Well I must say its been a busy week compared with last week what with all the various meetings held almost every day, The RDC AGM, Marina Meeting, meeting with the V.E.C re an adult education centre in the Community Hall.

RDC AGM:
Last Monday we had the Roundstone Development Council AGM with quite a fair turn out, started off with the
Chairman’s Report:
Of Works undertaken over the past three years

Health Centre finished and in operation.
I.D.A site road completed, with €5,000 contribution from R.D.C.
The Innishnee Bridge was completed and Opened by Minister Eamon O’Cuiv.
Car park at Gurteen resurfaced and pedestrian way to the beach made.
Ervallagh Pier was repaired and Ervallagh road partially repaired.
Christmas lights purchased and erected for the last three years.
New public lights in the village.
Roundstone Website set up and in operation.
www.roundstone-connemara.com
Dogs Bay and Gurteen cleaned up on a regular basis, we could do with more help.
Roundstone has twinned with Noyelles sous Lens in France 2002, the youth club has been there four times and once to Poland.
A Tidy Towns committee has been set up.
Landscaping and refurbishment of area.
Security lights around the Community hall
Relocation of the bottle Bank.

On going work
Church Car Park
Marina on going
Up grading of community centre
Lighting to old cottages
More activities in the village, Summerfest, Tour de Bog,
Arts festival, Landlubbers Race, and the Children’s Fun Run.
Galway V.E.C to commence classes in lower section of the Community Hall.
Repairs to the Fence surrounding the Tennis Courts.
During the last few years FAS employees have carried out a lot of work in the area, our thanks to Donal and his men for this, I hope it will continue.
Thank you to the Senior Citizens Committee for all the work and attention they have given to our senior citizens.
Richard for all he has done for the youth club over the years.
Thank you to all the committee members for the help and co-operation for this term.

Actually most of the on going projects are nearly all done, so it will be nice to enter 2005, with a clean sheet so to speak

Then came the election of a new committee for the next three years
Committee Members

Chairperson: Martin J. Conneely
Secretary; Yvonne Keane
Treasurer: Nicholas Griffin
Vice Chairman: Thomas King
PRO: Richard de Stacpoole

Members:
Pious Delapp and John Sheridan who will represent the Fairgreen Residence Association
Josephine Mannion who will represent Murvey
Rosie McGurran and Joe Mongan.
So the new committee will meet for the first time tonight, and will meet on the first Monday of every month for the year 2005, its going to be an interesting and an exciting year, there is quite a lot of work to do, so it’s a real bonus to have new people on the committee and we certainly welcome them.
V.E.C:
Wednesday Martin J. Conneely met up with representatives of the VEC
To continue negations re the hiring of the lower hall as an Adult education centre which will represent the various areas within Connemara, it should not be long now before this project will be up and running, as all the computers and furniture have been purchased, and by the time the place is re painted its looking like early January.
Rugby:
Congratulations to the Connemara all Blacks on their win on Saturday 4th December, and at the same time congratulations to our own Emmet Ferron who has been selected for the youth
rugby trials this month, naturally we wish him all the luck.

Reminders:
This week is going to be a fairly busy one
Senior Citizens party in the Roundstone House Hotel on Wednesday, then on the Friday we have the Retirement Celebration for Kitty Ryan with mass in the church at 6pm and then refreshments in the Roundstone House Hotel, and everybody is welcome, talking about Kitty’s celebration, the Connemara community radio will also be there recording the evening hopefully with some interesting stories about Kitty, the program will then go out on air on the Sunday 12th Dec between six and seven.
Then over the weekend we have the Christmas Fair starting Saturday 11th Dec starting at 11am through to Sunday until 6pm. On Sunday we will have the Lotto Christmas draw which will be in Mary Kings between 10.and 10.30.
Michelle Ferron / Finley
To end off on a nice note Michael and Catherine Ferron are first time Grand Parents, because their daughter Michelle who married John Finley from New Zealand, Michelle had a baby boy 7lbs Adam Michael Finley on the 30th November, in fact Adam was one month early, but are all doing well, congratulations to all concerned.

RNLI:The Clifden life boat were called out yesterday to Mannan apparently a fishing boat capsized tossing a lone crew man, in to the water but luckily a local fisherman rescued him, but all same the crew of the life boat stood by to make sure that all was well, Thank goods we have such a life boat service with a great crew.
Richard de Stacpoole