THURSDAY AUGUST 29, 2019 TipperaryLive.ie Vol24Issue 18 Queen Street, Clonmel Tel 052 617 2500 email: [email protected] [email protected] New50-bed centre to replace St.Anthony'sUnit in Clonmel The HSE has submitted a hairdressing room and in- to SouthTipperary General AHSE spokesperson said planning application to build ternal courtyards and first Hospital. itiscurrentlyconsideringde- anew 50-bedresidential floorterrace spaces, akit- Theroundabout will re- veloping thenew Clonmel chen andlaundry,staff ac- quirethe demolition of a residential careunit forthe centrefor the elderly in commodation and office derelicthousecalledHillview elderly under thePublic Clonmel to replace the ex- space. and twooutbuildings. PrivatePartnership model. isting St.Anthony’sUnit on The HSE is proposingac- The residential careunit Deputy Seamus Healyhas the Western Road. cess to theresidential care will be served by a26square welcomed thesubmission of unit from afour-arm round- metres ESB sub-station. theplanning application, The project is part of the aboutonthe Glenconnor The application alsopro- whichwas expected. government’splan to replace Road,whcih will involvethe poses theexisting road adja- The project wasan- or upgrade up to 90 long-stay realignmentofthe existing centtothe Western Road will nounced in 2017. residential carecentres na- entrance and boundary walls become pedestrian only. tionwide to meetall Health Information and QualityAu- thority(HIQA) standards. It will increase the numberofHSE residential carebeds forthe elderly in Clonmelby29, as thecurrent St.Anthony’s Unit has 21 beds. Tipperary County Council receivedthe application for thetwo-storey 4,422 square metres communitynursing and residential careunit on August 12. The application is currentlyatthe pre-valida- tion stage. According to theapplica- tion, thenew residential care unit will comprise 50 en suite bedroomswithdiningrooms, kitchenettes, dayrooms, sun rooms,anactivitiesroomand quietrooms. It’s proposed theunit will also have afamily overnight Richie and John Lamb picking up prizes at theBansha Showbabyand toddler competition with Emily Lamb and room, atreatmentroom, Ellie Rose Wade. Photo -Caitriona Kenny 2SOUTH TIPP TODAY www.tipperarylive.ie Th ursday, August 29 ,20 1 9 Major expansion Vintage rally for Hospice planned for Cashel Clonoulty Rossmore's Vin- tage Club’s annual vintage Community School rally will take place in Clon- oulty on next Sunday, withno additional accom- September 1. A multi-million euro develop- This is theculmination of modation forservices or in- the year'swork forthe club ment for Cashel Community ternal recreation areas. and is theirmajor fund School was announced last Current enrolment stands at raiser for SouthTipperary wee k . 860 (445 boys and 415 girls) H o s pic e . The major funding forthe witha projected enrolment To date fromits foundation, school has been welcomed of 865 next year.The de- the club has raised over by the principal John Galla- mand far exceeds the capa- €300,000 for this worthy gher and thechairman of city of thecurrent building. cause,and has also donated the board of management He saidthe school is the over €20,000 to other char- Roger Kennedy. largest in Tipperary and this i t ie s . Commenting on thepro- commitment from the gov- This year has been a suc- posed development, Mr ernment will allow it to con- cessful one forthe club, Gallagher said that it will tinue its growth. starting with the live crib provide theschool and the Cllr Roger Kennedyde- and truckparade at wider communitywith scribed theannouncement Christmas 2018 whichat- greatly enhanced facilities as “wonderful news for the tracted large numbers of and infrastructure. school and thelocal com- people in spite of the in- “We, as aschool community munity. Itaffirms Cashel clement weather. are delightedby theoppor- Community School as a In February the members tunities that this will afford centre of excellence foredu- startedpreparing forthe St our students. We cater for c at io n ”. Patr i c k ’s Day parade and for diversity and offer abroad He continuedby noting that the first time they partook Members of Clonoulty Rossmore Vintage Club hand over another significant cheque to South Tipperary Hospice range of learning opportun- this announcement “a f f o rd s in the Tipperary Town ities which nurturethe de- us the capacity to provide parade which wasvery well velopment of responsible theenhanced learning en- Hogan which was staged So on Sundaythey will Remember all funds raised o rga n i s e d . young