Dublin Fleadh 2010

Subject: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: ruairiobroin
Date: 28 Apr 10 - 08:33 AM

Dublin Fleadh 2010 is on in May.
Tues May 4th Official Opening in Clasac,Regional Resource Centre CCE
Wed May 5th Junior Set and Céilí Dancing Clasac RRC CCE
Thurs May 6th Senior Set and Céilí and Sean Nós Dancing Clasac RRC CCE   Music and Singing Sessions in local venues
Fri May 7th Concert Clasac Regional Resource Centre CCE
Sat May 8th Céilí Band and Grupaí Cheoil and Céilí Band Drumming    Competitions St David's CBS Artane Dublin 5 + Session in Vincents GAA
Sun May 9th Solos, Duets, Trios Competitions + Ceili in Clasac
Check out www.dublinfleadh.com

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: ruairiobroin
Date: 28 Apr 10 - 08:35 AM

www.dublinfleadh.com

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 28 Apr 10 - 12:22 PM

And the Mulachy family headlining the concert and all.

A spelling checker wouldn't catch that one would it?

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: ruairiobroin
Date: 28 Apr 10 - 01:14 PM

Good Man Peter

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 05:01 AM

I don't know about that.

Received the following by e-mail just now. Has some bearing on this event I think.

Comhaltas is still doing everything it can to prevent discussions taking place to resolve the dispute with the dissolved Clontarf branch. Comhaltas will not engage with Clontarf and won't allow the issues that caused the dispute to be addressed.

Last year Comhaltas and Clontarf were both asked by the team undertaking the official review commissioned by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (DCRGA) to enter into mediation. Clontarf said yes. Comhaltas said no, wrongly insisting their Bunreacht would not allow it. Even Minister Eamonn O Cuiv, when publishing the report last September, called for "a meaningful engagement in relation to the issues…"

It is clear Comhaltas HQ doesn't want to engage because they now can't explain why they summarily dissolved Cluain Tarbh Comhaltas, a hard working branch with nearly 50 years service and over 400 members, without any right of reply or appeal. The official DCRGA report confirmed that the Clasac project, developed by Clontarf, was properly managed and delivered in line with budget projections and that other reasons advanced by Comhaltas at the time for dissolving the branch were totally unfounded.

Clontarf would like to thank everyone, including the huge number of traditional musicians, politicians, people in the local community and so many Comhaltas members and branches for supporting us by not attending the Clasac centre.

We ask you to continue to support justice for Clontarf by not visiting Clasac until the dispute is resolved.

The manner of, and the spurious reasons for, the dissolution of Clontarf should be of concern to everyone in Comhaltas. The lessons from the way Clontarf and its members were treated are clear. It means that every member is vulnerable in an environment where levelling of unfounded allegations and malicious abuse targeted at individual members is sanctioned at the top.

It represents a complete failure of proper governance and a rejection of the most basic standards of fairness by the Ardchomhairle (governing body), the very people charged with protecting the Bunreacht and members rights. The leadership of Comhaltas has continued its campaign against Clontarf even after the branch's unfair dissolution leaving us with no other conclusion but that it is intent on preventing facts emerging that raise very serious questions about the Ardchomhairle's conduct and that of the Ardstiúrthóir.

Comhaltas claims that a motion adopted "unanimously" at the annual congress in May 2008 means that branches supported the actions taken against Clontarf. It is clear from the many branches in contact with Clontarf that such a motion was unknown to many of the delegates at the time, suggesting the motion was taken when very few were present. It is inconceivable that genuine branch delegates who have the interests of the organisation and members at heart can be content to be used in this manner to validate the improper actions of the leadership of Comhaltas.

The way Comhaltas dealt with Clontarf and the failure of governance must also be pursued by the Minister for Arts and Minister for Community, Equality and the Gaeltacht. They provided over €9m in public funding to develop Clasac, which now stands virtually idle, and also contribute substantial annual funding to the running costs of the centre. Ministers have put their trust in Comhaltas, a national body that has as one of its aims to represent what should be good about Irish society and local communities.

Good governance, as practiced by many other national sporting and cultural bodies, must ensure at the very least that members' grievances must be addressed fairly and openly. The members of these organisations demand nothing less from their leadership and governing bodies. It's time that these same standards were demanded of, and delivered by, the leadership of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.


Issued by Ceoltóirí Chluain Tarbh – 26 April 2010

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: ruairiobroin
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 01:50 PM

No bearing at all, Ceoltoiri Chluain Tarbh are involved in Fleadh Atha Cliath and have never been excluded nor have they excluded themselves. Comhaltas ,despite the above , have engaged with the Department on several occasions as and when requested by the department and it is untrue to suggest otherwise.
This thread is not really the forum for such a discussion as it is purely to advise all that the event is taking place. An event as I said Ceoltoiri Chluain Tarbh are actively participating in.

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: michaelr
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 06:48 PM

An event as I said Ceoltoiri Chluain Tarbh are actively participating in.

Well, I for one would like to see that confirmed by an actual member of the dissolved branch. The press release quoted above clearly calls for a boycott of Clasac.

Subject: RE: Dublin Fleadh 2010
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 01 May 10 - 03:27 AM

This thread is not really the forum for such a discussion as it is purely to advise all that the event is taking place. An event as I said Ceoltoiri Chluain Tarbh are actively participating in.

Only after posting the received message here I noticed the same had already been posted to the 'Comhaltas interruptus' thread.

I do think the message has bearing on this thread although I agree the discussion is probably best kept in the other thread : here.