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25 May 2020
COVID-19

Irish Water launches advice for businesses re-opening premises

To assist non-domestic customers preparing to re-use buildings after a period of closure or under-utilisation, Irish Water has launched a new section on water.ie with advice and practical tips to help ensure internal water and wastewater systems are made safe for staff, customers and visitors.

24 May 2020
Africa Day

Marking Africa Day 2020 Online

Fingal County Council in association with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are delighted to be part of the Virtual Africa Day celebration 2020 which provides a great opportunity to showcase African culture and communities living in Fingal

22 May 2020
Heritage from Home

Heritage from Home - Postcards

In March 2020 An Post gave every household free postcards for posting to family and friends across the country to help them stay connected during lockdown. With social media etc. sending postcards had gone out of fashion.

22 May 2020
Heritage from Home

Heritage from Home - Trinity Access to Research Archive

So a lesser known research  site to while away an afternoon is TARA or the Trinity Access to Research Archive http://www.tara.tcd.ie/ TARA is an open access repository with restricted access only in unavoidable instances, e.g. where publisher copyright restrictions prevail. One of the many collections is that of Prof. Edwin C. Rae was Professor of the History of Art at the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana.

19 May 2020
Heritage from Home

Heritage from Home - Brazil House

Hundreds of sites in Fingal are both archaeological monuments and protected structures. Take Brazil house (as the archaeologist’s recorded it) or Brazeel House (according to the architects).  This was the former residence of the Bolton family, many of whom had distinguished legal careers, including Sir Richard Bolton, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, in the reign of Charles the First.