A welcome development in Enniscorthy

NYN Property Ltd has been granted planning permission for a major development at 4 Castle Street, Enniscorthy, involving the change of use from retail/office to retail/residential use consisting of six self-contained residential accommodation units and modifications to previously approved plans.

The property is situated between Modern Fashions and Ibar Carty's shop premises on Castle Street.

At a quick glance it seems to tick a lot of the right boxes for the type of development our town centre needs – sympathetic to its protected structure, providing modern retail space, and creating apartments which will bring people into the town centre to live helping to bring life back to the heart of the town. n

SATURDAY 04 MARCH 2023

Reimagining Enniscorthy is connecting with Irish Seed Savers for a free Community Orchard Day in Enniscorthy.

Join us for a community Meetup and talk all about growing and caring for apple trees at Templeshannon Community Centre, followed by a community planting workshop at Father Murphy Park. We’ll learn all about apple trees, from the different types of trees and apple varieties, to planting, pruning and caring for the trees throughout their life. We’ll also talk about planting for pollinators and natural methods of pest and disease control, as well as how we can help to preserve our food crop biodiversity by planting heritage Irish trees.

The planting workshop starts from the ground up, and covers soil and ground preparation, how to plant and stake apple trees, and set them up for healthy growing into the future with mulches and compost. Participants will be guided by practical demonstration and expert advice from Irish Seed Savers, and it’s a hand-ons demo so dress for the weather and get involved!

We're booking for the talk & planting workshop as one event, but people can come to either or both or drop in on the day, everyone's welcome!

Book now on Eventbrite through the QR code below or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-orchard-workshop-tickets-565302684547

Plant Your Own Orchard

Reimagining Enniscorthy is helping to create a local food network so we can all grow and share our own food, buy seasonally from local suppliers, and reduce our food waste.

95% of the €100 million worth of apples consumed in Ireland annually are imported! We can help change this, and reduce our carbon footprint and our food miles, by planting our own community orchards.

We’re connecting with community members all over the town to start a local growing network and support people in using their gardens and shared public green space for biodiversity and growing food. As part of this we’re providing free heritage Irish apple trees, and want to connect with community groups, friends & neighbours who would like to plant some apple trees in the shared green space of their housing estates, or individually in their gardens as a group. We’ll provide help and advice on how to care for them going forward so you can look after the trees together and share in future apple harvests with your community.

If you would like to get involved and plant some trees with your neighbours let us know. Get in touch through our website reimaginingenniscorthy.com or email us at hello@reimaginingenniscorthy.com