Active Public Consultations/Notices




Burial Ground Bye-Laws 2021 

Tipperary County Council has recently published its Draft Burial Ground Bye-Laws, for which you are invited to give your views and make submissions. 

To view Draft Burial Ground Bye-Laws please visit https://consultations.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/2021-11/Burial%20Ground%20Bye%20laws%20291021.pdf 

A copy of the Draft Bye-Laws will also be made available on request. 

How to make a Submission
Submissions must be received by 4.30pm on Wednesday, 12th January 2022 in one of the following ways:

Online via https://consultations.tipperarycoco.ie/form/submissions-form-burial-ground-b
Email  the submission form to burialgrounds@tipperarycoco.ie
Post  the submission form to Environment & Climate Action Section, Civic Offices, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
In person to any municipal office across the county using the submission form  

For more information contact the Environment & Climate Action Section by email burialgrounds@tipperarycoco.ie or by phone 0818 06 5000 or
please visit https://consult.tipperarycoco.ie/consultations/Public-Consultation-on-Tipperary-County-Council%E2%80%99s-Draft-Burial-Grounds-Bye-Laws-2021



 

The Jam Card  

Transport for Ireland along with Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland, Iarnród Éireann, TFI Local Link and Luas are continuing our journey to become JAM Card friendly. The Jam Card will assist customers using the public transport system and make their experience as stress-free as possible. 

What is JAM Card and who is it for?JAM Card allows people with a communication barrier tell others they need ‘Just A Minute’ discreetly and easily. The JAM Card© was created by NOW Group, a social enterprise that supports people with learning difficulties and autism into jobs with a future and their service users told them that they would like a way to relay to people that they need a little extra time or patience. Find out more about NOW Group at www.nowgroup.org and JAM Card© at www.jamcard.org. 

There are 3 message options to choose from:
1) Please be patient, I have autism
2) Please be patient, I have a learning disability/difficulty
3) Please be patient, I have a condition 

Where can I get one? 

There are several different methods to get a JAM Card. JAM Cards are available for collection from the following transport hubs:Irish Rail Stations: Connolly Station, Pearse Station, Heuston Station, Dublin, Kent Station, Cork,  Ceannt Station, GalwayColbert Station, Limerick, Plunkett Station, Waterford and MacDiarmada Station, Sligo. Dublin Bus: Dublin Bus Head Office, O’Connoll St, Local Link Offices 

You can also request one directly from NOW Group by visiting the JAM Card website and filling out the request form. or if you would prefer there is a JAM Card App available for Android and iOS. 






Layer Up Campaign  

The Government has updated the public health advice posters. Layer Up is a cross-Government campaign which encourages everyone to layer up on the behaviours to protect from Covid-19 by getting vaccinated, wearing face masks, washing/sanitising our hands frequently, keeping our distance, meet up outdoors where possible, and ensuring indoor spaces are well ventilated. 

More information and a series of posters are available free to download at gov.ie/LayerUp.






Help Protect Tipperary’s Rivers & Lakes consultations 

Let’s Manage Our Water Better! 

The Tipperary PPN and the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) would like to invite you to a consultation webinar ‘Help Protect Tipperary’s Rivers & Lakes’ which forms part of the public consultation for community groups in Tipperary on the Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland (2022 to 2027). This 1 hour consultation event will take place via Zoom (see invite below) 

Date:      Tuesday 7th December 2021
Time:      19:30 to 20:30 hours 

Agenda: 

Opening & Welcome
Background to meeting & the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO)
Brief Overview – EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 
Overview on the Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland (2022-2027)
Making a Submission as part of the public consultation process
Open Discussion and Q&A Session

In preparing for this virtual meeting please see: 

The published the Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland (2022 to 2027) available to download at https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/2bda0-public-consultation-on-the-draft-river-basin-management-plan-for-ireland-2022-2027/.  

To learn more about the draft plan visit www.lawaters.ie or visit the Virtual Public Consultation Room https://drbmp-vcr.ie/ 

Please find the details to join this consultation webinar via zoom on Tuesday 7th December 2021 at 7:30 pm below  

Join Zoom Meeting
https://lawaters-ie.zoom.us/j/89274661077?pwd=WFpyOFVqM1NYeHd5cVkwZmZrOEs3QT09 

Meeting ID: 892 7466 1077
Passcode: 614710






Funding/ Grant Opportunities




The Community Climate Action Programme fund  

New funding streams have been launched to assist communities to take action. The Community Climate Action Programme fund is open for submissions till January 14th 2022. 

