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SHARING THE ROAD
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SAFELY Our roads areby drivers of
spaces, used
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Health & Habitat
SAFE DRIVING
Grainne Coogan
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a selection of your photography
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Motorists
Make sure you can see
clearly. Keep windows and
mirrors clean, de-misted/
de-iced. Wipers should be
checked for wear and tear,
and replaced if necessary.
Use your daytime running
lights so that you too are
visible.
If blinded by low lying
sun or if your visibility is
reduced at all, slow right
down, to a stop if necessary.
different types of vehicle.
Always be aware of the
vulnerability of cyclists.
Drivers often fail to
spot vulnerable road users
when turning blind bends,
reversing, pulling out at
junctions, changing lanes
and turning left into side
roads. Make sure to slow
right down while carrying
out manoeuvres, and to
look twice, check mirrors
twice and allow space and
time for the unexpected.
Cyclists
Maximise your visibility. Use good lights
(white at the front, read at rear) that are
visible to motorists, make eye contact with
drivers when you plan to manoeuvre, to be
sure they have seen you.
Wear light coloured, preferably high-visibility clothing and
always wear a helmet. Be aware of what is going on around
you, both in front and behind. Ride a straight and predictable
line. Be aware of your own blind spots and the blind spots of
other vehicles.
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Changes to Driving Licence Service
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The Driving Licence is changing from paper
to plastic. From Saturday January 12th, all
driving license applications received will
result in a license being issued in a plastic
card format. As all old paper licences are
valid for a maximum of 10 years, so it follows
that all old paper licences should be replaced
with a plastic card licence by 2023. The validity period
of new licences issued will not change for the majority of
drivers. However, for those driving trucks and/or buses
the validity period of the licence for those categories will
be reduced to five years. n
For full details please visit www.rsa.ie/RSA/Licensed-Drivers/DrivingLicence-Changes/Driving-Licence-Changes-January-2013
For more information contact Gráinne Coogan, Communications Officer at
01 4631721, email safedriving@esb.ie or http://esbnet/safedriving
1 Connemara’ by Kevin Grace, Group Internal Audit. 2 ‘Outage in Amorebieta, Inside the Boiler’ by Bittor Zaba.
3 & 4 Tween Bridge Windfarm in Yorkshire’ by Ian Whitehead, Rousch Power Plant. 5 ‘Christmas Innocence’ by Joe McGrath, Energy
International. 6 Sunset in Ko Lanta, Thailand by Denise Fannin, ESB Networks.
Donal Lucey RIP
We wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and
friends of our colleague, Donal Lucey, who was tragically killed
in a collision while out for a Sunday morning cycle in November.
Our thoughts are with you all at this time.
A BITE TO EAT WORTH SHARING
WHAT’S NEW?
Dave Walsh
NEVEN MAGUIRE appears
to be everywhere these
days. Be it a book launch,
cookery demonstration or TV
programme, he’s certainly a
busy man. But his pride and
joy, and I am sure the way he
defines himself, is as owner/
chef at MacNean’s Restaurant
in Blacklion, Co Cavan.
Every time I’ve been there
he was present orchestrating
things, never invisible and
always available for a few
words that are genuine. It is a
culinary experience to match
anything a restaurant boasting
a Michelin star and the full
experience is enhanced if you
stay there.
Nowadays, people demand
service but rarely is service
so good that you just don’t
notice how seriously good it is.
The standard is set so high at
MacNeans that it allows you
to get on with the reason you
go there – to enjoy the best
of food and wine cooked and
presented to you expertly.
The menu - using the finest,
local seasonal ingredients is varied and has something
for everyone. For the coup
de grace I would suggest
you go for the nine course
menu at €87 per person
or €132 if you let Neven
choose the various wines to
accompany each course. You
might not be brave enough
to try an unfamiliar dish at
an ‘ordinary’ restaurant but
MacNeans inspires confidence
and if it is going to be cooked
properly then Neven is the
man to do it.
If you stay over you will
marvel at the breakfast the next
day. The chef may not be happy
with this but I actually look
forward to the breakfast more
than the dinner, especially the
wondrous porridge. The price
for the standard five-course
dinner is €72 with B&B starting
at €67pps.
In an age of themed and
branded restaurants, it is
refreshingly wonderful, though
to know that the chef’s name
above the door is the man
working in the kitchen. If you
fancy going then planning
is essential as bookings fill up
almost as soon as the book is
opened so get in early. It is so
worth the trip and the wait. n
More for more information see
www.macneanrestaurant.com
http://www.esb.ie/em
http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Licensed-Drivers/Driving-Licence-Changes/Driving-Licence-Changes-January-2013
http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Licensed-Drivers/Driving-Licence-Changes/Driving-Licence-Changes-January-2013
http://esbnet/safedriving
http://www.macneanrestaurant.com
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