Sneem Community Notice Board Issue 218a 17th March 2020 Monthly FREE Coronavirus Covid -19 Update The following provisions have been put in place to help people in Sneem cope in the current crisis: GP Service - do not attend the surgery without an appointment. If you think you may be suffering symptoms of Coronavirus: Fever/high temperature (over 37.3 oC/99 oF), shortness of breath or cough, ring the Surgery 064 6645102 . If you need a new prescription, please phone the Surgery and it will be sent over to the Pharmacy for you. Ideally, please allow 2 days for the Pharmacy to process. Ring Sneem Pharmacy 064 6645288 prior to collection. Shop Local - the following businesses are offering a free delivery service to all their customers or you can phone in your order and they will drop it out to you in your car. Where possible, please use your card to pay: Mace/Christians 064 6645116 Hilary’s/DJ O’Sullivan’s 064 6645165 Burns Butchers 086 2213772 Peter O’Sullivan Butchers 064 6645213 or 087 6577239 Sneem Post Office and Shop are open, usual times. If you can’t collect your payment, you can now nominate someone to collect on your behalf, phone 064 6645110 D.O’Shea’s are providing a take away service for food at weekends when there is most demand: Friday 5pm to 8pm, Saturday 5pm to 8pm, Sunday 1pm to 6pm. Limited menu and Sunday Roast will be available for take away. Please ring at above mes to order 064 6645515 Sneem GAA is willing to provide assistance to anyone in the locality who needs help with shopping, fuel, collecting prescriptions, etc. Please contact any of the Club Officers: Kieran Burns 086 2213772 Jim O’Sullivan 087 2868855 Lisa O’Shea 087 9048101 Johnny O’Sullivan 087 6867143 Kevin Larkin 087 9608778 Community News This is YOUR Notice Board! Deadline for the next newsletter - Monday 6th April 2020 by 10am anything received after this date may not be included in newsletter. Call the Resource Centre on 064 6645545 (please leave a message), email: [email protected], or leave a note into the Resource Centre. The newsletter is produced entirely by volunteers and is provided free to the community. If anyone would like to make a contribution online, it would be greatly appreciated. Sneem Resource Centre Ltd. IBAN: IE71 AIBK 9363 2446 8420 13 March Birthdays Clara Murphy (15) on the 13th; Patrick Dennehy Snr on the 14th; Margaret Hus- sey, David Durant on the 17th; Rosie Crouch on the 18th; Amylee O’Regan, Tom Allison on the 19th; Yvonne O’Brien, Catherine O’Sullivan on the 21st; Martin O’Regan, Jack (Rich) O’Sullivan on the 24th; Peggie O’Brien, Eden Hickman, Ei- leen O’Shea on the 27th; Donal Galvin, Asta Digimaite on the 28th; Stephen O’Bri- en, Richard Burns on the 29th; Katheleen Galvin on the 30th; Jimmy O’Brien, Stephanie Cahill and Lorna Cooper on the 31st. April Birthdays Aisling O’Leary (11) on the 1st; David Hickman on the 2nd; Sarah Bradshaw (13) on the 3rd; Angela O’Regan, Fionn O’Leary on the 4th; Nicole O’Sullivan (10), Sam Sherborne on the 6th; Elaine Murphy, John O’Brien, Michael O’Connor on the 8th. Deepest Sympathies To the family of Kathleen Delahunty, Scrahan, Sneem, Co. Kerry and formerly of Spring Lake, New Jersey who passed away recently, Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Denis Riney, Riney’s Bar, South Square who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies To Eileen Riney and family on the death of her sister Maureen McCarthy nee O'Sullivan, Toremore, Kilcummin, Killarney and late of Ballydaly, Millstreet, Co. Cork. Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Breda Talty, Garinish Island and Limerick who passed away recently. Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of Margaret O’Sullivan, West End, Sneem and formerly of Dromintee, South Armagh who passed away recently. Page 2 Community News Deepest Sympathies To the family and friends of David Nash, Tralee Road , Killarney and formerly of Scarteen, Blackwater. Congratulations To Michelle Walsh and Cormac O’Connor, Village Kitchen on the birth of their baby boy, Odhran and to proud grandmother Barbara O’Connor. Congratulations To Ellen Cahalane, Seaview and Noel O’Brien, Cork on the birth of their baby boy, Seán and to proud grandparents Mike and Maureen Cahalane. Congratulations To Katie O’Shea and Con Buckley on the birth of their baby boy, Rian Padraig, and to proud grandparents Eileen and Paudie O’Shea. Autism Golf Classic 2020 The eighth Annual Autism Golf Classic will be held on Friday 24th of April 2020 at Beaufort Golf Club. We would ask all our golfers and those with an interest in sup- porting this wonderful charity to remember the date and add it to your diary. 