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Subscribe to Adweek newsletters and fans have to wait until the seventh inning stretch to be part of the entertainment by serenading the crowd with their rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”  Oatly and Minor League Baseball are fully aware of the storied traditions but ready to add their own twists with a partnership that will spawn such features as a mini-halftime show a designated “oatfield,” a “sixth-inning shrug” and an “eighth-inning eye roll.” Even the sponsor tag is cheeky in its excessive length, with Oatly serving as “the official oat milk from Sweden that started like 35 years ago but is now all over America where it’s promoting various kinds of frozen dessert products in one of those first-ever plant-based sponsor deals you know the kind we’re talking about of Minor League Baseball.” kicked off recently at 120 stadiums in the U.S Subscribe now for unlimited access to exclusive insider reporting I want to receive emails from Adweek about products services and events 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without notice your service will continue without interruption The cancellation goes into effect at the start of the following billing cycle contact customer service at 844.674.8161 (U.S.) or 845.267.3007 (Outside U.S.) Adweek is the leading source of news and insight serving the brand marketing ecosystem From our rich store of Archives dating back from The Guardian's foundation in 1838 comes this report of the sudden death of one of the proprietors of Ryan & Harty's Shop in Kenyon Street which occurred rather unexpectedly on Thursday One of the most successful businessmen in the town and a member of a well-known and widely connected Templederry family the late Mr Ryan was a popular resident in Nenagh for many years during which he enjoyed the highest respect and esteem for his integrity and straightforward business dealings and for the cordial and kindly manner which marked his private life He was apparently in his usual good health and spirits during Christmas and was about as usual on Monday Later in the week he complained of illness and remained in bed on Thursday but did not appear to be suffering from more than a passing indisposition and on arrival of the priest and doctor in a short time it was found that Mr Ryan had passed beyond human aid Deceased was son of the late Michael Ryan of Oatfield Courtney said there were no marks on the body and death was probably caused by heart disease - fatty degeneration The jury brought in a verdict of death from natural causes Get the world's #1 plant‑based magazine Do you love Oatly’s dairy-free ice cream and baseball The Swedish brand is bringing its vegan ice cream novelties to more than 50 baseball venues this summer thanks to a new partnership with Minor League Baseball (MiLB) What can baseball fans expect from this first-of-its-kind sponsorship deal Oatly’s vegan ice cream bars in chocolate fudge and vanilla flavors at stadiums across North America and “Oatfield” activations across all 120 MiLB stadiums.  This sponsorship builds on Oatly’s partnership with major league ballparks Wrigley Field (Chicago) and Globe Life Field (Arlington And because this is Oatly we’re talking about the company is billing itself as: The Official Oatmilk from Sweden That Started Like 35 Years Ago But Is Now All Over America Where It’s Promoting Various Kinds of Frozen Dessert Products In One of Those First-Ever Plant-Based Sponsor Deals You Know The Kind We’re Talking About of Minor League Baseball.   and Oatly is a perfect partner for us with their irreverent and fun brand personality,” Uzma Rawn Major League Baseball’s Senior Vice President “This partnership enables us to elevate our concession menus in select stadiums with delicious plant-based frozen dessert items something we know many of our fans are looking for to meet their dietary needs,” Rawn said.  The company’s vegan ice cream is sure to be a hit at baseball venues this summer But are you also a little unsure about Oatly and can’t put a finger on why?  Oatly might have an answer for that with its new Fck Oatly website campaign—and accompanying ‘F*ck Fck Oatly’ landing page where you can register your hate for the Fck Oatly campaign with a click limited to five clicks per user.   “Oatly exists to make it easy for people to eat better and live healthier lives without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process,” Brendan P Executive Vice President of Global Comms and Public Affairs at Oatly “That means challenging the status quo and making some mistakes along the way.” The campaign was developed by Oatly’s in-house creative team (called “The Oatly Department of Mind Control”) together with to embrace all of the critiques and controversies it has experienced over the years “When you’re a brand that takes a stand like us it’s guaranteed you’ll make decisions that draw critics and the ire of incumbent industries,” he says.  Oatly has been around since 1994 and is distributed in 20 countries it has been involved in its fair share of controversies The FckOatly campaign is essentially an exhaustive collection of controversies Oatly has experienced and its responses to them the company addresses six controversies that range from its trademark infringement lawsuit against Glebe Farms for its PureOaty products to its ill-fated dad-centric campaign.  The company digs into the issues surrounding its $200 million investment from Blackstone opening discussion about whether capital from blacklisted firms can be used to support good causes.  It leans into the controversy around selling its 100,000 plus tons of oat waste to be used as animal feed at pig farms—a program it discontinued based on consumer backlash The company is now experimenting with creating new ways to upcycle it—including a potential new line—without sending back through to support animal agriculture.  ‘We’ve said everything we need to say about certain things so let’s just put it all out there,” Lewis says There’s also an entire section about ingredient misinformation involving rapeseed oil that went viral on TikTok The company also runs the platform OatlyFans a nudity-free community forum and sends out a monthly Spam Newsletter Oatly’s approach to its business partnerships and public discussions is centered around transparency the company made sure to leave a “New Scandal Coming Soon” section on its Fck Oatly website.  “Whether in a MiLB baseball stadium or on a website that our own team created to talk about our missteps being honest enough to note that we will likely add to it while leaving space for all the ways we inevitably will—it really comes down to sticking to what makes Oatly DON'T MISS OUT: Get breaking news, recipes, and our weekly vegan deal by signing up for our FREE VegNewsletter Anna Starostinetskaya is always keeping an eye on all things vegan in her home city of San Francisco CHECK IT OUT Never miss out on breaking stories, recipes, and deals All things plant‑based,in your mailbox and inbox All things plant‑based, in your mailbox and inbox Copyright © 2025 Fresh Healthy Media, LLC Against the Dying of the LightA new senior-care facility e-monitors every move Save Whenever Harold Taylor rolls his wheelchair into his bedroom or crosses his two-room suite to take another wistful look at the photograph of his deceased wife his movements are tracked as though he were a radio-collared elk or a prisoner on house arrest transmits an infrared signal to sensors on the ceiling and walls The sensors send information to a central computer in his rest home—Oatfield Estates a new managed-care facility just outside Portland Oregon—and by touching the Where Is Everyone icon on her screen a caregiver can detect that Taylor has moved With a few more taps on the screen the caregiver can also ascertain what time Taylor tucks in for the evening exactly how much he weighs lying in bed (a load cell sits under each bedpost) and whether he's resting peacefully or twisting and turning She can take his temperature by means of infrared keep track of how often he rolls in and out of his bedroom and create graphs documenting changes in his patterns of movement and in his heart rate and blood pressure a former steel-company repairman who is still sharp-witted at the age of ninety-one the Oatfield staff need not worry that he'll absentmindedly burn himself on the stove down the hall: the infrared sensors would recognize that he had entered the kitchen Many employers now monitor their employees' telephone conversations The police plant video cameras on street corners and direct marketers keep close tabs on where we go on the Web But each of these activities accounts for only a slice of our existence It is the nation's highest-tech senior home and perhaps the first facility of any kind to e-monitor its residents around the clock And it is continually fine-tuning its surveillance the architect of the facility's computer system speculated that Oatfield might soon begin to monitor residents' breathing thin microphone over where the person sits multi-directional mike to pick up the ambient noise and then you'd subtract the ambient noise and ..." I felt as though I'd entered the world of that ominous Jim Carrey film The Truman Show Opened last fall and still under construction Oatfield will consist of a cluster of ten wooden bungalows situated in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie on a six-acre hilltop that was once an apple orchard Each bungalow is designed to serve as an "extended family residence," a multi-generational home that will welcome seniors and allow them to "age in place"—and to garden and cook—while living alongside their caregivers and those caregivers' families Oatfield had only two residents when I visited In the central kitchen in Harold Taylor's bungalow Connie Cooper a "live-in facilitator," whipped up some sandwiches for lunch playing a video game called Perfect Dark; Taylor surveyed the scene in stately silence while he nibbled at some ham accompanied by Taylor's beloved Shetland sheepdog lolled on a blanket in Taylor's living room wearing jeans and a sweater; he looked at Mandy and grinned He told me that his inspiration for Oatfield was his sprawling childhood home in Connecticut "My grandmother baby-sat for us," Reed recalled "At night one of my brothers and I would help lift my great-grandmother's feet for her as she climbed the stairs to bed." The old women were frail but his mother managed their health deftly She knew that if my great-grandmother didn't as people have stopped living near their parents A few years ago Reed decided that he wanted it back for Creating an Autonomy-Rich Equilibrium.) During the subsequent eighteen months Bill Pascoe a former systems integrator for a company that makes wastewater-treatment equipment headed a team that designed ten computer programs that enable 180 gigabytes of electronic data—a plethora of personal health stories an epic detailing seniors' moment-by-moment physical ups and downs—to flow daily over Oatfield's network which contains some 360 miles of copper wiring Computers can then digitize the data and send reports about seniors' physical and social conditions to family members off-site Such technology might allow seniors to delay moving to a residential-care facility The project's coordinators will move small groups of senior citizens into the Aware Home for short stays beginning in June Reed is not the sort to trifle with such preliminaries Ever since he graduated from Columbia University optimistic instincts all over metropolitan Portland In 1973 he opened one of the nation's first self-service garages where customers rented repair bays and tools for three dollars an hour In the 1980s he made millions of dollars by buying 160 abandoned houses in a gang-ridden neighborhood that In 1999 he finished converting an old dairy into a sort of village—a hip warren of apartments adjoining a restaurant and bar and an "e-mat" (a laundromat-cum-cybercafé) and what he most wanted to show me at Oatfield was the "brains room" in Taylor's bungalow—a stark basement closet where more than a thousand colored wires converge amid a few sheets of raw plywood He extolled the virtues of the control board there and then explained how the relay switches operate "The computer basically takes the place of a daughter," he said