Drumcondra Triangle Residents Association AGM
Wednesday, 7th November 2018, 7pm
Room F218 -  DCU (St. Patrick’s College)

• Safety in the Community discussion with Local Community Garda Martin Lynch
• Updates on the Committee’s work over the past year and plans for 2019:
  • Social Events
  • 100th Anniversary of estate events
  • Neighbourhood Improvements
  • Environment

• Treasurer’s Report
• Election to Committee
• Members’ opportunity to have your say

​Newsletter
In October 2017, Drumcondra Triangle Residents Association (DTRA) was established to celebrate the community living in the triangle area between Home Farm Road and Griffith Park, as well as Millbourne Avenue and Millmount Avenue, Terrace and Place, and College Manor. We formed a committee and three sub-committees: 100th Anniversary Celebration Committee, Social Committee and Safety and  Environmental Committee.  Our first year has been an enormous success and we are grateful to all our neighbours who supported our events. We always welcome new members, volunteers, ideas and suggestions for improvements to our area.
Snapshot of 2018 DTRA activities
• Spring Series of History Lectures, February – May 2018
Four lectures were delivered by historians and academics, Louis O’Flaherty, Dr Ruth McManus, Dr Joseph Brady and Dr Ellen Rowley between February and May 2018 on the local history and architecture of Drumcondra and surrounding area.

• Spring Clean-Up

• Picnic in the Park with 500 members of our local community enjoying dog show, children’s sports games, bands, music lessons for children, cake sale, raffle, each other’s company and the sunshine.
• Liaised with Dublin City Council to secure improvements to the local environment such as fixing paths, removing debris from electricity cables, fixing broken electricity boxes.
• Wildlife Walk and Bat Walk in Griffith Park, as well as Wildlife Talk.

• Submissions to Bus Connects and Metro Link
• Piloted flower boxes, with a view to rolling out across RA area.

 
For further information, and to keep in touch, see: www.drumcondratriangle.com

The Government is promoting a national Community day to occur over the next Bank Holiday. The press release from the relevant department is quoted below....

"The Minister Rural and Community Development, Mr Michael Ring, TD, has today (20 September 2018) announced the launch of a National Community Day, to be held for the first time on May Bank Holiday weekend, 2019. Minister Ring has urged local communities to come up with ideas for events in their areas.

Speaking at the National Ploughing Championship in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Minister Ring said: “National Community Day is a celebration of the great spirit of community that exists throughout the country and an effort to facilitate people who share communities to get together, get to know each other and deepen the sense of community in their area.

“Events will take place over the course of the May Bank Holiday weekend (4-6 May) 2019. The days will be getting longer and the summer will be just upon us.

“I invite people throughout the country to begin thinking about how they can help make National Community Day events a success for their local community.

“The success of this initiative lies in having local communities decide what events are most appropriate for their area. National Community Day belongs to everyone. We don’t want to tell communities what they should do, events will be very much driven by communities.

“The events could include themes around sport, history, baking, anything that will help neighbours to come together. It could be as simple as neighbours coming together for a cup of tea and a chat.

“National Community Day is a chance for people to foster a sense of helping each other by coming together, not just on that day, but all year round. As our society has become a busier place, people have less time to get to know their neighbours. National Community Day will provide a structure to allow people to meet each other, have an enjoyable time at local events which are devised and driven by the community.”

Minister Ring concluded: “Further details of this exciting initiative will follow in the coming weeks and months.”

National Community Day is an initiative of the Department of Rural and Community Development in conjunction with stakeholders.

Arising from consultation with a number of interested stakeholders, a working group has been formed to consider the design of the event. Among the Group members are representatives of Public Participation Networks, Local Community Development Committees, Volunteer Ireland, Young Social Innovators, Macra na Feirme, Street Feast and Change X."