adults”. vironmentwhich this com- both inGalbally and Knock- a ga i n ,“accompanied by pro- go tothe Tipp Hospice Re-enacting the rescue of Mr Gallagher continued by munity deserves”. long over a week. fessional actors and act- movement. Admission will Sean Hoganat Knocklong stating that “we are thevic- The programme of improve- It was a privilege to be asked resses from Limerick, be re- be just €5 and children go railway station withits own tims of our own success” ments provides for addi- to this celebrationand it enacting the rescueofSean free. Again the club mem- vintage replica train won and outlined that the school tional accommodation wasthoroughly enjoyed by Hogan at Knocklong at the bers want tothank the first prize. has grown with the com- comprising fourgeneral all the participants. vintage rally. public for the fabulous sup- FAMED RESCUE OF SEAN munity over its lifetime. The classrooms, one specialised In July the club had its an- Also on the daytheywill port shown over theyears H O GA N building wasinitially de- room, offices, two SEN nual bucketcollection and have children’s tractor and look forwardto your Shortly afterwards the club signed to cater for500 stu- Classrooms within a desig- as always they were pulling, sheaf throwing, support in the future. members were invited to d e nt s . nated SEN suite and a astounded with thegener- amusements, stalls, vintage Looking forward to seeing take part in the centenary The school quickly grew and ga rd e n . osityofthe people of Tip- cars, tractors and stationery you in Clonoulty on Sunday. celebrations in Knocklong of required an extension which Mr Kennedy said this will perary,Thurles, Cashel and engines. and lots of other thefamed rescueofSean housed six newclassrooms come as welcome news to Clonmel. things to do. parents and future students. 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N EWS Email [email protected] Cashel delight as work on New support group for town's new playground is dealing with breathlessness now finished A new peer support group piratory physiotherapist Work has now been com- for those with chronic ob- Angela Radley O’D o n o va n . pleted on Cashel’s new Speaking ahead of the state-of-the-art playground. structive pulmonary disease Spokesman for theCashel (COPD) in the South Tipp open day, Eleanor Wall said: “I was in a wheelchair and Playground Development area is to be launched at an struggling to speak going into committee, Darren Ryan, open day in Clonmel. pulmonary rehabilitation. thanked all those involved After pulmonary rehab, I am and who supported the pro- Taking place on Monday, backonmy feet walkingand ject, located at Upper Friar September 2 from 10.30am to have noproblem speaking Stre et . 1pm in theMickMcCarthy and Iam looking forward to “To saywe’re proud would Millennium Centre(Moyle encouraging others to exer- be an understatement,”s a i d Rovers GAAgrounds), the cise at this support group for Mr Ryan. group is aimed at people South Tipp. “Thank you to everyone living with breathlessness In addition to the open who has supported us. The their family members and day, the group will run, on- playground is now backwith carers from South Tipperary going, on Tuesdays 11am- the Council for them to open and surrounding areas. 12pm at the same venue up following an inspection Chronic obstructive pul- (Moyle Rovers GAA Club).” from them. monary disease (COPD) is the Kate Killeen White,chief “It took a little longer than name for acollection of lung officer of SouthEast Com- we hoped, butwe hope you’ll diseases includingchronic munityHealthcare, saidthe all agree it’s worth it.” bronchitis, emphysema and Preparing for the open day on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Clonmel are - Back, Michael Drohan, SouthTipperary COPD peer Committee members in- chronic obstructive airways Waterford COPD Peer and exercise support group; Caitriona Renwick, Health and Wellbeing, HSE/South East supportand exercise group cludeMr Ryan, CllrDeclan d i s ea s e. Community Healthcare; Philip Meaney, chairperson, Clonmel and District Wheelchair Society; and Anna O'Dwyer, will provideweekly fun exer- Burgess, Mark Fitzell, Mary COPD is one of the most South Tipp COPD Peer and Exercise support group. Front, Angela Radley O’Donovan, senior respiratory cise classes and an oppor- Newman Julian, Martin common respiratory dis- physiotherapist, South Tipperary General Hospital; Eleanor Wall, South Tipp COPD Peer and Exercise support tunity forpeople living with Browne, Louise Gleeson, eases in Ireland.