something's wrong—go check it out,' and it can act as a cognitive crutch Say we find out that someone with dementia always gets up to go to the bathroom at two in the morning We can tell the computer to turn on the fan in the bathroom then to remind him why he got up." Reed cut the lights in the brains room and we stepped outside into an Oregon drizzle "The computer allows the elderly a new way to be independent," he said It is easy to shudder at Reed's equation of surveillance with freedom The skeptic in me wonders whether we will all one day be tracked around the clock by infrared and whether the details of our wanderings will be made available to the marketing department at Wal-Mart The seniors' advocates I spoke with share some of my dread that smart technology will afford old people new freedoms formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons foresees a day when many seniors can stay in their own homes longer by "telecommuting." "You could set up motion detectors at home and doctors could monitor you remotely," Green says Tim Fuller, the executive director of the Gray Panthers, says "The thought of being watched gives me chills maybe they need electronic monitoring along with care from the family You can't say that technology is purely good or purely bad Are we expanding it ethically and humanely Currently we don't have any philosophers who are specifically addressing that question Health care needs to develop a new ethical analysis sleeping an average of 9.65 hours a night and thoroughly enjoying life When I stepped into his living room late in the afternoon and found him tipped back in his easy chair Taylor told me that Oatfield was by far the best of the four managed-care facilities he has inhabited Taylor pointed a quavering finger at his locator badge and I thought for a moment that he was going to sing the praises of Oatfield's electronic surveillance PANAMA CITY BEACH — While the number of winter visitors is down this year amid COVID-19 new activities and classes have been added this week at the Panama City Beach Senior Center as more members have arrived "We've had more coming from the state side down," said Mugsy Parens, recreation assistant at the Lyndell Center and volunteer president of the Panama City Beach Senior Service Foundation. "We're trying everything we can to do events to attract people and anyone in the Oatfield building has to sign in and we take their temperatures It's so totally different; we're just trying to make it safe for everyone." Masks must be worn inside and outside of the building More: Panama City Beach sees drop in snowbirds as COVID-19 rages run by the Panama City Beach Senior Service Foundation next door feature different activities each day with many seniors hopping back and forth between buildings to take advantage of all that’s offered While some activities at the Lyndell Center are free, most run $2 to $5 (pay as you go) but the Senior Center requires a membership to participate in activities there A new membership is $50 for the calendar year from January through December while a $35 renewal membership is being offered in 2021 for those who were members in 2020 More: Sporty Seniors "We were shut down so much longer last year we are trying to give them a deal," Parens said Because the demand for woodshop has been growing at the Senior Center more people have come in and that has increased Most people doing it are northerners who have come back down I look out my office outside and the see them out there with the instructor — all wearing masks," Parens said "And pickleball is going on at the back of the building Embroidery on Cards also was added to the Senior Center's schedule Jan Bocce Ball resumed at noon Tuesday and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday till mid-March on the Panama City Beach Senior Center Bocce Ball Court "Every class we have is put on by a volunteer," said Parens who explained some classes resume as those volunteers return for their winter stays "If someone has an idea for something else or something they'd like to teach members gathered in the Senior Center's Oatfield Building for "Let's Make a Deal Bingo," which continues 2-4 p.m. Tuesdays with the chance to win prizes "All people playing had their temperatures taken and were wearing masks," said Sue Peipert who manages day-to-day operations at the Panama City Beach Senior Center. "We had tables set for social distancing and any close groups at the tables share the same household." Safety precautions in place amid COVID-19 also require members to check in and answer a five-question survey about their health. The contact tracing information is kept on file no member has had to be turned away.  "Seniors are scared and if they don't feel well they're staying home who admits she's constantly washing her hands She also keeps the bottom of the half door to her office locked so she is socially distanced from guests while also wearing a mask "Masks have to be worn unless someone is eating something," Parens added But the potluck luncheons have been suspended.  we can get it (COVID-19) under control and we can at least bring back a few things," said Parens who added how much seniors miss the card games Strength training and chair exercise is being offered at the Senior Center for use during the classes (but it cannot be stored at the center) "People just want to get out," said Parens who still gets moving with Walking Off the Pounds at 7:15 a.m But Parens did pick up a new activity in 2020: ukulele A new beginning ukulele class is being offered at noon Fridays at the Senior Center before the regular ukulele class at 1 p.m While no one is teaching line dancing in the Senior Center this year Paula Baker is offering beginning and advanced line dancing in the Lyndell building Threads that Bind quilting group at the Lyndell Center is "doing beautiful stuff," making quilts that are donated to Anchorage Children's Home and the Council on Aging Stained glass art is scheduled to resume at the Senior Center in February Next month features the return of the annual Winter Craft Fair on Feb Tables are $25 for non-members and $20 for members "We had our Christmas Craft Sale in the