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News – May 7th 2013
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: The group attended the Sleivebloom County Funday last Sunday 28th of April. This was held in Dunmore Wood and started at 10am and finished at 4pm. Our Beavers had a great day and took part in activities such as pioneering, Track and trails, Blind man’s Trail, Arts and Crafts and an read more...
News – April 24th 2013
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: Well done to all who camped out last weekend, our Beavers and two Cub sections. The weather wasn’t kind to us but all had a great time. Also thanks to our Friends in Clara and Roscrea for planning these events, our youth love to meet up with other groups from the Sleivebloom read more...
News – April 8th 2013
IRISH CANCER SOCIETY DAFFODIL DAY: Durrow Development Forum would like to thank everyone who so generously supported the ‘Coffee and Cake’ Event last weekend in aid of Daffodil Day. The event was hugely successful and raised €688. Special thanks goes to the people who donated cakes for the event. DURROW VINTAGE CLUB: The 11th Annual read more...
News – March 25th 2013
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: St. Patricks Weekend Festivities: The revamped ‘Anything Goes’ Parade gave the Durrow Parade a new lease of life and while some floats remained non motorised, new additions to the parade embraced their ‘motorisation’ including the Durrow Vintage Club, Durrow Civil Defence and the Durrow Fire Service. Four judges had the difficult task read more...
News – March 4th 2013
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: St. Patricks Weekend Festivities: St. Patrick’s Weekend Festivities will kick off in Durrow on Saturday 16th March with a Children’s Disco (Under 12s, Admission €3) in the Community Centre. St. Patrick’s Day will see the Outdoor Market on the Green from 11am to 5pm. The parade will commence at 3pm from the read more...
News – February 12th 2013
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: Regeneration of the Town Square – Durrow Development Forum are delighted to announce that planning permission has been granted for the regeneration of the Town Square. This is a project which has been in the pipeline for many years and it’s fantastic that in the current economic climate, the project continues to read more...
News – January 15th 2013
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: St. Patricks Weekend Celebrations - Durrow Development Forum are delighted to announce that St. Patrick’s weekend celebrations will kick off on Saturday, March 16th with a Children’s Disco in the CYMS Hall from 5pm to 7pm. Saint Patrick’s Day will be host to an Outdoor Market (from 11am to 5pm) and a read more...
News – December 20th 2012
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: Wednesday Cubs and Beavers enjoyed a great day out on December 2nd in Castlecomer Discovery Park, thanks to all those who made this special for our Cubs & Beavers. Friday Beavers: Our Friday Beavers enjoyed an overnight in Kilkenny Den on 1st December. Activities included, Pioneering, backwoods and campfire. Our thanks read more...
News – December 4th 2012
STARS IN YOUR EYES: There was standing room only in the Castle Arms Hotel on Saturday 24th November for ‘Stars in Your Eyes Concert’ presented by Durrow Development Forum. The event now in its 5th year was attended by just over 300 people and included 24 acts from Durrow and its environs. With an act read more...
News – November 20th 2012
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND CRIB: Durrow Development Forum are delighted to announce that this year a Crib will be present in The Square over the Christmas period. The blessing of the Crib, switching on of the Christmas lights and a carol service will take place at 7pm on Friday 7th December. All welcome. Donation boxes for the read more...
New Developments around Durrow – November 2012
Councillor John Bonham is pleased to inform the people of the Durrow area that a new footpath will be constructed from the Fire Station to the Harps GAA Grounds. Work is expected to start within the next two weeks. Also, Council lands in Durrow are expected to be offered for sale in the near future read more...
News – November 5th 2012
DAFFODIL APPEAL: The planting of daffodils and hedging on the Cork and Kilkenny Roads will commence on Saturday 10th November from 9am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4pm. Volunteers are required by Durrow Development Forum to assist with the effort. If you are available to volunteer for a couple of hours DDF would be most read more...
News – October 25th 2012
DAFFODIL APPEAL: Durrow Tidy Towns and Durrow Development Forum are planning to commence planting shortly along the Cullohill and Ballyragget approach roads. If you would like to join us on this project, please let us know – if you can come for a day, part of a day, or even an hour. There is great read more...