2019 was a record year for us when over €19,000.00 was handed over to St Francis Special School Parents Group, which is now a registered charity. Can we do bet- ter? We will certainly try. All donations accepted. Terms are the same as last year - for Tee Times and for more information, ring 087 2438535. The John O’Shea Memorial Cycle will be held on Sunday 22nd March at11am from the Dromid Centre. 2 routes 45 km or 70 km both starting and finishing in Dromid. Registration from 10 am. Con- tact Mike 087 6485623 or Eoin 087 2821851. Sneem Community Preschool and Crèche, Summer Opening Please contact the crèche on 064 -6645551 to confirm a place for your child/ children this summer. A refundable deposit is required to confirm a place. Please note that if the required number of places are not met the crèche will close for six weeks this summer. The Irish Cancer Society has taken the decision to cancel all Daffodil Day street collections and events that were scheduled for Friday 27th March in order to “protect the health and wellbeing of patients, volunteers and supporters”. Anyone who would like to support the charity can do so by texting CANCER to 50300 to donate €4. Page 3 Community News ICRR Table Quiz in the Loft at Dan Murphy's. Thank you for supporting our lifesaving services, including the ICRR Air Ambu- lance, with your fun quiz and for all donations to such a worthy cause. A total of €1235 was raised and an additional €175 raised through our Flight for Life Raffle. Thanks to Sean O’Sullivan and Caroline Clifford, for organising and hosting the event and to Fiona O’Shea, Marian O’Sullivan, and Maurice Walsh for helping them. Regards Ruth ICRR www.icrr.ie Thank You The appeal for help, in last month’s newsletter, in funding Rosemary Dixon’s sponsored orphan student in Nairobi has met with a wonderful response. Rose- mary, no longer with us, will be looking down at her very special friends in Sneem, and also in St. Patrick’s and the Gateway Kenmare, and will be so thankful for the help given for Harnsern as he continues his studies. He will keep us informed of his progress. Brilliant. Thank you all. Sneem Bord na nÓg Sneem/Templenoe/Derrynane Minors played their first round last Saturday 7th March in very rough weather conditions against Beaufort, at half time S/D/T were winning, they went on to win with a score of 4 -12 to Beaufort 10points. Their next outing is this Saturday 14th March in Sneem against Ballyduff time to be confirmed. We would like to wish Mark Looney and Jack Riney a speedy recov- ery. Team; Damien Fitzgerald, Jim Clifford, Mike O’Sullivan, Adem Gul, Mark Casey, Ciaran Crowley, Daniel Crowley, Colin Crowley, Aidan Crowley, Hugh Granville, Colm van Assen, Ruairi Burns, Eoin O’Dwyer, Dara Casey, Ewan Buckley and Mike Frank O’Connor. Management; Mike Hussey, Ronan Hussey, Keiran Burns, Martin Crowley and Timmy Casey. We held our AGM last Friday 6th March in Seneem Tavern the following Officers were elected. Chairperson - Jim O'Sullivan Vice chairperson - John O'Sullivan Secretary - Yvonne Ryan Assistant Secretary - Vincent Casey Treasurer - Caitronia O'Sullivan Assistant Treasurer - Joe Ryan Pro’s - Damien Fitzgerald and Colm van Assen Thank you to all that attended the meeting. We would like to thank Brid and Don Riney who stepped down as Treasurers this year for all the work they did over their time on the Committee. Page 4 Community News Page 5 St. Michael’s National School Good Reason to Eat in Season SEAI One Good Idea - Cork Regional Final On February 24 th the pupils of Sneem National School made the long journey to Cork for the Regional Final of the SEAI One Good Idea Competition. The team accompanied by their support- ers had an early start and made their way to The Omniplex Cinema at the Ma- hon Point Shopping Centre. A total of 5 schools from Kerry, Cork and Laois pitched their idea to a panel of judges. The Seasonal Superheroes, Grace Casey, Dylan McGiff, Tom Clifford, Óighe Burns and Sarah Bradshaw impressed the panel of judges with their excellent 4 minute presentation. Their presentation focused on their task which is to encourage people to shop and eat in sea- son produce. The tension was palpable as the MC took to the stage to announce the winner. Exhilaration and elation were the obvious emotions as the Season- al Superheroes were crowned the Cork Regional Win- ners. The team will now go forward to the National Final in Dublin on the 23 rd April. The team and pupils in the school are very excited and busily preparing for the final.