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We all know loved ones who have been taken care of by Marymount Hospice, either in the hospice or by their home care team. TV3 is running a two part documentary on Marymount, and it’s very moving to see people tell their stories, how it works from the inside, and the level of care they give.

About the documentary (from TV3.ie): The staff and patients of St. Patrick’s Marymount Hospital in Cork city are on the move. 141 years after it first opened its doors, this much loved Cork institution is moving to a new hospital which will be Ireland’s most advanced palliative care facility and a centre of excellence for the Irish hospice movement.

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The impact of the Japanese earthquake will hit profits this year at Co Cork-based manufacturer, Alps Electronics.

The Japanese-owned firm employs just under 500 people in the Millstreet-based plant, and managing director Brendan O’Shaughnessy said yesterday that the earthquake has affected the company’s bottom line this year.

Accounts just filed by Alps Electric (Ireland) Ltd show the firm’s revenues increased by 10% from €58 million to €64m in the 12 months to the end of March last year. [the above is an excerpt from an article in the Irish Examiner - 3rd February 2012]
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From finegael.ie: Fine Gael Deputy for Cork North West, Áine Collins, has reassured Millstreet residents that their community hospital will remain open for now. Deputy Collins went on to say that the establishment of a local action group could go some way to ensuring the long-term viability of the Hospital.

Speaking at a specially convened meeting in the Wallis Arms Hotel in Millstreet recently, Deputy Collins said: ‘I am delighted to announce that following on from discussions I have had with Department of Health officials about the future of the Millstreet Community Hospital, I can confirm that it will not be closing this year under the recently proposed budgetary cuts’. continue reading…

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Eily Buckley

Dia is Mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome program 1100 from Millstreet.

Fondest greeting dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this wet but calm Tuesday morning

Regular meetings are being held by the Community Council and local
representatives, to monitor the situation regarding our Community Hospital, and the signs are that there is no danger of it closing in the near future.

Tickets at €25 each are now on sale, from any member, for the Community Council Awards Social which will be held at the Wallis Arms Hotel on Friday March 2nd.
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Thanks to everyone who played and congrats to Neil Flahive on winning our 2nd Last Man Standing competition and a prize of 800 euro. Our next LMS will begin on Saurday, February 11^th and entries can be submitted via any club member. [from Millstreet Celtic]

See this spreadsheet for the full set of results.

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1099 from Millstreet.

Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this rather wet but mild and calm Tuesday morning.

Now that the Christmas Season is over, the proceeds of the many fundraising events that were held around  the Festive Season are being presented  to the causes for which they were held.

The proceeds of the Christmas Day Climb of Mushera will be presented to the St. John’s Well Committee at a pleasant Function in Aubane.

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• Dromtarriffe Minor Footballers claim county honours & all the Dromtarriffe news
• BabyMAC on board for Monster triathlon
• Charlie bowled over by rush for jobs down under
• Details of Duhallow Scór na bPaistí and Scór Sinsear which will take place over the next few weeks
• Review of 2011 – Part III – July to September
• 150 people checked in at the Cullen and District Special Needs Association annual weigh in last Monday night
• GAA: Duhallow set to confirm league set up for 2012

The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version

Paul Walsh gives away a TRTÉ hoodie to Millstreet Community School student Maura Buckley at the BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition on Friday Jan 13^th in the RDS Dublin.

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to LTV2 News Report 1098 from Millstreet.

Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this cold, wet and windy morning.

A very pleasant function was held at the Wallis Arms Hotel on Friday night to mark the retirement of our local County Council Engineer, Martin Corcoran,  It was attended by many high ranking  members of  Cork Council.
And a presentation was made to Martin in appreciation of his almost forty yearly of dedicated service to the area.

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• Front Page: Charlie Drake is looking for locals to work in Oz
• Reflecting on 2011, part II – April to June
• Green Glens welcomes the Farm Machinery Show this week
• All the Kilcorney / Dromtarriffe news

The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version

Congratulations to Geraldine Dennehy on her picture taken across the road from her house. A scene that greeted her from her kitchen window last winter! RTE weather will feature the different pictures that made it to the final over the coming weeks.  continue reading…

Last November Millstreet Community School submitted four projects to the BT Young Scientist Competition, and all four we accepted. It is on this week in the RDS in Dublin.

