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THE West Cork Vintage Club annual run takes place this Sunday (May 19th) starting at the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery and heading to Baltimore via the scenic route through Glandore and Union Hall.
Up to 100 cars are exepected to take part including the classic Ford Cortina once owned by former Taoiseach Jack Lynch.
The Tit Bonhomme. Pic: Niall Duffy
THE families of the three Egyptian fisherman who drowned when the trawler Tit Bonhomme sank in January 2012 have launched a legal action against the owners of the vessel.
The civil case is being taken on behalf of the men who were illegal immigrants when they were working on the boat when it sank at the mouth of Glandore Harbour.
The Tit Bonhomme. Pic: Niall Duffy
A REPORT from the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) report into the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme in January 2012 has found that fatigue was a major factor in the sinking of the vessel.
The reports findings show that the vessel was on auto-pilot when she struck rocks at the mouth of Glandore Harbour resulting in the loss of five crew members, one of the six crew survived the tragedy.
An RNLI Atlantic 75 Inshore Lifeboat. Pic: RNLI / Nigel Millard
by Brian Moore
A COMMITTEE has been formed in Union Hall to petition the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) for a new inshore lifeboat.
Over 200 people attended a public meeting in Union Hall this week where a decision was made to once again submit proposals to the RNLI board meeting scheduled to take place in Poole, Dorset in April.
TO mark National Tree Week 2013, Union Hall National School planted six native Irish trees kindly donated by SWS Forestry Department.
The school children each received an oak tree to take home.
Pictured planting one of the trees are pupils from the school with their Principal, Mr Brendan McCarthy and Michael Connelly and Martin Brew both of SWS Forestry.
THE FISHING village of Union Hall is casting its nets wide for a summer gathering revival of the traditional village festival.
Plans are underway to stage a summer highlight of old, the ‘Festival by the Sea’ event this summer after a lapse of 25 years.
At the Cork Person of the Year Awards at the Rochestown Park Hotel were (l-r): Maura Derrane, RTE; Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr John Buttimer; Bill Deasy, Union Hall; President Michael D Higgins; Fr Pearse Cormac, Union Hall; Cllr Barbara Murray, Mayor of Cork County and Brian Crowley MEP. Pic: Tony O’Connell
Bill Deasy and Fr Pierce Cormac overall winners, honorary Cork people of the year David and Patsy Puttnam
ON the week, that marked the first anniversary, of the Tit Bonhomme trawler tragedy, Bill Deasy and Fr Pierce Cormac were the winners received the Cork Persons of the Year Award.
The award judges said Bill Deasy and Fr Cormac personified the community effort, when they helped co-ordinate the 25 day search for the five fishermen who died, when their trawler sank at the mouth of Glandore Harbour on January 15th, 2012.
A candle is lit at the commemorative mass in St. Bridget’s Church, Union Hall for the victims of the Tit Bonhomme by relatives Mohammed Ibrahim, Morad Gharib, survivor Abdul Mohammed, Caitlin Ni aOdha and Margaret Kerwick, with Bishop of Cork Dr John Buckley. Pic: Denis Boyle
by Louise Roseingrave
A SEA tragedy that sparked a 26 day search for five lost fishermen has been remembered in a moving church service in West Cork.
Exactly a year after the Tit Bonhomme fishing trawler hit rocks and foundered in Glandore Harbour, the families of those lost gathered in grief at St Bridget’s Church in Union Hall.
The Tit Bonhomme. Pic: Niall Duffy
A SPECIAL mass will be held at St Bridget’s Church in Union Hall next Tuesday evening to mark the first anniversary of the Tit Bonhomme tragedy in which five fishermen lost their lives.
Pic: Kestutis Anuzis
PEOPLE turned out in their hundreds on Sunday 7th October for the “Pink Umbrella” Walk in Union Hall, in aid of Action Breast Cancer.
Exceeding all expectations, the walk was greatly supported by locals and the organisers were delighted also by the support from surrounding towns, villages and counties. [Read more...]
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SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football. Playing into a gale in the … [Read More...]
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