Lyndell and it's bigger and worked out really nicely We had 45 vendors with two different buildings set up here," Parens said "I always try to get the class with woodworking to show some of their stuff And we have some of the most beautiful jewelry makers." Cost: $50 annual membership fee per calendar year (January through December) for new members; $35 renewal membership fee offered in 2021 for 2020 members but there's no secret to who recently put up two new signs with the same message Milwaukie crews were originally the ones to take down the rogue sign two days after it was put up on April 4 because it was inside the Milwaukie city limits rather than in the unincorporated Oak Grove area city officials gave it to Oak Grove resident Fred Nelligan was part of that effort to take the sign down but with it he saw the opportunity to support his neighbors to the south Rice knew he had the authority to put up signs within the city limits so he began working with Nelligan to get legitimate welcome signs for Oak Grove there are now two signs on its northern boundary: one on River Road and the other on Oatfield Road “I never really felt like we were working together as much as we should be,” Rice said of the city’s relationship with Oak Grove “This was a really simple way to show we’re supporting each other.” Nelligan said the relationship between Milwaukie and Oak Grove is now better than ever “It’s been great that city staff and city management have been so supportive of this,” he said Milwaukie even picked up about $200 of the bill for installing the signs when the approximately $400 quote the city gave Oak Grove for the signs -- designed pro bono by Oak Grove resident and graphic artist Hank Schmidt -- and their installation ended up being closer to $600 The signs are a small step in helping create community identity for Oak Grove And although he still has no idea who put up the sign on McLoughlin Boulevard in April Nelligan is thankful to whoever it was for generating interest in helping foster that identity “I think these signs are going to be incredible for the process of getting people to think about how they live in Oak Grove,” he said Nelligan has been working with Clackamas County and the Oregon Department of Transportation to figure out how to also have signs put in on the southern boundary of Oak Grove on River Road and Oatfield Road as well as on McLoughlin Boulevard --Victoria Edwards Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Panama City Beach Senior Center is back to a full schedule of activities even though membership remains low in the wake of COVID-19 "Membership has been way down and it's memberships that keep the lights on," said Mugsy Parens who has been working with or at the Senior Center for more than 13 years first with the Bay County Council on Aging and later as a city of Panama City Beach employee She's the recreation assistant at the Lyndell Center and volunteer president of the Panama City Beach Senior Service Foundation.  More: Activities added this week at Panama City Beach Senior Center 50 years of caring: History of Bay County Council on Aging in Panama City remembered One sign of the strong return is that the Senior Center will hold its annual "Whatever Sale" from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, in the Lyndell Center, 423 Lyndell Lane. Vendors and individuals will present crafts, handmade jewelry, furniture, tools, toys, kitchenware, household items, linens, sporting goods, books, plants, homemade preserves, produce, Mary Kay Cosmetics and much more. There also will be a "Dollar Room"  for items that are only a buck. There is a $1 entry fee for the Whatever Sale, and the center will be accepting donations as well. Monday: 9 a.m. Strength & Exercise; 9:30 a.m. Chair Exercise/Yoga; 1 p.m. Painting Partners. Tuesday: 9 a.m. Strength Exercise, and Wood Carving; 10 a.m. Yoga; 11 a.m. Line Dancing. Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Coffee Shoppe; 9 a.m. Strength & Exercise; 10 a.m.  Bridge, Chair Exercise/Yoga, and Stained Glass; 12:30 p.m. Hand & Foot; 1 p.m. Embroidery on Cards. Thursday: 9 a.m. Strength & Exercise, and Wood Carving; 10 a.m. Yoga. Friday:  9 a.m. Strength & Exercise; 9:30 a.m. Chair Exercise/Yoga; 12:30 p.m. Beginning Ukulele; 1 p.m. Ukulele Membership flagged during the winterIt used to be that the busy time at the Senior Center was during the winter "snowbird" season. That has changed during the years as the beach has become a year-round destination and the population of retirees increased. However, the COVID-19 shutdowns took a toll. During the 2020-21 winter season, the center struggled to bring in memberships. "We've had more coming from the state side and a few Canadians have flown in, but members are still way, way, down," Parens said in January. "We're trying everything we can to do events to attract people. We're always distancing and anyone in the Oatfield building has to sign in and we take their temperatures. And they have to wear masks. It's so totally different; we're just trying to make it safe for everyone." Those precautions are no longer in effect, said Sue Peipert, who staffs the reception desk at the Oatfield Center. The "Senior Center" occupies two spaces next door to one another: The Lyndell Conference Center is a city-owned rental building, and the Oatfield Center next door is home base for the Panama City Beach Senior Center, run by the PCB Senior Service Foundation. With different activities each day, the two entities work closely together, and many seniors hop back and forth between buildings to take advantage of all that’s offered. The Lyndell Conference Center also is home to youth and adult Yoshukai Karate classes, and the facility includes a "ballroom," meeting room and a full kitchen. The facility is available for rent for receptions, meetings, reunions and events. The Oatfield Center also has a small kitchen, where the Coffee Shoppe mornings are held, and a fully equipped woodworking shop. "The snowbirds brought all this equipment, and during the season they roll these out to our pavilion outside," Parens explained, pulling a drape aside to show off a drill press and other gear mounted on rolling tables. Classes are in sessionSome activities at the Lyndell Center are free, but most run $2 to $5 (pay as you go). The PCB Senior Center requires a membership to participate in activities there. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. A new membership is $50 for the calendar year from January through December, while a $35 renewal membership was offered in 2021 for those who were members in 2020. Classes are scheduled every weekday, including: Strength & Exercise; Chair Exercise; Yoga; Painting Partners; Wood Carving; Dominoes; Stained Glass Art; Embroidery on Cards; Bridge; Knife Chisel Carving; Flow Art; Beginning Ukulele; and more. In addition, the Flow Art class is open to the general public (ages 21 and older). Cost is $15, and advance registration is required. "It's so cool. So much fun," Parens said of the Flow Art class, going on to describe how the instructor leads the class through pouring paint and using various techniques to manipulate designs, such as turning the canvas or dragging objects through the paint.   A favorite activity of participants is the conversations that take place 8:30-9:30 a.m. each Wednesday during Coffee Shoppe time. Panera Bread supplies day-old breads and there's usually extra pastries or bread for members to take home. Another favorite, Line Dancing, returned July 6 and continues at 11 a.m. each Tuesday with instructors Mary Youngdale and Jody Wood-Putnam. Francis Melfa, 70, was handing out mints and chatting on Monday morning at the Oatfield Center as he headed for the Chair Exercise class. The New York native used a walker to steady himself and sang the praises of the various exercise programs. "We used to come down every year," he said. "Once you see how beautiful it is, that's it." He and his wife, Barbara, relocated to Panama City Beach and discovered that her breathing problems were alleviated, Melfa said. Want more local news? If you're already a subscriber, thank you! If not, please subscribe and help keep coverage of the most important local news coming. A family of confectioners who were the creators of ‘emeralds’ sweets has lost an appeal over whether there were rights-of-way over their former factory lands in Co Donegal. the High Court ruled the estate of a member of the McKinney family had no entitlement to the rights- of-way across the former sweet factory premises in Letterkenny That decision was appealed and Mr Justice Gerard Hogan on behalf of a three-judge Court of Appeal The High Court heard that as a result of the assertion of rights-of-way which bought the property from the McKinneys missed out on an opportunity to sell the premises to supermarket chain Lidl for €1.9m Zopitar asked the court for declarations that the estate of Ruth McKinney did not have rights-of-way over the now demolished factory premises on the De Valera Road and the Ramelton Road had asserted the right when she learnt in 2011 the factory was to be sold to Lidl She offered to extinguish the alleged rights-of-way if work was carried out on her own home Zopitar asked the court to declare there were never any rights-of-way as well as damages as a result of the lost sale to Lidl the administrator of her estate who took over the action when she died It was claimed Ms McKinney used an entrance to the lands from the De Valera Road as a right-of-way for access to Oatfield Bungalow There is a second access to the house from the Ramelton Road said he was of the view that the use of the access roads to the factory by Ms McKinney was at all times given to her and her family for a specific amount of time and could be revoked by the owner The essence of the McKinney/Jacob claim was that a right of way was acquired by prescription by reason of 20 years (or more) uninterrupted user under the 1832 Prescription Act means user by permission of the owner is not user as of right The McKinney/Jacobs accordingly cannot establish that the use was as of right within the meaning of the 1832 law He noted this law has since been repealed by the 2009 Land Law and Conveyancing Law Reform Act From as little as €1 a week with our digital introductory offer Already a subscriber? Sign in more courts articles There is a significant opportunity for the State right now to ensure justice for Grace as the new National Disability Strategy is in the final stages of its completion Every disabled child and adult who is at risk of abuse or neglect should have access to an advocate UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THE IRISH EXAMINER FOR TEAMS AND ORGANISATIONSFIND OUT MORE money and jobs from Munster and beyond by our expert team of business writers The iconic Oatfield Factory in Letterkenny a part of local history being demolished Brian ByrneFri 25 Apr 2014 at 03:30These were the scenes in Letterkenny yesterday as a part of local history was torn down Locals were dealt a devastating blow when the iconic Oatfield factory shut down in 2012 with the loss of 15 jobs The dilapidated building had been under demolition over the past number of weeks but yesterday morning diggers moved in to remove the front facade Oatfield had produced sweets at the site for 77 years before it was sold to Dublin sweet firm Zed Candy in 2007 the chewing gum manufacturer closed the factory two years ago with the announcement it was moving operations to England Town mayor Gerry McMonagle told the Irish Independent that any planning application received for the site by the local council would be highly scrutinised to ensure it will bring jobs to the town Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Residents in East Clare have welcomed the council’s call to An Bord Pleanála to refuse the development of a windfarm in Oatfield as concerns are increasing over the spread of turbines across the area A planning application for the development of 11 large wind turbines in the Oatfield area a further 55 turbines are planned across projects in Ballycar Residents in these areas opposed to the developments have organised under the East Clare Windfarm Opposition Alliance calling for these developments to he halted On Monday, February 12, Killaloe councillors shared the residents’ concerns at a Clare County Council meeting