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June 17Th, 2021 NEXT EDITION JULY 1ST 2021 Vol. 1 Issue 23 - June 17th, 2021 NEXT EDITION JULY 1ST 2021 email: [email protected] East Cork News & Advertiser Thursday June 17th, 2021 Lá Na Gruaige Fiáine Bunscoil Mhuire News i nGaelscoil Choráin Páistí Gaelscoil Choráin i mbun spraoi ar aid of Cork Cancer Care Centre. A total of Aoine, 28ú lá Bealtaine ar son Cork €702.85 was raised for this worthy cause Cancer Care Centre. and huge credit is due to all for such a Pupils of Gaelscoil Choráin enjoying tremendous effort. Moladh go deo tuillte Crazy Hair Day on Friday, 28th of May in ag gach duine. Third Class pupils enjoy end of year pizza party Martin Walsh LL.B, BSc graduating in 2021 from UCC with MSc ( Co-ops and Social Enterprise studies). email: [email protected] East Cork News & Advertiser Thursday June 17th, 2021 email: [email protected] East Cork News & Advertiser Thursday June 17th, 2021 "No better place to be than COUNCIL TO REPAIR Youghal in the sunshine" - WHITEGATE ROAD Mayor of County Cork By Christy Parker announced its plan. The council was being "held hostage" by the utility compa- The Mayor of County Cork, Cllr. Mary done. Cork County Council is to proceed with ny and 3,000 people were being adverse- Linehan Foley enjoying her staycation in road restoration works on a 5000m sec- ly affected, she complained. her hometown of Youghal with her friend The Mayor took a well earned break for tion of the R630 through Whitegate vil- Margo Kenefick pictured beside the the June Bank holiday - signalling the lage regardless of Irish Water's long- Senior executive engineer for roads Dave sculptor of 'Captain Ahab' located at the start of the town's summer tourist season. awaited project to conduct pipe-laying on Clarke said normally it was "good prac- tourist town's quayside during the June The popular Mayor said; "No better place the same route. The move to proceed is tice" to wait until trench work was com- Bank Holiday weekend 2021. to be than Youghal in the sunshine" due to serious deterioration of the road- pleted because such work damaged way in recent times. roads. However the section in question The Mayor has been extremely busy for The heritage town's businesses, shops, was now already badly deteriorated nd the past year travelling the length and restaurants, pubs, sports and tourist The matter was raised at June's East would require "full road construction", up breadth of County Cork promoting and amenities are slowly opening up as the Cork Municipal District meeting when Cllr to four millimetres deep, rather than mere developing the county during her term in Covid restrictions are slowly easing to a Michael Hegarty complained about the resurfacing. There was now also tar melt- office - and what a great job she has lower level. delay in undertaking the work. He said ing on the road. the noise from the heavy traffic meantime was "unbelievable". The engineer acknowledged that Irish Water was planning significant pipe work Cllr Danielle Twomey in turn said she to address untreated discharges into understood the council was waiting for Cork harbour. Road resurfacing would Irish Water to lay some pipes but given normally follow instead the council was that regulations stipulate a company must now going to choose from two options. restore a road to the condition in which they found it, "why are we even doing One involved laying an immediate temp that?", she asked. Irish Water had not surface overlay, followed by reconstruc- even indicated a starting date, she tion after Irish Water were finished. The added. other pertained to immediate road recon- struction. The council would do whichev- Cllr Susan McCarthy said it would be er seemed better value for money in the understandable to wait of it was for a set near future as waiting for Irish Water was date a year or two on but it was now near- "no longer on the table". ing seven years since Irish water OUTDOOR DINING FUNDING BOOST FOR EAST CORK By Christy Parker Strand, with fixed tables & surfacing on green areas adjacent to businesses pro- Cork County Council has announced new viding takeaways, etc. funding to be allocated to east Cork busi- nesses associated with outdoor dining Picnic areas in Rostellan, Lower Aghada and associated constructions. and Whitegate would share equally €30,000 for fixed seating and again Presenting the initiative at June's ECMD tables with surfacing in "immediate green meeting, senior executive engineer Dave areas adjacent to businesses serving Clarke said €20,000 would be allocated takeaways, etc. amongst Midleton businesses in regard to relocation of parking bays, and the provi- Back in Youghal, a footpath extension to sion of bollards, planters, etc. provide safe access to the boardwalk and beach