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Butlin's Mosney
Mosney Accommodation Centre (formerly ''Butlin's Mosney'' and ''Mosney Holiday Centre'') is located in Mosney, County Meath, Ireland and is situated approximately from Dublin. It is probably best known as the site of a Butlin's holiday camp in the second half of the 20th century and as the site for the national finals of the Community Games. By the early 21st-century, this had been converted into an accommodation centre for asylum-seekers. The centre was served by Mosney railway station, which closed down in 2000. Currently, it ranks as the biggest earning direct provision Centre in Ireland. History Butlin's Mosney Mosney was the first Butlin's camp outside the UK. In most ways Mosney was identical to Butlin's existing camps. Multiple complaints appeared in the ''Catholic Standard'', warning that holiday camps were an English idea that was not desirable in Ireland. Like the other camps, Mosney was designed to have a church and reassurances were given that it would be a Catholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosney
Mosney () is a townland and village in the civil parish of Moorechurch in County Meath, Ireland, from Dublin. It was best known as the site of a Butlin's holiday camp during the second half of the 20th century and as the site for the national finals of the Community Games. By the early 21st century, the holiday camp had been converted into an accommodation centre for asylum-seekers. The village was served by Mosney railway station Mosney Railway Station opened in June 1948 to serve Butlin's Holiday Camp in County Meath, Ireland and closed in the summer of 2000, the last season during which the camp operated. See also * List of railway stations in Ireland This art ... until 2000. Early in the 19th century, Mosney was a manor house and part of the estate of the Peppers of Ballygarth Castle. By the mid-20th century, the house was the home of the farm steward of Mosney and was lived in by Johnny Oram whose father had been the previous farm steward. References {{To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Standard (Ireland)
''The Catholic Standard'' was an Irish weekly Roman Catholic newspaper. It ceased publication in 1978. ''The Standard'' was founded in May 1928 in Dublin, Ireland. It changed its name to the ''Catholic Standard'' in July 1963. Peter O'Curry became editor in 1938. He claimed to have raised the readership from 8,000 to 80,000 a week. During his tenure, writers such as Francis MacManus, Patrick Kavanagh, Benedict Kiely and Gabriel Fallon contributed to the paper. James White (later director of the National Gallery) was arts critic. During the Second Vatican Council, Michael O'Carroll CSSp commented on the debates and decisions of the Council for the newspaper. He also wrote every editorial that appeared in the paper for 14 years. The paper was opposed to the Vietnam War and the Arms Race. During the 1970s the newspaper came under pressure due to costs and falling circulation. The editor from 1971 to 1973 was Donal Mooney, who left for London to join the Irish Post. After him ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In County Meath
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugee Camps In Europe
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.FAQ: Who is a refugee? ''www.unhcr.org'', accessed 22 June 2021 Such a person may be called an until granted by the contracting state or the |
Butlins Camps
Butlin's is a chain of large seaside resorts in the United Kingdom. Butlin's was founded by Billy Butlin to provide affordable holidays for ordinary British families. Between 1936 and 1966, ten camps were built, including one in Ireland and one in the Bahamas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Butlin's also operated numerous large hotels, including one in Spain, a number of smaller holiday parks in England and France, and a revolving restaurant in the Post Office Tower in London.Summary of Butlins history on Butlin's website Butlins (15 April 2011). Retrieved 13 July 2011. Tough competition from overseas package holiday operators, rising operational costs, and rapidly changing demand, forced many of the Butlin's operations to close in the 1980s and 1990s. Three of the original cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skerries, Dublin
Skerries () is a coastal town in Fingal, in the north of County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Skerries was historically a fishing port and later a centre of hand embroidery. These industries declined in the early 20th century, however, and it became both a resort town and a commuter town for Dublin, Dublin City, located approximately to the south. Offshore from the town are several islands, one of which is a nature reserve, Rockabil. Etymology The name Skerries comes from the Old Norse word ( ga, sceir), referring to a skerry − a small rocky island or reef which may be covered during high tide. In Irish this is pluralised as . Geography Skerries is on gently sloping land approaching the coast, which is partly overlooked by low bluffs. There are hills around, including Mill Hill, where a windmill has long been sited. The town itself is built around three long streets - Strand Street, Church Street and Balbriggan Road, and between the surrounding hills and beaches. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trabolgan Holiday Village