asking for the Oatfield Windfarm development to be refused The concerns were echoed by all elected members at the meeting A spokesperson for the East Clare Windfarm Opposition Alliance told the Irish Independent the community has welcomed the councillors’ action: “I think it’s a really good example of the local councillors and the local people actually working together.” He explained that residents have various concerns around the developments the group mentioned the outdated guidelines environmental reasons - such as the protection of birds like the Hen Harriers - flicker ultrasound – allegedly linked with health issues - as well as the visual impact of the turbines and the impact on the water supply The spokesperson explained: “We have stated all along that our position is that we’re not anti-green energy but the guidelines that enabled these projects to be submitted are nationally out of date “It is the size and scale and the enormity of these projects that are coming to East Clare that are the reasons we’re actually putting our submission to An Bord Pleanála” He added the turbines are set to be up to 180m high which is “almost the size of the Cliffs of Moher and that’s going to be on elevated ground.” a beautiful scene in county Clare where people come from all over Ireland to walk there is a proposal to put turbines on top of that But it’s an elevated site and the elevation is anything up to 180m so if you put 180m on top of 180m it becomes very dominant of the landscape So that also leads on a visual impact on the area “There are potentially 250 houses that will be within 1,000-1,500 metres from this development So to have a 180m structure erected in your vicinity An Bord Pleanála is set to decide on this case by June 24 An Environmental Impact Assessment Report submitted to An Bord Pleanála concludes the windfarm can affect the area in many ways potential interactions are considered likely in terms of Population & Human Health mainly in terms of the consideration of sensitive receptors disruption and change of current land use practices and changes to visual amenity and landscape can adversely affect the population in terms of current use of the area residual effects in relation to landscape and visual amenity range from imperceptible to substantial moderate as highlighted in EIAR Chapter 6 Population and Human Health research has shown that there is increasing acceptance and more positive views of wind energy in Ireland by people living and visiting areas where there are wind turbines.” The same concerns have also been raised by other residents of East Clare affected by this and the other projects After a couple of months of doing my own research said she is concerned as her home is located less than 1km from the Ballycar development She said the turbines “are twice as high as St John’s Cathedral And I’m looking out my kitchen’s window now and I can see St John’s Cathedral so the visual impact of this will be very strong.” She added: “When we were approached here at first But after a couple of months of doing my own research She argued that if the development goes ahead she is afraid “my quality of life is diminished and I don’t know if my children can build in the field beside me because you can’t have a house at a certain distance to a windfarm so the whole area starts to die off and becomes more like an industrialised zone We feel it’s a David and Goliath situation Gaelic FootballTipp fight back to retain Darrel Darcy Cup with dramatic extra-time win over ClareTipperary came with a 1-2 burst in extra-time to regain the Darrel Darcy Cup with a dramatic … Sixmilebridge with his son Ross both holding a photograph of their son and brother Conor Wilmot(13) The grieving Dad of a 13-year-old school boy said yesterday that his son "died because of a stupid teenage accident gone wrong" Greg Wilmot said he is "absolutely certain" that his son Mr Wilmot also dismissed reports that his son intentionally took his own life because he was being bullied at school or that his death is in someway connected to the online 'Blue Whale' suicide challenge game Speaking from the family home four miles from the east Clare village of Sixmilebridge Mr Wilmot said he is fairly sure that Conor "died as a result of a choking game" Mr Wilmot said that such a game has enjoyed a resurgence as a result of the Internet and he believes that Conor came across the game online He said: "For all we know it wasn’t the first time Conor did it and this time he didn’t get away with it." He said: "The Gardai have taken away Conor’s phone and that will show his search history and that will tell us a story." Mr Wilmot said that Gardai are also examining a lap-top that Conor would have had access to Mr Wilmot said: "I bet you they will find something to do with a choking game on his phone." Mr Wilmot said that his son fits the profile of someone who would have got involved in such a game He said: "High achievers often fall prey to this." neighbours and friends were at the home comforting Greg and his wife with sandwiches and cake piled high from those rallying to support the Wilmots Conor is also survived by 21-year old sister Ross and the family was busy preparing for Conor’s funeral mass which takes place in Sixmilebridge today Mr Wilmot said his certainty about Conor not intentionally taking his own life "isn’t based on any speculation about what his mental state may or may not have been" He said: "I found him and it is based around the position I found him in It was an accident gone wrong and not an intentional act to kill himself." He added: "People need to know that because it makes a massive difference to know it was a stupid teenage accident gone wrong rather than him being unhappy or whatever." The twisted Blue Whale suicide challenge has been linked to 130 teen deaths in Russia and Mr Wilmot said: "It is nothing to do with Blue Whale Mr Wilmot said that the circumstances of Conor’s death don’t match anything to do with Blue Whale He said: "Blue Whale is not consistent with what I found." He said: "All of us when we were teenagers did some stupid stupid things which could have gone wrong and none of us would be walking around and I think