News

Monday 8 March 2010

The RDCA Committee is inviting expressions of interest from landowners on the island with possible sites for a new wind turbine project. Detailed discussions on this commercial opportunity will be subject to site feasability and will be held on file until the new community company is formed. Please send expressions of interest (in writing) to the Resource Centre. For further information, contact RDCA Committee members, or the Resouce Centre.

Thursday 4 March 2010

The Irish class registration took place yesterday, and the classes will take place on Wednesdays from 2.00 to 3.45 in the Richard Branson Centre. Classes will run until June, and then recommence in September. The classes will be based on the book 'Now You're Talking' by Eamon O'Donnell and Deirbhile Ní Churraighin. All welcome.

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Fitness instructor Matthew Waterson will be taking fitness classes in the hall, starting Thursday 11 March at 8.00. Admission is £5.

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Loughie McCuaig sent in several fantastic photos of the snowfall on Rathlin on Sunday 21 February - above is one of the best of the lot.

Tuesday 2 March 2010

Students and staff of New York State's St. Bonaventure University have been visiting the island today and have been working hard on a beach clean from Mill Bay up to Church Bay, with help from a number of island residents and volunteers from Corrymeela. Pictured above are the group with Frances Gage and David Quinney Mee. Many thanks to everyone who gave their time and energy.

Tuesday 2 March 2010

The Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy has issued a statement about the DRD's policy for Rathlin Island. The statement is reproduced in full below:

Monday 1 March 2010

The Shackleton 80th anniversary celebration event held in the hall on Saturday was a great success with over sixty people attending.

Friday 26 February 2010

The RNLI Red Bay Lifeboat will be coming to Rathlin on Saturday (weather permitting) to support the Shackleton 80th anniversary celebration event. The boat is expected to arrive in the harbour at 12.45, and the crew will be attending the event in the hall at 1.00. All welcome to come and welcome the crew at the harbour.

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Fitness instructor Mathew Watterson is willing to come to Rathlin to start fitness classes for men and women. If you are interested in joining these classes please contact Teresa McFaul as soon as possible.

Tuesday 23 February 2010

The 80th anniversary celebration of the rescue of the Steam Trawler Shackleton on 1st March 1930 will be held in the Parochial Hall on Saturday 27th February at 1.00, featuring contributions from Loughie McQuilkin who remembers the rescue, the Tuesday Club, the school children, the island's Coastguard team, the RNLI, and Ian Wilson, author of 'Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast'. The event will include an exhibition of pictures and artefacts, and refreshments will be provided.