{"id":1882,"date":"2017-03-23T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?page_id=1882"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:00:41","slug":"latest-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?page_id=1882","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2707\">Scouting Year 2026\/27<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-06T20:17:52+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">6 September, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Welcome back to Ballinlough Scouts for the 2026\/27 scouting year. This year we will continue to operate three age sections Beaver Scouts (Ages 6 to 9) Reopening 7th September Cub Scouts (Ages 9 to 12) Reopening 8th September Scouts (Ages 12 to 15) Reopening 10th September All sections are currently full with waiting lists in &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2707\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scouting Year 2026\/27&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2696\">Hall Repairs<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-08-17T13:19:04+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">17 August, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Repairs to our Scout Hall have commenced in the first week in August with the doors, wall and window sections being demolished and rebuilt and are expected to be completed by the end of the month. It is planned that the hall will be back in use by September for the beginning of the new &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2696\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hall Repairs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2682\">Updated Constitution<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-15T12:23:21+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">15 May, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Group Council at its meeting on 13th May 2026, resolved to adopt a new Constitution for the Scout Group. This is the governing document for how our group is run and is provided in a prescribed format by Scouting Ireland. It replaces the existing constitution in place since 2017. A copy of the new &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2682\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Updated Constitution&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2660\">Notice of AGM 2025<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-09-04T12:01:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">4 September, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Our AGM will take place on Thursday 11th September from 7.30pm to 8.30pm in the Scout Hall. Our AGM is open to all Parents and Leaders and you attendance is greatly appreciated. As well as routine reports and the accounts for 2024\/25 this year&#8217;s AGM will focus on: We are conscious that as a voluntary &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2660\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Notice of AGM 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2638\">Fees 2025\/26<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-08-08T16:08:20+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">8 August, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Fee Notes are issued by email via Pay Pal, but fees can be paid by cash or cheque on your child\u2019s meeting night as well as by Pay Pal online. We use Pay Pal one of the worlds leading payment processors to ensure that transactions are safe and secure. If you have any queries please &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/?p=2638\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fees 2025\/26&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1882"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2659,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882\/revisions\/2659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballinloughscouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}