it was one of those stupid stupid things that he decided to do that just went wrong." Mr Wilmot described Conor as “brilliant” and very popular with his classmates Mr Wilmot described Conor as “quirky” who liked Dr Who and professional wrestling He said: “He never missed a day at school and was really enjoying playing rugby for St Senan’s He was playing No 8 and had a ‘god given’ skill.” A computer programmer with a masters in philosophy the Australian born man said that the two had booked tickets to travel to Paris in June to see some of Conor’s favourite bands Mr Wilmot said that he first found Conor on lands behind their home last Thursday night his son didn’t have a pulse and his hands were cold Mr Wilmot said that is trained to provide CPR and gave his son CPR until the paramedics arrived Mr Wilmot said: "I called the emergency services I didn’t panic and just went into ‘doing’ mode Mr Wilmot said: “There is nothing we could have done to stop him going out of the house and down to the land He said: “It is not like we could have minded him more Mr Wilmot said: “The problem is the Internet the first thing they do when waking up is look at the smart phone and the last thing they do at night is look at the smart phone It is a misguided idea and a fantasy that parents can restrict access to the Internet for teenagers because they will always find a way around it.” “This great value range of roll packs has a retail price of just 25p which compares to current branded equivalents at 41p It offers the consumer a better value choice and the retailer a margin in excess of 40% when branded options would offer a maximum of 25% coupled with a range that is not available everywhere – such is the need for independent retailers to offer something a little bit different in order to compete” says Hancocks purchasing director Richard Brittle Complimenting the recently launched Solen range of countlines the Oatfield range of roll packs is positioned to allow independent retailers to offer a point of difference and great value to their ever demanding customers “We would always advise retailers to stock a core range of main branded items but beyond that they MUST take the blinkers off in order to maximise their success Lesser known brands provide equivalent quality whilst offering much greater value and profitability to the market which has to be good news” concludes Brittle Tagged with: confectionery hancocks sugar mints and gum Clare County councillors echoed the concerns raised by the East Clare community over the development of the Oatfield windfarm highlighting a number of issues linked to the development While a further 55 turbines are planned across projects in Ballycar the East Clare Windfarm Opposition Alliance gathered at Clare Council Council calling for the development to be stopped the elected members also shared their concerns Councillors raised concerns on the size of the development as the turbine would be up to 180m high and would “significantly alter” the landscape in the area concerns have been raised over the possible disruption to tourism and the impact on the view at Lough Derg The scale of the project would also affect residents in Clare as the elected members were said to have concerns on the noise impact of the development 280 residential dwellings within 2km of the development will be affected by noise and nuisance and some will experience continued flicker It was also said that the turbines might also impact the environment including protected species and special areas of conservation the councillor pointed out that the National Guidelines for Wind Energy Development in Ireland have not been updated since 2006 when a large wind turbine was considered to be below 100m in height The elected members said they were not satisfied with the approach and level of the community consultation on the application https://www.limerickleader.ie/section/1195/advertise-with-us weather & more in Limerick and County Limerick All the latest breaking local news from Limerick and County Limerick Find whats happening in and around Limerick and County Limerick Enjoy our award winning photos and picture galleries taken in Limerick and County Limerick Catch up on all the latest business news in Limerick and County Limerick Read about the latest properties available in Limerick and County Limerick Enjoy our latest and up to date motoring review and news in Limerick and County Limerick Limerick and County Limerick Met Eireann Weather Forecast Recent death notices and obituaries from Limerick and County Limerick A Dublin man who admitted possessing 54 videos of explicit child pornography has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court pleaded guilty to possessing the material on a mobile phone at his home on May 24 Handing down a two-year suspended sentence this Thursday Judge Martin Nolan said the videos were at the explicit end of the scale and that possessing child pornography was “not a victimless crime” Judge Nolan noted that Belmont had pleaded guilty early had no previous convictions and was unlikely to re-offend ordering Belmont to be of good behaviour and abide by the instructions of probation services for the duration of his suspended sentence prosecuting, that she was made aware of the illegal activity by the Garda Online Child Exploitation Unit Gardaí discovered child porn activity on the messaging app Kik which was linked to a username and email address used by Belmont Belmont was cooperative and gave gardaí his phone and password The phone was examined and found to contain 54 images and videos with some depicting particularly graphic sexual acts involving naked children Belmont attended a garda station by appointment that Belmont comes from a very good and very hardworking family Gda Casserly also agreed that as soon as gardaí knocked on his door Belmont took immediate steps by attending counselling The court heard that Belmont has worked for the last decade in the same manufacturing company as his father and has also obtained a degree from Maynooth University Gda Casserly agreed that Belmont has a high level of shame and remorse and that his main concern was for the shame and hurt he had brought upon his