Entries Tagged as 'Europe Direct'
Positive Ageing Week and European Day of Languages coincide this year and Europe Direct at Thurles Library is getting involved. We are holding language taster classes - FREE fun packed 1 hour sessions for beginners offering a simple introduction to 4 different European languages. Sample typical phrases, tackle a few of the basics and you’ll be greeting each other in a new language by the end of the session. You can sign up for one session or all 4! This event is aimed at older adults. It is free but booking is essential. Please enquire at Thurles Library on 0504 29720.
The classes will be taught by four different teachers and take place on:
French: Friday 24th September, 11 a.m.; Italian: Monday 27th September, 11 a.m.; Spanish: Thursday 30th September, 11 a.m.; German: Friday 1st October, 11 a.m.
This event has received funding from the European Commission. Support for linguistic diversity is one of the EU’s operating principles.
http://www.ageaction.ie/positive-ageing-week.htm
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On Sunday 22nd August young and old alike were treated to a very special talk from Australian environmentalist, Dale Treadwell, at Cabragh Wetlands. Organised by Europe Direct Thurles Library and Cabragh Wetlands, the event was held to mark both Heritage Week and the UN Year for Biodiversity. On the day Dale explained biodiversity with the use of a ball of string, let us view some insects up close (more…)
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Thurles Library French Camp a Success
Europe Direct Information Centre at Thurles Library held a very successful French camp for kids during July. 37 children, from 5 to 12 years, attended the camp for one hour each day from 12th to 16th July. Under the tuition of French native, Fanny Healy Bernard, they got to grips with their “un, deux, trois” whilst taking their own ‘Tour de France’. (more…)
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Music against poverty contest: young Europeans speak out on fighting worldwide poverty!
Today, the European Commission launches the European Music Contest calling young Europeans, between 15 and 25, to submit a song expressing support to the fight against poverty in the world. Each participant will create an original song on the general issue of development, and notably on the eight Millennium Development Goals. The winners - selected through online voting and a jury of music professionals – will get a professional studio recording of their song and will have the opportunity to perform during the European Development Days in December 2010 in Brussels. The music contest is part of the “I fight poverty campaign”, dedicated to raise awareness among teenagers on the EU’s action in the field of development cooperation. (more…)
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The fifth and sixth class girls of St. Theresa’s N.S. Borrisoleigh wearing the t-shirts designed by our climate change competition winner, Lorna Ryan. Lorna’s winning entry in our Europe Direct schools competition earned her and her classmates t –shirts printed with her design.
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The prizegiving party for the winners of our schools competition took place in the library on the 16th of June. Tipperary hurler, Lar Corbett, was on hand to present prizes to the children and sign hurleys and tops. Congratulations to all our winners and also to everyone who took part. Altogether, 17 primary schools entered the competition, with our judges given the difficult task of choosing winners from almost 600 entries.
The entries can now be seen on display in Thurles Library, so do pop in to see what the next generation thinks of climate change.
Photography by Bríd Ryan 9087) 7861089
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The winners in each category are:
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As part of its new architectural policy, the European Commission is launching a European competition to find ideas for a ‘Common Thread for the Commission’, or ideas to give the buildings and building clusters that it occupies in the cities of Brussels and Luxembourg a symbolic common thread with the aim of making the Commission more visible and recognisable to the general public.
The competition is open to students who are EU citizens and enrolled at an institute of higher education in architecture, art, design or other discipline such as fine arts, graphic arts, visual communication, graphic design or a related discipline.
The competition winner will receive €3,000 and the second and third prize winners will receive €2,000 and €1,000 each, respectively. (more…)
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The schools holidays will soon be upon us, so if you’re looking for an activity with a difference, why not send your child to ‘French Camp’ in Thurles Library? The camp will be held each morning, for the week of the 12th July. Sessions for 5-8 year olds will be held from 10.30 -11.30 am and for 9-12 year olds from 11.45 – 12.45 p.m. Take part in ‘Mon tour de France’ with native French speaker Fanny Healy-Bernard and get a taste of the French language and culture through games, songs and lots of fun. There’s more to France than Thierry Henry – let Fanny and Europe Direct Thurles show you! This camp is suitable for children from 5 years of age and is entirely FREE! This event is being held by Europe Direct Information Centre at Thurles Library and has received funding from the European Commission.
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After two referendums and numerous debates and newspaper articles, you could be forgiven for thinking the Lisbon Treaty was well and truly behind us. But not so! The Treaty entered into force on 1st December 2009, but what does that mean for the ordinary Irish citizen?
Call in to see our information display on the Treaty at the Europe Direct Information Centre, based in Thurles Library. We are your local link to Europe and are available to answer your questions on Europe all year round. You can find us at www.europedirect.ie or on www.twitter.com/EDICThurles.
or take a look at http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm
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