All the Kilcorney / Dromtarriffe news – including the Kilcorney School play, Dromtarriffe Ladies Football Social, a report from Dromtarriffe Golf Society AGM, and an afternoon of prayer.
Dromtarriffe / Kilcorney news includes: the Glen Theatres new play “The Wife’s Family”, the upcoming Dromtarriffe Ladies Football social, Parish notes, the Fianna Fail cumann, bowling and other short news items
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] 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;
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. He said different combinations of measures could be continue reading…
Gillian Gilbourne and her daughter Shelagh Jessica, from Millstreet, were photographed by the press at the Most Stylish Lady Competition at Lexus Chase 2011, Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin yesterday.
It started as a newsletter and it’s readership was small
And when the Clara News was born to life offhand I can’t recall
Perhaps in the mid sixties but what year I do not know
The babe back then now past his prime it seems so long ago.
The Clara News has come of age and it’s now read far and wide
And it’s editor Denis Reardon on his achievement can take pride
The newsletter he helped to launch to a magazine has grown
And in every corner of the globe the Clara News is known. continue reading…
We thank Patricia Guerin for alerting us to this significant article (left ) in a prestigious Racing newspaper in England. Andrias is from Rathduane, Rathmore in the parish of Millstreet. (S.R.)
The photo (right) shows Caunay ridden by Andrias Guerin on the left of picture, overhauling Quelqu’un Comme Toi to win the continue reading…
Millstreet Country Park launches it’s new Ecology Module Programs for Junior and Leaving Certificate Classes,
information on the upcoming Dairy Show (15th Oct),
all the Millstreet GAA news, and
all the other bits of information.
Millstreet 3-11 Newmarket 2-5: MILLSTREET produced the firepower to ward off Newmarket in an entertaining Coiste Óg North Cork U16 A Football League Final on a staging in Kiskeam.
The Millstreet Matters Column discusses the Walking Festival this Saturday, All the Tidy Town news, the Country Park features, End of Season Tours with Jerry Lehane as well as all the other local news