family Letters from Belmont’s parents and from himself were submitted to court including one from his mother describing a “kind and gentle” son who had been a role model for his younger brothers “He knows he has hurt our family,” wrote his mother The former Desmond Arms complex in Catherine Street is being marketed as The Printworks reflecting a time when this newspaper was printed in the area | PICTURE: Adrian Butler Join Slimming World Ireland and donate your clothes to charity when you lose the weight David Clancy (24) has not yet entered a plea to the charges A young man is facing trial on drugs charges following the seizure of an estimated €500,000 worth of heroin and cocaine in west Dublin David Clancy (24) had the case against him adjourned for the preparation of a book of evidence when he appeared in Blanchardstown District Court is charged with possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to sell or supply He is also charged with simple possession of both drugs The offences are alleged to have taken place at Oatfield Avenue on February 16 The case came before Judge David McHugh for the DPP's directions to be made available State solicitor Mary Kate Halpin said the directions were for the case to go forward on indictment This means it is to be dealt with at circuit court level Ms Halpin sought an adjournment for the preparation of the book of evidence Ms Halpin said there may be additional charges "of the same nature" being considered by the DPP Judge McHugh remanded the accused on continuing bail Mr Clancy initially appeared in Dublin District Court last February Garda David Charles of the Ronanstown Drugs Unit said he arrested the defendant and brought him to Ronanstown Garda Station He made no reply to any of the charges after caution The accused has not yet indicated how he intends to plead to the charges and did not address the court during the brief hearing https://www.kildarenow.com/section/1005/contact-us All the latest breaking local news from Kildare and county Find whats happening in and around Kildare and Leinster Enjoy our award winning photos and picture galleries taken in Kildare and Leinster Catch up on all the latest business news in Kildare and Leinster Read about the latest properties available in Kildare and Leinster Enjoy our latest and up to date motoring review and news in Kildare and Leinster Kildare and Leinster Met Eireann Weather Forecast Recent death notices and obituaries from Kildare and Leinster Latest environmental and climate change news in County Kildare Outside Naas courthouse are: Susanna Cawley House of Hearing's experienced audiologist Matt Allen End of an Era- the final production run of the Oatfield's Emerald Sweet After over 80 years of sweet manufacturing and just a few weeks before the factory closes the last production run of Emerald Sweets make there way down the production line THE final batch of one of the country's most popular sweets has rolled off the production line -- bringing an end to almost 100 years of tradition Hundreds of thousands of Emerald chocolate toffees have been exported around the world in recent years The 'Emerald' was first made by Co Donegal firm Oatfields more than 50 years ago and quickly became a favourite have decided to close the Letterkenny factory on May 27 workers watched as the final rows of the famous sweets were covered in chocolate and packed for the last time The move will see 17 workers lose their jobs and will bring an end to one of Co Donegal's most famous firms Oatfield employed 85 workers and produced sweets such as Orange Chocolates and Irish Butter Toffee The company was first founded by Ira and Haddon McKinney in 1927 They first made the sweets on an open coke fire in a shed before they moved to the site of the current factory in 1930 Workers are currently negotiating their redundancy terms and are seeking three weeks pay for each year of service A MAN who became involved in selling on a stolen car in order to try and reduce his drug debt has been given a suspended sentence Karl Burke (27) was to have €500 taken off his cocaine debt for advertising the car on the Done Deal website and going through with the transaction pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to handling a stolen car and possession of a false Vehicle Registration Certificate (VRC) at The Park Shopping Centre Judge Melanie Greally noted the man who had bought the car from Burke had endeavoured to protect himself by seeking proof of ownership but nevertheless was now out of pocket by €8,000 Judge Greally noted Burke was no longer using drugs and was taking concrete steps to improve his personal circumstances She imposed a three-year sentence which she suspended in full Garda Paschal Carley told Garrett McCormack BL that gardaí were alerted by an official at Wicklow County Council about suspicions they had in relation to a VRC a man was attempting to use to register a car Gardaí discovered this man and his brother had bought the car from Burke a few weeks earlier after seeing an advert on Done Deal He had met Burke initially in Clondalkin and haggled about the price The man wanted to see identification so they arranged to meet again later Later that day they met at Carrickmines and Burke produced a driver’s licence in a false name The men took a photo of the driver’s licence and of Burke before handing over the money The garda investigation found the car had been stolen from Castleknock it had a cloned chassis number and its registration plate related to a car which was on a lot in Finglas Gardaí were able to identify the photo of the man selling the car as Burke He was arrested and co-operated fully with gardaí Burke told gardaí that he had become involved in the offence to pay off a cocaine “drug debt” of between €8,000 and €10,000 He was to have €500 taken off for his role said Burke no longer wants anything to do with drugs or his old associates She said the father of two wishes to return to full-time education and continue the road he is now on CLONDALKIN Rugby Club senior men’s team had plenty to shout about when they claimed the Leinster League Division Two A title. 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