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This is the second year of the event and offers a fun filled day for the local community. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>The Climate Action Office involvement this year is to promote and offer informal consultation on Maynooth having been selected as the Decarbonising Zone (DZ) for the county . The practical experience and knowledge gained will accelerate learning in the county and inform future decarbonization measures. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Leinster Street will be closed to all traffic from 9.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m. (emergency and local access will be maintained) and local businesses will provide outdoor dining to enable a street feast. You can also bring your own picnic or enjoy food offerings and ice cream from vendors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>As well as important consultation and information, \u2018Picnic in the Park\u2019 will also have lots of fun activities for all members of the community including sports, arts &amp; crafts, face painting, a caricaturist and environmental themed performances and workshops. A photographer will be present on the day to catalogue events. The theme of the event is climate action, sustainability, active travel, biodiversity and circular economy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Brendan O\u2019Rourke is a caricature artist will be attending the event to illustrate in a fun way the various topics of the day and while sketching will engage with the attendees on such issues, resulting in a fun drawing which can be taken home<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25436,"template":"","class_list":["post-25435","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Picnic in the Park \u2013 Brendan O\u2019Rourke caricature artist - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Picnic in the Park is being organised by Maynooth Community Council in conjunction with the Climate Action Office in Kildare County Council.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/picnic-in-the-park-brendan-orourke-caricature-artist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Picnic in the Park \u2013 Brendan O\u2019Rourke caricature artist - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Picnic in the Park is being organised by Maynooth Community Council in conjunction with the Climate Action Office in Kildare County Council. 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