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    #1502
    horseofstone
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭horseofstone


    Bloc Party! wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I’ve moved to athlone but don’t really know much of the area around me. Just wondering is there any green areas around the town or less than 5km out of it where you could bring a football or do a bit of running, at a socially distanced length. Thanks :)

    Burgess Park which is beside the golden island and the river Shannon is a good place for a walk or run.


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    #1503
    White lighting
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭White lighting


    Bloc Party! wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I’ve moved to athlone but don’t really know much of the area around me. Just wondering is there any green areas around the town or less than 5km out of it where you could bring a football or do a bit of running, at a socially distanced length. Thanks :)

    What area of the town have you recently moved too and i will suggest a few places mose suitable to where you are living.


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    #1504
    Bloc Party!
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭Bloc Party!


    White lighting wrote: »
    What area of the town have you recently moved too and i will suggest a few places mose suitable to where you are living.

    Thanks everyone for getting back to me. I’m only about 5 minutes of a walk from golden island.


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    #1505
    White lighting
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭White lighting


    Bloc Party! wrote: »
    Thanks everyone for getting back to me. I’m only about 5 minutes of a walk from golden island.


    You should be able to get a kick around in Jim's Field as its known down past Dunnes Montree on the left hand side. Every day while driving home i see people out playing and running in Iona Park on the west side of town either.


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    #1506
    Ceirseach
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Ceirseach


    Builders on site at boat club. Demolition next week I hear.


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    #1507
    dePeatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭dePeatrick


    Well done to Athlone for giving Gemma O'Doherty the reception she deserved yesterday. Her speech was drowned out by chants of 'Go home Gemma' :D


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    #1508
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    Boat club knocked


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    #1509
    horseofstone
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭horseofstone


    When are the shops in the town centre shopping centre reopening does any one know ? And also Athlone library?


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    #1510
    Prominent_Dawg
    Registered Users Posts: 986 ✭✭✭Prominent_Dawg


    horseofstone wrote: »
    When are the shops in the town centre shopping centre reopening does any one know ? And also Athlone library?

    Clothes shops are meant to open the 29th I think, and most of the others are already open!


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    #1511
    Mearings
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Mearings


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    Boat club knocked


    And will arise.


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    #1512
    Randy Archer
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭Randy Archer


    dePeatrick wrote: »
    Well done to Athlone for giving Gemma O'Doherty the reception she deserved yesterday. Her speech was drowned out by chants of 'Go home Gemma' :D

    A better reception would have been people simply not turning up. She gets off on getting a reaction


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    #1513
    dePeatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭dePeatrick


    Randy Archer wrote: »
    A better reception would have been people simply not turning up. She gets off on getting a reaction
    Absolutely agree, But when I saw the crowd I diverted and drove down slowly by it, I would not normally do this but I think the total lack of live entertainment under lockdown made me curious, same for the people who joined it I think.

    Best option ignore her completely, second best is boo her.


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    #1514
    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Saw some work on the Greenway at the White Gates happening today. About fing time but good to see. Maybe the Greens getting the gig helped (although its likely more to do with the lockdown ending/reducing)


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    #1515
    dePeatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭dePeatrick


    [HTML][/HTML]Anyone interested in playing Petanque? A small group of us started playing in Burgess park last year and have resumed again today. We have spare sets of balls etc. Very easy learn and your level of fitness does not matter.

    No we're not this good but we can dream :D




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    #1516
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    dePeatrick wrote: »
    [HTML][/HTML]Anyone interested in playing Petanque? A small group of us started playing in Burgess park last year and have resumed again today. We have spare sets of balls etc. Very easy learn and your level of fitness does not matter.

    No we're not this good but we can dream :D



    Lovely idea..

    Are you supplying the Pastis?

    And, do you have a measuring stick that can measure distance from the cochonnet to the boule EXACTLY in accordance with the effects of the position of the Sun and the day of the year? If not, Provencal arguments from centuries ago will be re-played and battles re-enacted in Burgess Park that perhaps Burgess Park will not be able to deal with.