Joanne O’Riordan and Nadine Spillane were pictured on the RTE news yesterday (Jan 12th) at the stand for their project s “No Limbs, No Limits”, while Joanne was interviewed by Ryan Tubridy on his radio programme on RTE, and discussed their project. Tubridy introduced her with: “… one of my favourite people I met in recent times, the very wonderful Joanne O’Riordan“. Here is the audio:

Results – Highly Commended: One of Millstreet Community School’s other projects at the Young Scientist were highly commended in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Intermediate) section. They were Shane Dineen, Colm Barrett, Andrew Roche, with their project: Improving access to roads and services during severe winter months in the Millstreet area: A spatial network analysis approach, Millstreet Community School;

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1097 from Millstreet.

Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this beautiful calm Tuesday morning.

Well the Loveliest Night of the Year lived up to its name again this year. The Women’s Christmas was celebrated in style by over 200 ladies of all ages at the wonderful Wallis Arms Hotel on Friday night last January6.  Every “Girl” in the family from Grannies to granddaughters were all dressed up in their finest bling  for the night that was in it.

It was great to see old friends meeting up and recalling their young days when life was simpler and the Celtic hadn’t yet come to spoil it all.

But there was no talk of bad times that night it was all fun and more fun. The beautiful meal, the rousing music of the Kelt, you couldn’t ask for more.

A collection box was passed round the Hall on the night, in aid of Cancer research and a massive €1,545.20 was raised.

Again many thanks to Mairead Daly who, in spite of her illness, saw to every detail of the great event. Thanks also to her helpers, especially Breda Cremin.

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The superbly energetic and splendidly courageous participants pictured this noontime today, 8th January (birthday of Elvis...and of quite a few local people!) at the Boeing following their Swim in the River Blackwater on behalf of the Cork North West Branch of MS.

Having had to be deferred from last Sunday due to significantly high water level at the River Blackwater the now annual Swim at the Boeing took place at 12.30 p.m. .    And what a tremendously cheerful and spirited occasion it was covered by John Tarrant for the Press and by William, Ita and Brendan for LTV2 Millstreet (likely to be transmitted this week on LTV2).   The Organisers must certainly take a bow not only for the overall coordination of the event but for continue reading…

Local Sinn Féin representative Des O Grady is calling on people across Cork North West to resist plans by the HSE to close local Community Hospitals across the constituency. Speaking after it became public that all community hospitals with less than 50 beds were earmarked for closure O Grady said, “strong rumours are circulating in the area that Millstreet, Kanturk and Macroom Community Hospitals may be shut down as all are under the 50 bed limit proposed by Minister for Health James O Reilly. The Christmas Eve leak of the HSE’s 2012 service plan with the prospect of 900 bed closures and 4,500 medical staff cuts gave notice to the elderly and the ill in society of what lay before them in the New Year. It seems that the Government and the HSE now have an unwritten policy to continue reading…

• Review of the years news in Millstreet (January – March)
• Coursing draws big crowds to Millstreet
• Millstreet Pipe Band ring in the New Year
• Millstreet Community Hospital facing Closure?

The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version

Health Minister - Dr James Reilly

Before Christmas the Corkman had us worried that Millstreet Hospital may be in danger of closing because small nursing homes were losing money all around the country:

NURSING homes in Kanturk, Macroom and Millstreet could face closure following comments by Health Minister James Reilly that such facilities with less than a 50 bed capacity are ‘difficult to maintain.’A survey of community hospitals across North and Mid-west Cork shows that the facilities in Kanturk, Macroom and Millstreet all have a capacity of less than 50 beds. [read the full article from the Corkman]

This week the Irish Times reveals that Minister Reilly said that he would look at alternative means of keeping such local hospitals open:

Dr Reilly told The Irish Times that where community nursing homes were not financially viable and local people wished to retain them or take them over, he would be happy to look at how they could remain in operation.
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