at Redbarn would be incorporated A similar level of funding was being allo- at a cost of €15,000. The works will nar- cated to do the same thing in Youghal. row the roadway and prevent inappropri- Youghal would also receive €25,000 for ate parking by including bollards. This picnic areas in Green Park and the Front has already been constructed. BALLYCOTTON RNLI ASSIST STRICKEN FISHING VESSEL Volunteer lifeboat crew from Ballycotton was fixed and the two crew on board the RNLI were requested to launch at 9am fishing vessel were safe, the lifeboat pro- today (Tuesday 8 June) by the Irish Coast ceeded under a steady tow back into Gaurd to a report of a fishing vessel with Ballycotton harbour. engine trouble four miles south east of Eolan Walsh, RNLI Coxswain, said 'The Ballycotton Lighthouse. new towing equipment recently installed The all-weather Trent class lifeboat Austin resulted in the fishing vessel being quick- Proud daddy Mikey Downing from Dermot Hurley Est., with beautiful baby Méasaí Lidbury was launched shortly after in ly and safely secured. As a result of Skye Downing pictured enjoying the June Bank Holiday weekend in Youghal. moderate conditions with southerly 3/4 recent training with this equipment the force winds and light rain. crew were able to draw on skills learned Volunteer lifeboat crew arrived to the to effect a successful rescue.' East Cork News & Advertiser scene where they found the fishing ves- The fishing boat was brought along side sel suffering a fouled propeller. The and secured by 11am and the lifeboat Upcoming Publication Dates lifeboat crew assessed the situation and crew members returned to washdown, worked with the vessels two crew mem- refuel and make ready for the next call July 1st, July 15th, July 29th bers to set up a tow. Once the tow line out. email: [email protected] East Cork News & Advertiser Thursday June 17th, 2021 email: [email protected] East Cork News & Advertiser Thursday June 17th, 2021 BRAVES OF THE WAVES Christy Parker meets the year-round very much a social outing and I have met swimmers dipping their toes at Youghal so many new friends here and we have strand. new people coming along all the time". There are many people who find triple Confirmed landlubbers will take one look layers of clothing an inadequate insur- at the splashing, laughing, yelling bodies ance against the winter elements on and shudder at how cold it must be in Youghal beach -or often enough against amongst the waves. "Yes it is cold some- the summer elements for that matter. times", says Helen. "And I never thought I There are others however, who even as could do it. Christmas Day was the cold- the icy wind freezes their very thoughts, est yet, about 6.2 degrees", she adds, as shrug off their clothes and go for a swim!!! if she wasn't as mad as the rest of them at all. "But its it's an amazing feeling when These are the year-round swimmers, you come out", explains Patricia White. determined evidence of humankind's abil- ity not just to conquer the environment, Dutch courage but to kick sand in its face as well. There is a whole philosophy built around immersion in cold water and its person- Every morning at around 9 am, a group of alised to the ultimate degree by Dutch these hardy individuals gather at a point man Wim Hof. Wim's online platform close to the start of Claycastle and within explores the Wim Hof method a cry for help of a coffee wagon. The (www.wimhofmethod.com) which spans attendance usually numbers about a the three lynchpins of meditation, breath- dozen, drawn from a much large pool of ing exercises and exposure to cold as a enthusiasts. Ages can vary from 20 's to means of controlling and toning the home". Fortunately on an outing to Go whistle 80's and social distancing is rigorously body's response systems. Claycastle he "saw people in swimming", The swim is a 15 minute event for most. observed, within and outside the water. decided to join them and has been doing As the bathers saunter back to their Wim is famous for such feats as climbing so ever since. "It's bitterly cold in clothes and their dryrobes, the analysis Swimming may be the oldest activity Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts and February and March", he concedes, "but persists. "The water is exceptionally mankind has ever pursued but the origins shoes, running a half marathon barefoot it's an adrenaline rush; a hit!". clear", notes Helen Keane, unconsciously of the Youghal gatherings on year ago on above the Arctic Circle and holding the reassuring that the waste water treat- June 10th, are immersed in the antithesis Guinness World Record for the longest Eugene Fox a retired P & T worker and ment plant is still working! "The social of computer technology.
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