    :D:D:D


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    #1517
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    dePeatrick wrote: »
    [HTML][/HTML]Anyone interested in playing Petanque? A small group of us started playing in Burgess park last year and have resumed again today. We have spare sets of balls etc. Very easy learn and your level of fitness does not matter.

    No we're not this good but we can dream :D



    On a related French outdoor activities note, did anyone notice a Facebook post from Arcadia Athlone where they shared a post by Decathlon and responded to a comment with “ But they've announced they want to open a total of 8 stores in Ireland. So, as they say, watch this space! 😉”.

    That would be a fantastic addition to the town.


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    #1518
    horseofstone
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭horseofstone


    Has anyone heard what pubs are not reopening after the lockdown, for whatever reason?


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    #1519
    boredatwork82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭boredatwork82


    horseofstone wrote: »
    Has anyone heard what pubs are not reopening after the lockdown, for whatever reason?

    Heard a few names mentioned, but to be honest I don't think it's good to speculate. Even if pubs aren't closing and they get discussed here, people might stop going when they re open, as they could assume they are dead etc or suppliers might not give them credit and the likes and we could contribute to the demise of the pubs.
    It' will be a shame if any pubs close as Athlone had kind of gotten it's buzz back in the last year or two before covid after a bleak few years.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Yes, it's better to wait until they reopen and then comment on the ones that failed to reopen.


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    #1521
    dePeatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭dePeatrick


    TomOnBoard wrote: »
    Lovely idea..

    Are you supplying the Pastis?

    And, do you have a measuring stick that can measure distance from the cochonnet to the boule EXACTLY in accordance with the effects of the position of the Sun and the day of the year? If not, Provencal arguments from centuries ago will be re-played and battles re-enacted in Burgess Park that perhaps Burgess Park will not be able to deal with.

    :D:D:D
    If there's an argument it will be umbrellas at dawn...in the Park :D:D:D


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    veryangryman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    IS there anywhere in town to print stuff on paper during all this lockdown etc


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    #1523
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Recharge Cartridges? They are back open at least.


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    #1524
    martin1
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭martin1


    Walking the green way from White gates towards Garrycastle Bridge, on my left I notice what looks like a new park of some sort with nice walking paths.


    Does anyone know what this is?

    Seems to be near completion.


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    #1525
    Ryath
    Registered Users Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭Ryath


    https://www.athlonersc.ie/athlone-rsc-fitness-park-opening-spring-2020/


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    #1526
    afkasurfjunkie
    Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭afkasurfjunkie


    Wonderful resource for the area. Just drove by it today when checking to see if the playground was open there.


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    #1527
    boredatwork82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭boredatwork82


    martin1 wrote: »
    Walking the green way from White gates towards Garrycastle Bridge, on my left I notice what looks like a new park of some sort with nice walking paths.


    Does anyone know what this is?

    Seems to be near completion.

    I think this is the upgrades to the sport centre and their outdoor running path/track

    https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/west-meath/athlone-regional-sports-centre-set-significant-expansion/


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    #1528
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    veryangryman wrote: »
    IS there anywhere in town to print stuff on paper during all this lockdown etc

    Kiosk near the escalator on the upper level of Town Centre


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    #1529
    Mearings
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Mearings


    We in Longford/Westmeath are lucky, we have three TDs in the new government. We in Athlone are, maybe, no so lucky.


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    #1530
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    Mearings wrote: »
    We in Longford/Westmeath are lucky, we have three TDs in the new government. We in Athlone are, maybe, no so lucky.

    Nothing to do with luck. A large number of people in Athlone made a conscious decision to vote for a Sinn Fein candidate from Mullingar, when a local politician had done a decent job looking after the town for the last few years.


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    #1531
    TimHorton
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭TimHorton


    mr_edge_to_you wrote: »
    Nothing to do with luck. A large number of people in Athlone made a conscious decision to vote for a Sinn Fein candidate from Mullingar, when a local politician had done a decent job looking after the town for the last few years.

    Exactly how did a local TD benefit you directly ?


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