Trabolgan (, meaning 'strand of Bolgan') is a self catering holiday village located in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork in the Republic of Ireland and is situated on a site which was a former country estate. The holiday camp was registered on . The present Trabolgan was officially opened on by Michael McNulty, the Director General of Bord Failte and W.L Van Leeuwen, the Director of Trabolgan Homes. History Pontin's Trabolgan Trabolgan first opened in 1948 by British holiday camp company, Pontin's. Pontin's built over 100 chalets, a dance hall and an outdoor swimming pool, and the development was initially successful at attracting British holiday makers. Scoil na nÓg Trabolgan was not successful in the longer term however, and it was converted into a boy's boarding school, ''Scoil na nÓg'', operated by Gaedhealachas Teo from 1959 to 1973. Trabolgan Holiday Village In 1975, the Trabolgan estate was purchased by a Dutch Coal and Metal Industry Pension Fund and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lions Club
The International Association of Lions Clubs, more commonly known as Lions Clubs International, is an international non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ..., by Melvin Jones (Lions Club), Melvin Jones. It is now headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. , it had over 46,000 local clubs and more than 1.4 million members (including the youth wing Leo clubs, Leo) in more than 200 countries and geographic areas around the world. Introduction Lions Clubs International was founded in Evansville, Indiana, on 24 October 1916 by William Perry Woods. It subsequently evolved as an international service organization under the guidance and supervision of its secretary, Melvin Jones. In 1917, Jones w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Social Protection
The Minister for Social Protection ( ga, An tAire Cosanta Sóisialta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Social Protection. The current Minister for Social Protection is Heather Humphreys. She is also Minister for Rural and Community Development and Minister for Justice. She is assisted by two Ministers of State: * Joe O'Brien, TD – Minister of State, with responsibility for Community Development and Charities; and *Damien English, TD – Minister of State, with responsibility for Redundancy and Insolvency Operations and Employer Services. Overview The position was created in 1947 as the Minister for Social Welfare. Its present title dates from 2020. The department formulates appropriate social protection policies and administers and manages the delivery of statutory and non-statutory schemes and services. It is also responsible for the delivery of a range of social insurance and social assistance schemes including provision for un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Norton
William Joseph Norton (2 November 1900 – 4 December 1963) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Tánaiste from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, Leader of the Labour Party from 1932 to 1960, Minister for Social Welfare from 1948 to 1951 and Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1954 to 1957. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1926 to 1927 and from 1932 to 1961. Norton was born in Dublin in 1900. He joined the postal service in 1916. By 1920, he was a prominent member of the Irish Postal Union and the wider trade union movement in Ireland. From 1924 to 1957, he served as Secretary of the Post Office Workers' Union. He was elected as a Labour Party TD for Dublin County at a by-election in 1926, but was defeated at the June 1927 general election. On constitutional matters, Norton opposed the introduction into force of the Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 which continued a role for the British King after the King was removed from the Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Protection Accommodation Service
The International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) is a unit of the Irish Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. It is responsible for the provision of accommodation and related services to people in the international protection process, being those applying for refugee status or subsidiary protection. IPAS is responsible for coordinating the provision of services to both asylum seekers and refugees, coordinating the implementation of integration policy for all refugees and persons granted leave to remain in the Republic of Ireland and responding to crisis situations which may result in large numbers of refugees arriving in the country. The Directorate for Asylum Support Services (DASS) was established in November 1999 as a unit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It introduced a system of direct provision for asylum applicants, providing residential accommodation and ancillary services to asylum seekers while they await t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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