stated.
This is very much a local magazine and we are
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Planning Permission?” is a must-read if you are thinking of building We welcome comments and suggestions, feel free
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DO I NEED PLANNING
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house extensions do not require planning
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questions answered:
Are there any restrictions on windows?
Yes at ground floor level windows must be more
than 1m from the boundary and upstairs windows
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What types of extensions can I carry out under
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You can extend a house to the rear or you can convert
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house.
The roof of the extension cannot be used as a
balcony or a roof garden.
What size extension can I build at ground floor
level without needing to apply for permission?
Where a house has not previously been extended
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If a house has been previously extended, the size
of that previous extension and your proposed new
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What size extension can I build upstairs to the
back of my house without needing permission?
If it is a terraced or a semi-detached house you can
build up to 12m² without planning permission. If it is a
detached house you can build up to 20m².
What other restrictions apply?
You cannot build an extension which would reduce
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NAAS & NEWBRIDGE LIBRARIES
All events at our libraries are FREE, booking in advance may be required.
Adult Book Club
Newbridge Community Library on Tuesday 21st October at 7pm. New members welcome.
Contact the library for more details on ph. 045-448353 or e-mail newbridgelib@kildarecoco.ie
The wonderful children’s author Dale Treadwell will be visiting Newbridge Community
Library on Saturday 11th October at 11am. Come along and hear stories about wildlife!
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Musical Tots
Tuesday 28th October, 10.30 - 11.30am
Join Karen for music, dancing and lots of fun. Suitable for pre-school children.
Places are limited for this FREE event. Contact Naas Community Library on ph. 045-879111
or naaslib@kildarecoco.ie to book your place.
New Perspectives - Writing & Publishing in the 21st Century
Panel discussion with John MacKenna, Anthony Glavin, Martin Malone and Mary O’Donnell
Friday 17th October 5.30pm. This is a Fringe Event at our Readers Festival
(see our ad in this magazine).
Digitise-The-Nation
Basic Introduction to Computers for adults. A 2 hour, four week course every Thursday beginning
9th October. Participants will learn computer layout, e-mail, searching the internet and more.
iPads provided will be provided for class. Places are limited for this FREE course and booking is
essential. Contact Naas Community Library on ph. 045-879111 or naaslib@kildarecoco.ie to book
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“From Page to Stage”
A two hour musical workshop featuring Wicked, Legally Blonde: The Musical and Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory - The New Musical. Learn the songs and act out the scenes from
a collection of musicals that are all book based! Friday 31st October 10am - 12pm.
Suitable for 7 - 12 year olds. Places are limited for this FREE event.
Contact Naas Community Library on ph. 045-879111 or naaslib@kildarecoco.ie
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Wednesday 29th October 11.45am - 12.45pm
Spooky Make and do workshop with Liadain involving betwitched coat hangers and scary
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All About Eva Kildare Readers Festival 2014 Fiddle & Film Show Ladder to Damascus Johny McEvoy – Evening of Nostagia Dee Book-A-Doodle-Book Workshop Shadow Puppetry Workshop for 7-10 year olds
Scare the socks off your friends this Halloween. Torn paper, fabrics, masking tape and
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Tuesday 28th October 1.30 - 2.30pm. All materials will be supplied. Places are limited
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It gives us great pleasure at Kildare Library & Arts
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This weekend represents one of the highlights of our
calendar and we are very excited to present this year’s
programme. Whether you are a library borrower,
a book club member, an eBook downloader, an
audio-book listener, a first-time or a seasoned festival
visitor, we will be delighted to be in your company and
to introduce you to our wonderful line-up of guests at
the Riverbank Arts Centre.
And last, but by no means least, we are delighted to invite you to
join Dermot Bolger for an intimate and relaxed Sunday morning
interview with one of the foremost Irish writers of her generation,
Jennifer Johnston.
Also, check out our Fringe Events starting with an evening celebrating the work of poet, essayist and critic Dennis O’Driscoll in Alice’s
Café, Naas. Tracy Pigott will facilitate a discussion on All About Eva,
the drama of making a movie. There will be a Blogging workshop
with Jennie McGinn and we will have the KRF Notebook Launch too!