Read about this fund here: https://www.pobal.ie/programmes/community-climate-action-programme-climate-education-capacity-building-and-learning-by-doing-strand-2/?fbclid=IwAR1l8HMkbcQVDNN6clxGoXSXGPFcykixw2kd6ZfCEki6Vo1iZrxW9-J6Mt8 

Pobal are hosting an application Webinar which will provide technical support and guidance for filling out the application form. This is coming up on Dec 9th. To register visit https://www.pobal.ie/programmes/community-climate-action-programme-climate-education-capacity-building-and-learning-by-doing-strand-2/online-events/






Public Service Announcements, Training and Upcoming Local Events




Tidy Towns newsletter 
Please find the latest newsletter for tidy towns which contains the following 

2021 SuperValu TidyTowns Competition Winners
TidyTowns Grant
Articles from TidyTowns Groups – Belmullet, Tullamore, Dromiskin & Baltinglass
Cork Volunteer Awards – Clonakilty TidyTowns
3 for the Sea
Poets Corner 

Visit https://www.tidytowns.ie/about-us/newsletters/ to read




   

Newsletter Autumn 2021 

Please find the latest newsletter from Communities Creating Jobs Autumn Newsletter 2021






BirdWatch Ireland – Bird Connect Project 

BirdWatch Ireland receive grant funding from the Community Foundation of Ireland for Birds Connect. This is a new social inclusion / biodiversity project. The project’s focus is connecting people and birds through citizen science, outreach and training.They are particularly interested in exploring innovative ways to improve access and participation in bird projects for people with disabilities, new communities and minority groups. 

As part of this project they have produced a laminated bird identification guide to be distributed to Direct Provision Centres and Nursing Homes. The guide has 50 of our most common Irish birds with illustrations and the names translated into Irish, Arabic and French. Birdwatch Ireland will supply physical copies of this guide to Direct Provision Centres and Nursing Homes. 

Birdwatch Ireland are looking at building connections with the residents of these institutions through a bird nest box project and are hoping to work with local men’s sheds and community groups to build and install nest boxes in Direct Provision Centres and Nursing Homes. The majority of the boxes will be tit or robin-style, as these offer the best take-up rates – but there might be scope for other designs if the right location presents itself. Birdwatch Ireland can provide diagrams of suitable nest boxes. 

Any groups interested in the getting involved in this project please contact Andrew by email alynch@birdwatchireland.ie 

For more information visit https://birdwatchireland.ie/community-nest-box-scheme/








Tipperary CYPSC Website Launch 

Tipperary Children and Young People’s Service Committee (CYPSC) the launched their new website launched to help Tipperary children and young people connect with the services they need.  

Visit www.tipperarychildrenandyoungpeoplesservices.ie to check it out.







Latest Arts Office Newsletter 

Please find attached the latest Arts Office Newsletter https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/arts/current-news-letter







Rainbows Programme 

Referrals for the rainbows programme at the Knockanrawley Resource Centre CLG are now being taken  

The Rainbows programme provide 

10 week listening, group support programme for children an young people following a bereavement or parental separation 
Children of similar age (from 7-12 years ) and loss experience are in separate groups
Rainbows is not counselling or professional therapy 

For further enquiries or to enrol your child please contact Helen Buckley on 062 52688 or email helenbuckley@gmail.com






 

Farming for Nature Latest Newsletter 

Please see the latest newsletter from Farming for Life: Farming for Nature Newsletter November-December 2021







In This Together Newsletter 

The In This Together Tipperary newsletter issues online every 2 weeks, community groups who would like to provide a contact for the newsletter to email inthistogether@tipperarycoco.ie or contact a member of the community team on 0761 06 5000. 

Content is welcome from your community for future newsletters, please email inthistogether@tipperarycoco.ie 

Past Editions can be found at www.tipperarycoco.ie/community-and-economic-development/together-tipperary-newsletter-campaign 

To see the latest newsletter from In This Together Issue 38 click here