News – October 10th 2012
OUR LADY’S MEADOW NATIONAL SCHOOL: The Green School Committee are delighted to announce that Irish Olympian Deirdre Ryan raised our newest Green Flag last Friday, September 28th at the School grounds in Durrow. Congratulations and well done to all involved. DAFFODIL APPEAL: Durrow Tidy Towns and Durrow Development Forum are planning to commence planting (date read more...
News – September 25th 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: DDF are holding their AGM on Thursday 27th September at 8.30pm in the Library. During the meeting, the Durrow Scarecrow Festival, The All-Ireland Pride of Place and the projects such as the plan of The Square will be talked about. This year has been a very busy one for the Forum but read more...
News – September 12th 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: DDF are holding their AGM on Thursday 27th September at 8.30pm in the Library. During the meeting, the Durrow Scarecrow Festival, The All-Ireland Pride of Place and the projects such as the plan of The Square will be talked about. If you are interested in any of these, please drop read more...
News – August 21st 2012
DURROW SCARECROW FESTIVAL: Durrow Development Forum would like to say a sincere thank you to all who supported the Durrow Scarecrow Festival. With an attendance of close to 13,000 all attracted by 120 scarecrows, 33 workshops, 19 events and 5 musical acts, it has been a great festival. Special thanks to the army of over read more...
News – July 23rd 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: Durrow Scarecrow Festival: The Durrow Scarecrow Festival will take place from 28th July to 6th August. Make sure you book the dates and invite your friends and family to come to Durrow! The full programme of events has been distributed to all houses, shops and businesses around town. In addition, the programme is read more...
News – July 9th 2012
DURROW ART EXHIBITION: This is being held in conjunction with Durrow Scarecrow Festival. Throughout the festival the Art Exhibition will be on display in the Community Hall (Badminton Hall). The Exhibition will be open daily from Saturday 28th July to Monday 6th August between 2pm and 5pm. Appointments can be made for visiting groups outside read more...
News – June 18th 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: ALL IRELAND SCARECROW FESTIVAL: The All-Ireland Scarecrow Festival will take place from 28th July to 6th August. Make sure you book the dates and invite your friends and family to come to Durrow. We are working hard on the program at the moment and if anybody has new ideas, we would love read more...
Scarecrow Festival Featured in USA Magazine – June 12th 2012
News – June 6th 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: ALL IRELAND SCARECROW FESTIVAL: The All-Ireland Scarecrow Festival will take place from 28th July to 6th August. Make sure you book the dates and invite your friends and family to come to Durrow. We are working hard on the program at the moment and if anybody has new ideas, we would love read more...
Golf Classic Roundup – June 3rd 2012
Durrow Development Forum Golf Classic Results: First Prize – Four Green Fees for the K. Club: Roger Mcloughlin, Alan Bartley, Conor Ryan, Mark Kelly, 94 pts. Second Prize: John Moriarity, Liam Coady, Mick Webster, Joe Hennessy, 92 pts on the back 9 (48). Third Prize: Stephanie Phelan, Tom Lalor, Phillip Monnelly, Declan Phelan, 92 pts on the back 9 (46). Fourth Prize: Adrian Sheppard, Enda Carroll, Gearoid Campion, Paul Gray, 89 pts on the back 9 (45). read more...
News – May 8th 2012
STRICTLY COME DANCING: Durrow Development Forum has changed the date for Strictly Come Dancing to the end of the year after dancers have requested a bit of time to train for the performances of their lifetime. But watch this space as there is a lot of talent in Durrow and you wouldn’t want to miss read more...
News – April 23rd 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: STRICTLY COME DANCING: So you think you can dance? Will you take to the floor on Saturday 30th June in aid of Durrow Development Forum? Put on your dancing shoes and dance to your own beat… the floor is yours! If you are interested in taking part in our very first read more...
News – March 26th 2012
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: Congratulations to our Beaver Scouts on coming first in their youth section of the Parade on St. Patrick’s Day. They all came out as Smurfs and a small number of Cubs entered with them. They looked great and well done to all involved. On Saturday 24th March our “Chief Scout Award” Beavers read more...
Community Endeavor Award – March 17th 2012
Congratulations to Mary Walsh, pictured here with her husband Andy, on winning the Community Endeavour Award at the recent St Patrick’s Day Non-Motorised Parade in Durrow, Laois County, Ireland. Mary is involved in many worthy community projects and committees around the town and this award is in recognition of her many years of hard work read more...