This year, we introduced FREE library membership for all in Kildare
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Service with Susan Boyle, performer, playwright, arts facilita- time to check out one of our 16 libraries throughout the county to
see what is on offer. A full list of all our libraries and our events protor and arts project manager will discuss ‘the little things’.
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Journalist Róisín Ingle and author / musician Peter Murphy our fantastic Readers Festival events are also FREE, so come along,
share a thoroughly entertaining look at 10 Books You Should enjoy and allow us to inspire you on your reading journey for the
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year ahead!
Then meet the Queens of Crime, Niamh O’Connor, author
and journalist from the Sunday World and best selling and
award-winning author Louise Phillips.
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Join us for an insight into how Mental Health Issues are represented through film and literature with Professor Jim Lucey,
author Carol Coffey, Mary McEvoy and Cathal Black.
World War I and its influences on Ireland, Kildare and Literature
will be discussed by Padraig Yeates, former Industry and Employment Correspondent of The Irish Times; James Durney,
award winning author, local and military historian and historical consultant; Mary P. Corcoran, Professor of Sociology
at the National University of Ireland. Philip Scott, renowned
local tenor will bring songs from the era.
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For many people, the cold clear days of winter bring more than just a
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skin care routine. Find an “ointment” moisturizer that’s oil-based, rather than
water-based, as the oil will create a protective layer on the skin that retains
more moisture than a cream or lotion. (Hint: Many lotions labelled as “night
creams” are oil-based.) However - choose your oils with care because not all
oils are appropriate for the face. Look for “non-clogging” oils such as avocado
oil, mineral oil, primrose oil, or almond oil. Shea oil or butter is controversial,
because it can clog facial pores. You should also look for lotions containing
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hands moist, especially in cold, dry weather. This can lead to itchiness and
cracking. Wear gloves when you go outside; if you need to wear wool to keep
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wool might cause.
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small humidifiers throughout your home; they help disperse the moisture more
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of time. A lukewarm bath with oatmeal or baking soda, can help relieve skin that
is so dry it has become itchy. So, too, can periodically reapplying your moisturizer.
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My grandmother made the best soda bread ever – or so I thought, until I met my mother-in-law. “Lily”,
sez I to her last week, “How do you make that bread?” “Well” sez she, “I mix the flour and the milk and
the bread soda together and I bake it in the oven”. “Lily”, sez I, “What temperature do you bake it at?”
“Hot enough” sez she “Lily, how much flour? How much milk?” “Just the right amount”.
For the sake of this article I attended the last bread-making session, to try and ascertain the exact recipe for the perfect soda bread. To be sure, Lily was not lying to me, she had the oven set at “just hot enough” and the ingredients
were mixed by hand without reference to measuring spoon, measuring jug or weighing scales. With a skill born of
long practice, she melded the ingredients together and in under an hour we were buttering slices of hot & delicious
soda bread – better than Granny used to make.
As best I can tell, the following is how Lily made her bread. Tweak the ingredients and oven temperatures a little here
and a little there and you, too, may eventually bake the perfect soda bread.
Ingredients:
1 lb white flour
1 level teaspoon salt
1 level teaspoon breadsoda
.
Buttermilk 12 fl oz (350 ml) approx
e.
- keep a little more ready just in cas
dry ingredients and
Preheat your oven to 230ºC. Sieve the
tre. Pour most of
mix them. Make a little well in the cen
the sides of the
the milk in at once. Mix in the flour from
The dough should
bowl, adding more milk if necessary.
together, turn it
be soft, not sticky. When it all comes
. Knead lightly for
out onto a well -floured work-surface
about 1½ inches
a moment. Pat the dough into a round
hy? I dunno. It’s
(2.5cm) deep and cut a cross on it (W
always been done that way).
n down the oven to
Bake at 230ºC for 15 minutes, then tur
. If you are in doubt,
200ºC for 30 minutes or until cooked
ked it will sound
tap the bottom of the bread: if it is coo
hollow.
really old fashioned,
Leave on a wire tray to cool. If you’re
in a cotton tea-towel
leave it on the windowsill. Wrapping
will help keep the crust soft.
Slice the bread.
Get the morning papers. Wet the tea.
Butter it with real butter. Eat.
2/3 of the white
Tip: If you prefer brown bread, replace
flour with wholemeal flour.
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