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Work is progressing on the May edition of the SAGRA newsletter. It is planned to have an article featuring recent photographs of Sandycove and Glasthule contributed by residents of the area.

The photos will be captioned in the newsletter in this format: “Subject Date, Photographer” eg “Otranto Park April 2020, L Madden”.

If you would like to contribute please email photo with photographer name and where it was taken to editor@sandycoveandglasthule.ie by Wednesday 6th May.

There are no guarantees of publication.

In light of the current crisis, the SAGRA committee have decided:

• The residents meeting (AGM) scheduled for May 25^th is cancelled.
• Our AGM will be held instead on Monday November 30^th, 8pm in St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre.
• Our May newsletter will be produced as usual and available mid May. The newsletter will not be printed but will be distributed online.

Liam Madden.
Chairperson, Sandycove and Glasthule Residents Association.

The following are some contacts that might prove useful.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
The Council have setup a multi agency #COVID19 Community Response Forum with a dedicated phone line at 01 271 3199 where teams are available to the at risk elderly, vulnerable & isolated, particularly those in need of receiving essential services.
Phone line will be open from 9am Monday 30 March.

St Vincent de Paul
If you need help or advice in any way – or would like us to visit you – perhaps you might be lonely – then
please contact us in strict confidence by
e-mail (anytime) glasthulesvp@gmail.com or
call 087 2552589 between 9-5 Monday to Friday
www.svp.ie

Alone
ALONE have launched a COVID-19 support line for older people Working in collaboration with the Department of Health and the HSE.
Call 0818 222 024 if you have concerns about your own wellbeing, or the wellbeing of an older person you know.
www.alone.ie

Samaritans
Whatever you’re going through, you can call any time, from any phone for FREE.
Call 116 123
jo@samaritans.ie
www.samaritans.ie

Pieta House
Talk to a therapist any time, day or night. If you need someone to talk to, whatever you’re going through, you can call anytime for FREE on 1800 247 247.
www.pieta.ie

Dún Laoghaire Garda
An Garda Síochána are offering assistance to the older and/or vulnerable persons in our local community at this time.
01 666 5000

HSE
www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/

For information on cocooning:
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/at-risk-groups.html

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/923825-guidance-on-cocooning-to-protect-people-over-70-years-and-those-extr/

dlr Sports Partnership
Tips on keeping active
www.dlrsportspartnership.ie

A decision has been made by the Imogen Stuart Standing Stone Committee to cancel the dinner in the National Yacht Club scheduled for Friday 13th March.

Imogen Stuart is one of Ireland’s most respected artists. Her impressive body of work can be found in churches, universities, parks and civic settings throughout the country. She has lived in Sandycove and worked in the same studio for sixty years. Still working at the age of 92, Imogen has designed a stone sculpture for Otranto Park in Sandycove.

The piece will measure some twelve feet in height and weigh more than three tonnes. Triangular in cross section the sculpture curves and tapers as it rises, with figurative carving on the two sides looking out to sea, while on the third face, inscribed in both Irish and English, will be an ancient Irish text carved in raised lettering.

As part of the fundraising activity, there will be an auction of 47 lots from 37 different artists including eleven drawings by Imogen. Ian Whyte, the highly regarded art auctioneer, has kindly offered to conduct the auction, which will be held on 30th March 2020 in the National Maritime Museum, in Dún Laoghaire.

See catalog.

Our AGM is on Monday May 27th at 8pm in St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre.

All existing and prospective members are welcome.

Membership subscriptions are due at AGM time. Our newsletter will contain a membership form or you can download one here:

http://sandycoveandglasthule.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SGRAapplicationform2019-Print.pdf

The subs (unchanged) are €15 for individual or €22 for household membership.