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THE SWIMMING POOL at Templemore Garda college is to be re-opened to local community groups, following protests over its closure to the public.
The Journal reported last week that Tipperary locals were set to stage a protest after authorities stopped the community from using the college’s pool.
A statement from the Garda Press Office said: “It has been decided by Garda management that, as there will be an increase in the number of recruits in the Garda College from late November, that the Garda College pool will be available to local community groups from that time on.
“This access will be subject to individual community groups receiving the appropriate license from the OPW.”
Until recently the pool inside the training college was used by members of the public to learn to swim during times when Garda recruits were not using the facility.
An individual is understood to previously have applied to the Garda college for a licence to use the pool for group training, but this was rejected.
The statement continued: “In 2017, governance measures were introduced that involved the granting of pool licenses by OPW to any group external to the Garda College who wished to use the pool.
“Whilst Garda Management are consulted, licenses are issued by the OPW for the benefit of the local community on a not for profit or commercial basis.”
Demonstrators said the closure was the latest incident in a series of issues experienced by the local community in the town following decisions by management at the centre.
According to locals, including Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill, the pool has been used by those in the area for 40 years.
Independent TD for Tipperary Michael Lowry said in a statement today: “Further to my conversations with Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, on Monday and earlier today, the Minister has now confirmed to me that the Garda Training College has been instructed to re-open the pool to both Garda Recruits and local schools by the end of November.
“I welcome the fact that this unnecessary impasse has now been resolved and that the long-established good relationship between the College and the community can be restored.”
With reporting by Eoghan Dalton and Niall O’Connor
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Get ready for a slower phone and a battery that drains faster
So you’re saying it’s worth getting then, Ted?
Don’t upgrade if you don’t want to.
well iphones are significantly faster than any android phone already so don’t let that be an issue. Battery life loss with software updates is less of a problem recently because new updates aren’t doing too much new processing intensive stuff. if you have a iphone 6 or later there’s no reason not to upgrade that i can think of. That being said there isn’t much reason to upgrade either. I’m still rocking an iphone 4s which suits me fine.
Iphones are faster *pfft* lies
I’ve been on iOS 10 for 5 days now (last beta version) on iPhone 5s
Have to say, upgrade was smooth, no issues. Did another reboot when done to be sure.
It’s performing smoothly, seems faster (same apps installed, same space used that I had before)
The new features are good … so far no regrets and battery is as good as it was before if not better…
Gone Feisin. It seems you are on the wrong forum for that sort of comment. It’s not a place for real geeks.
‘Note that we said remove instead of delete. They’re still saved onto your phone – all of Apple’s stock apps take up roughly 150MB’
So…it just hides them, they still take up space.
Just let folk delete them!
Wait till 10.1
Always, early adoption is a guinea-pig’s errand
Has there been ANY resolution on the Power-Display issue? One second your display shows 70% power, the next it’s 14% and you’re getting a ‘Low Power’ warning, unbelievable they’ve not yet resolved it.
Thanks God I still have a 4s.
The best iPhone in my humble opinion. Perfect size to fit snugly into the hand.
Wish I still had my 4S.
Seems some devices are getting bricked. Apple advice is to be sure and have iTunes handy …
Solution
If you still see the Connect to iTunes screen after you restart, you need to reinstall iOS:
Connect your device to your computer using the cable that came with your device. You should see this message: “The software on [your device name] needs to be restored to factory settings or updated.”
Click Update to reinstall iOS. Your personal data is preserved.
It appears to be bringing bricking as a major feature update…not sure if this is a bad thing.
iBrick is a key feature in Apple’s update’s — or asking users to plug their iOS device into a PC.
I want the updates, but I also want to know if my iPhone will become an unusable brick afterwards! Isn’t there an “undo” button somewhere? Help me Steve Jobs!
How do you delete apps now with iOS 10?
I have a 6s and it won’t delete them???
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