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Eily Buckley

 Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1116 from  Millstreet.Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this wet and mild Tuesday morning.

First of all this morning I want to say a very sincere word of thanks to my dear friend Sean Radley for standing in for me in the past two weeks while I was taken up with other things.

The lovely weather over the weekend allowed people of all ages to enjoy the great out of doors, in many shapes and forms, not least among them the annual Pattern Day at Cloghoula National School, almost on my doorstep. The pipe band came to lead the parade into the school grounds where children’s
races and games brought joy to all.

People were in awe of the many extensions and improvements that have been carried out on the building in recent months. Extra land has been purchased to extend the playing field and Cloghoula school, which has both a male and female teacher,  is now ready to welcome many more new pupils to its roll books. The vibrant school board is doing everything in its power to preserve this centre of learning which has been in the area since 1870s. We wish it and everybody connected with it, every success for the future.
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Regional Report No. 1115

by Seán Radley

Tuesday, 15^th May 2012

(The following Report is shared with c103 Presenter, Patricia Messenger, on Tuesdays and is broadcast twice on the Radio Station – in the morning and after midnight. Eily Buckley is of course the Millstreet Reporter. I am deputising for Eily this week.)

Good morning to you Patricia and welcome, dear Listeners, to Millstreet on this the 15^th May 2012 which is exactly the very day 19 years ago on which the Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast worldwide from the Green Glens Arena here in Millstreet.    This is Regional Report No. 1115.  And Brother Vincent Corkery is just completing his at home holiday in Millstreet and leaving for Malaysia where he will continue his wonderfully inspiring work.   Brother Vincent is of course Eily Buckley’s brother, Jerry.  And Eily will continue reading…

Regional Report No. 1114

by Seán Radley

Tuesday, 8^th May 2012

(The following Report is shared with c103 Presenter, Patricia Messenger, on Tuesdays and is broadcast twice on the Radio Station – in the morning and after midnight.   Eily Buckley is of course the Millstreet Reporter.  I am deputising for Eily this week.)

Good morning to you,  Patricia,  and welcome, dear Listeners, to Millstreet where, according to the 2011 Census our town population is now 1,574 while the Millstreet Rural area now has a population of 6,384.    This is Regional Report No. 1114.  And a very special greeting to Brother Vincent Corkery who is presently home on holidays from Malaysia.  continue reading…

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1113 from Millstreet.

Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this the very first day of May and it is raining continuously.

Our Joanne acquitted herself well in New York during the week. Her gift of endearing herself to people wherever she goes, became very evident on the 6 o’clock news when her cheery disposition shone through.  At the same time she pressed ahead to make her plea before the United Nations Assembly, to make her world and that of people similar to herself  a better place.

Her week-long stay in the Big Apple was a whirlwind of exciting events, but it did not stop her from sending a good luck message home to the Cork Team in Croke Park on Sunday. And it proved a very moving gesture to all concerned. But it looks like her travels are only starting. Next stop Saudi Arabia. And continued Good Luck to her.

In spite of the bad forecast, the weather remained good for all our outdoor pursuits over the weekend. The Monster Mac on Saturday was an outstanding success. Last year there were 150 entries this year it was 300. Our beautiful country Park was a hive of activity, being the centre point of the entire event.
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Eily Buckley

Dia is Mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News Report 1112 from Millstreet.

Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this lovely sunny but showery  Tuesday morning .

This is a very historic week here in Millstreet when 15 year old Joanne O’Riordan was flown off the New York along with her parents and her brother Steven where she will address a meeting of the United Nations. Joanne made history 15 years ago when she was born without and limbs, a condition known as total Amelia. Since then she has continued to amaze people from
all walks of life, world wide, by the way that she copes with her disability. She has taken the world of technology on, and made it her own. In spite of her draw-backs she is bright and bubbly and endears herself to everybody.

Her recent appearance on the Late Late Show launched her on the world stage, and resulted in her being invited to New York where she will tell members of the United Nations how she copes as a young girl with total Amelia. She will also meet the Irish Ambassador and there’s a whole line-up of things for her to do for the week that she will be there. Look out for an account of her trip in the media.  And as always we wish her well.
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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News Report 1111  from Millstreet.

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

The AGM of the Lotto Committee was held at the Wallis Arms Hotel on Friday night. It was very well attended, and all three participating bodies were represented, they are the Town Park, the GAA and the Community Council. Joint Chairmen Denis Twomey and Councillor Noel Buckley presided. Secretary Marie Twomey, read the minutes of the previous AGM and the treasurer’s report made very pleasant reading .The lotto which was set up in 1994, is one of  our most successful ventures ever, continuing to raise valuable funds to keep our key projects going. Copies of the Treasurer’s report are available on request.

Noel Buckley thanked the public for their continued support and thanked Billy and Ellen at the Wallis Arms for the  free use of their room on Sunday nights for the checking of tickets. Votes of sympathy were extended to Johnny O’Keeffe on the  death of Lena and to the Kiely family on the recent passing of Brendan, both long serving members of the lotto in their time, RIP. continue reading…

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1110 from Millstreet. Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this lovely sunny  Tuesday morning, following a wet night.

It is Easter Tuesday and one of our most important church festivals is over for another year . The weekend has left us with some great memories of a lot of very successful events , for the most part, all were  blessed with fine weather. The Holy Week ceremonies were very well attended throughout. And at the final mass on Sunday Canon John FitzGerald thanked all those who helped in any way to make it so in keeping with what Lent and Easter is all about. Many thanks to our dear Canon John himself who lorded over it all singlehandedly.

