Flooding on Friday in Macroom

Following extremely heavy rain in the Macroom area on Friday evening a temporary flood resulted and traffic stopped until the main roadway leading to Cork was quickly cleared.  The road was cleared with the excellent assistance of the Gardaí, road authorities and residents.  (S.R.)

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Very Successful Fundraising Tractor Run Mizen to Malin 2012 Cheque Presentation in Wexford in aid of Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin

Thanks to Michelle Walsh we have a selection of photographs which shows the presenting on Saturday, 18th August 2012, of the big cheque to Jerry who was representing the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin.   This superb presentation of the cheque of €5,310.00  took place at Taghmon, Co Wexford and shows (on extreme right) Philip Pomeroy (Millstreet) and two of his cousins Patrick and Dominic McCrae from Pettigo in County Donegal, along with their Wexford friends who completed the tractor run on 21/22 July from Mizen Head to Milan Head in under 24 hours.
They also celebrated Patrick’s birthday on the night!  (S.R.)

Here we share further images of the wonderful success of this very courageous fundraising Tractor Run from Mizen to Malin.    We feature in the current issue of  “Clara News” a photograph (repeated here) of the happy group in Millstreet during August as [read more …] “Very Successful Fundraising Tractor Run Mizen to Malin 2012 Cheque Presentation in Wexford in aid of Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin”

Where Aubane People Meet

In view of old Mushera in the high green countryside
For it’s hospitable people Aubane is known far and wide
On the high Butter Road above the the Town of Millstreet
There is laughter, song, dance and music where Aubane  people meet

In Aubane the bond of community is and has always been strong
A stranger to there would not feel a stranger for long
Wherever you hail from Capetown, Paris or Rome
Aubane  is a  place where one would feel at home [read more …] “Where Aubane People Meet”

Baby Jacob to start Pre-School

The parents of a little boy born with no eyes have told of their joy that their son has made enough progress to start pre-school.

Little Jacob Nowak, who celebrates his third birthday tomorrow, was born with a rare condition called anophthalmia, that left him without eyeballs or optic nerves and facing six years of surgery.

His parents Mariusz and Wiola had feared that Jacob, from Millstreet in Cork, would have no quality of life after discovering there was no funding available from the HSE to cover his €300,000 medical bills.

However, an overwhelming response from the public has transformed his life and allowed him to travel to Germany every three months for [read more …] “Baby Jacob to start Pre-School”