The event was organised as part of Bealtaine 2013 activities and the Dunmanway knitting group received a warm welcome from Paula Walker and colleagues in the library and also from ‘The Purlies’, the knitting group based in Macroom Library. Sinn Féin councillor Rachel McCarthy says the scheme amounts to communities having to fill their own potholes. Pic: Denis Boyle MORE than €100,000 in funding for road maintenance via the Community Involvement Scheme has been announced for the next two years for West Cork. These include concerns re non-payment of annual leave, entitlement to public holidays as well as concerns about employees having their working conditions or hours of work changed without consultation. Cllr. Declan Hurley, Pat McCarthy, Treasurer, Maisie Culbert, Chairperson, Michelle O Mahony, Michael McCarthy, TD by Brian Moore THE call has gone out to the MacCarthy clan for a very special gathering taking place in Dunmanway later this month. Organised by the Dunmanway Historical Association, with the support of the UCC School of History, the MacCarthys of Cork Cultural and Historical weekend takes place in Dunmanway from Friday May 31 to Sunday June 2. Egle Aniulyte pictured at Cork Circuit Criminal court. Pic: Daragh McSweeney/Cork Courts Ltd West Cork couple found guilty of handling stolen property by West Cork Times Reporter A LITHUANIAN national living in West Cork has been jailed for a year and banned from Ireland for five years on his release arising out of an investigation into a spate of burglaries throughout Cork and Kerry where over €90,000 worth of property was stolen. Work underway at Castledonovan. Pic: Geograph THE refurbishment of Castledonovan Castle near Drimoleague is due for completion this summer, the OPW have confirmed. It is hoped that the castle will be open to members of the public in early June or July. Finance for the refurbishment was officially sanctioned by former minister Síle De Valera in 1991. Bantry General Hospital. Pic: Google THE Friends of Bantry General Hospital annual fundraising walk ( 12 miles ) will take place on Saturday, June 22nd, gather at Drimoleague Railway Yard at 10am. You can walk by sponsorship card or personal donation. Farmers queueing for Fodder in Drinagh. MINISTER for Agriculture Simon Coveney has announced that he has extended the duration of the Imported Fodder Transport Scheme for one week. The scheme will now run until Friday 10th May. The Minister also today confirmed that maize silage is eligible under the scheme. He said his Department has been working with the industry on this and said that large quantities of maize silage up to 6,000 tons are currently being sourced for early delivery to this country. Minister Coveney commended the Dairy co-ops for their work over the past two weeks. 3rd place finalists from Maria Immaculata CC, Dunmanway, (PRS Games) Sinead Meade, teacher; Julianne Hayes; Eileen Crowley; Deirdre O’Brien; Denis Kelleher; and Don Hurley, teacher; rear: Eamon Curtin, IGNITE, UCC; Sarah Kenefick, BNY Mellon; Gillian Keating, president, Cork Chamber; Anne Wallace, College of Business & Law, UCC; Heather Crowley, BNY Mellon; Eoin Motherway, BNY Mellon; and Dr Ed Shinnick, Dean of Commerce, UCC. THIS year’s Transition Year Business Projects Awards were announced at a prize-giving ceremony in the Aula Maxima, University College Cork with a team from Maria Immaculata Community College, Dunmanway taking third place overall. The team from Mount St. Michael in Rosscarbery were also awarded special recognition for their efforts. The Transition Year Business Project Awards is an initiative of the UCC Faculty of Commerce and Cork Chamber and are kindly sponsored by BNY Mellon, a global investments company and major employer in Cork.
THE Dunmanway Library ‘Knit & Natter’ group travelled to Macroom Library recently.
MARIA Immaculata Community College Dunmanway defeated Gael Cholaiste Mhuire in the U16 ½ B county final. The match was played in Cloughduv and resulted in the MICC girls taking home the Katie Crowley Cup.
RECENTLY West Cork Citizens Information Service has noted an increase in queries from the public in relation to their employment rights.
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