News – March 12th 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM – RENOWNED IRISH EXPLORER TO WALK AND TALK IN DURROW: Renowned Irish Explorer, Mountaineer and Author Frank Nugent will be in Durrow on Sunday March 18th to launch and walk the newly revamped Durrow Leafy Loops and associated App Downloads in Castledurrow Hotel at 11.30am. Mr Nugent who is author of a read more...
News – February 27th 2012
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: National Challenge: On behalf of Durrow Scouts we would like to wish the Cubs who are going to represent the County at the National Challenge on Sunday 26th February the best of luck. This is a great achievement for our Cubs and we are sure they will do us proud. Raft read more...
Proposed Village Green Development Plans – February 2012
The proposed development plan for the square in Durrow is currently on public display in the Library on Chapel Street for the month of February. Durrow Development Forum would be happy to look at any suggestions and ideas in relation to the proposed Development. If you want a say in the town and in the read more...
News – February 6th 2012
RECENT PUBLIC MEETING: There was a very large attendance at the public meeting held on Tuesday 24th January. It was originally to be held the Presentation Centre but due to the large turnout this venue was too small. The Community Council would like to extend their sincere thanks to Canon O’Doherty who was attending the read more...
Roadworks – February 2012
In 2011, Laois County Council secured an allocation from NRA Safety Section for the provision of Traffic Calming Gateways on the N77 approaches to the town. During a regular inspection of the scheme, NRA and LCC staff agreed that additional traffic calming measures were required in the vicinity of Durrow town centre to reduce traffic speeds read more...
News – January 23rd 2012
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: An early start on Sunday 15th was had for Third Laois Durrow Cub Scouts as they took part in the Slieve Bloom County Challenge. The Slieve Bloom County is made up of Scout Groups from Laois, Offaly and North Tipperary. This event was held in Dunmore Woods and registration was from read more...
News – January 9th 2012
DURROW DEVELOPMENT FORUM: The planning of the 2012 St. Patrick’s Day Parade is now in full swing. The ‘Non Motorised’ Parade will take place at 2pm on the 17th March. The theme of this year’s parade is ‘Folklore, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes’ and we hope to have a large number of floats and participants. As read more...
News – December 12th 2011
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: We would like to wish all our members, parents and helpers a very Happy Christmas and peaceful New Year. Our four sections have their Christmas trips coming up shortly with our Beaver Section travelling to Shrahan in the Slieve Bloom Mountains on Saturday 17th December for an overnight activity. The Cub read more...
News – November 30th 2011
DURROW WOODS IS BEST OF THE BEST: Durrow Woods has been named among the top 6 “Best of Best” Life Nature projects assessed in 2010 by the EU member states. The Coillte owned woods, Knockanoran Bishops Wood, has been restored and included in the project that won this prestigious international nature conservation award. Between 2006 read more...
News – November 14th 2011
DURROW COMMUNITY COUNCIL: The members are calling to households in Durrow and surrounding areas with voting papers. If you have already received yours, you can help by returning them in the envelope supplied, to Durrow Post Office where there is a special box for them or leave them into Walsh’s Shop for collection. The voting read more...
News – October 25th 2011
THIRD LAOIS DURROW SCOUTS: Durrow Scouts have been asked to participate in a festival in Portlaoise on Saturday 29th October. We were asked to participate by the Laois Community Forum of which we are a member. Johnny Doheny from Laois County Council has been out to see us and explained what is involved. We were read more...
Sunday Round-Up – October 23rd 2011
Congratulations to The Harps Camogie Team who have won the Intermediate Leinster Camogie title at Kilkenny this afternoon. They beat Dicksboro on a scoreline of 0-10 to 0-05. They clinched their 6th Leinster title in a row today in horrendous weather. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Aine Mahony who sustained a knee injury 10 read more...
News – October 11th
COMMUNITY ALERT MONTH OCTOBER: “Be active – Be Alert – Be involved” Community Alert Awareness Month 2011 commenced on the First of October and runs until the 31st October. Community Alert has been operating in rural Ireland since 1985 as crime prevention harnesses the voluntary input of community members in almost 1350 Community Alert groups read more...