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News Report 1109 from Millstreet.

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

This is Holy Week and there is a full program of Church Services to help us end the Holy Season of Lent in  a most holy and meaningful way. Please attend as many of the services as you can. And pray for the needs of our Country and for all our loved ones who had to leave it search of a living elsewhere. Our Holy Saturday Evening devotions start at 9. A brochure on the Eucharistic Congress which will be held in Dublin from June 10th to 17th is available in the Church. continue reading…

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Eily Buckley

 Dia is Mhuire diobh go leir a Cairde and welcome to News Report 1108 from Millstreet.  Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this beautiful sunny spring morning.

Well done to over 30 of Transition Year Students, and Chaplin John Magee, who camped out all of last night on church Grounds to raise money for Trocaire.

The organisers of Daffodil Day collections in the town on Friday last want to say a million thanks to all those who contributed or helped in any way to make it the phenomenal success that it was. The collection outside the shops in the town brought in €3,000, the coffee morning at the GAA
Hall amounted to €800.00, and that fund is still open.

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to news report 1107 from Millstreet.

Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this lovely Spring morning.

Our St Patrick’s weekend was one of the most successful and the most pleasant ever. The Pipe Band played the priest and alter servers into the church for 11.30am Mass, Canon FitzGerald blessed a bowl of Shamrock and distributed it among the band members. The choir sang their hymns as Gaeilge, and after Mass the pipe band gave a beautiful recital in the Chapel yard in warm sunshine.

The weather was everything that any one could wish for, and in spite of a weather forecast of hail rain and even thunder, the our patron  Saint saved
us from it all .
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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to  news report 1106  from Millstreet.

 Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this
lovely Spring morning, with the birds singing and busy building their nests.

Following a very enjoyable trip to the Late Late Show in Dublin, on Friday night last  with  five members of LTV2 crew.  We want you to know that, Ryan Tubridy and his researcher Michael Keeley,  send their love and best wishes to all in Millstreet and beyond. They extended a great welcome to us and recalled happy memories of their visit to Millstreet over 13years ago.

The annual Church Gate collection in aid of Cope Mallow will be taken up in Millstreet, Ballydaly and Cullen this weekend. March 17/18th. Please support it well.
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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News Report 1105 from  Millstreet.   Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this rather wet but mild Tuesday morning.

Our Community Council Awards lived up to its good name once again.
Every ticket was sold out for Friday night’s event which was held the Wallis Arms Hotel. A wonderful four-course meal, including wine was served, there were spot prizes galore, and music was by the ever popular Kelt, and all for a mere €25 ticket.
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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome  to News Report 1104 from Millstreet.

Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this lovely calm Spring Morning.

The Community Council Awards Social will be held at the Wallis Arms Hotel on this Friday March 2nd.

The list of worthy recipients are as follows. Youth  Achievement: Joanne O’Riordan, Humanatarian: Mary O Sullivan, Meenskehy, Unsung Hero: Patricia Guerin, Cultural: Aubane Social Club, Sporting Achievement: Mark Ellis, and Service to the Community: Tidy Towns Committee.

All tickets are almost sold out.  Music is by the popular Kelt a great night is assured .

Community Council meeting to-night at nine to calculate the tickets, ticket sellers please attend and please bring in all ticket money.
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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News  Report 1103 from Millstreet.  Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this calm but showery Tuesday morning.

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News  Report 1103 from Millstreet.  Fondest Greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this calm but showery Tuesday morning.

Today is Shrove Tuesday, time to have a feast of those lovely pancakes before giving up some of our favourite things for Lent.

Our Community School is putting on three weekly Lenten Talks , for adults over the next three weeks. They will be held on Monday nights, starting on next Monday night February 27th at 8 with a talk by Fr Peter McAverry entitled ,    “Jesus the Compassionate One”

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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome to News Report 1102. Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this  lovely Spring morning.

Sadly, this week we mourn the passing of one of our most outstanding people. Willie Neenan, who was born in August of  1933, will forever go down in the history books of Millstreet as being our  best ever in the field of athletics.
His sporting career stretched from the age of fifteen, when he became part of the Millstreet Athletic Club to when he won a silver medal, in the world Veteran  Cross Country Championships at the age of 50, in Puerto Rico, and still he continued to race and win, well into his seventies.
During his long years in sport he never failed to encourage others to get involved and to train and to become winners too.
The huge crowds that attended his funeral went to show the high esteem at which Willie Neenan was held by his co-athletes as well as our community at large. May his gentle soul now rest in peace as we offer our deepest sympathy to his lovely wife Marie and his family.
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Eily Buckley

Dia is mhuire diobh go leir a cairde and welcome  News   Report 1101 from Millstreet. Fondest greetings dear listeners and I wish you all the very best on this nice spring morning with the first daffodils starting to come out.

Community Council Meeting will be held to-morrow Wednesday night at the Wallis Arms Hotel at 9. Please note the change of night.

Tidy Towns meeting also to-morrow Wednesday night at 8.30.

Please let me remind you of the fundraising dance which is being held at Hourigans Bar in Newmarket this Friday night February, 10^th in aid of Suicide Awareness. A special CD compiled by local artists will launched on the night for the cause. Music by the ever popular Southern Pride.

I was asked to warn people to unplug their PCs when not in use, one was found to catch fire recently.
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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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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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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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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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