East Cork Journal IMOKILLY PEOPLE Issue no. 503
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Midleton, Cobh and Youghal Hosting Plethora of Events this Weekend for Lifelong Learning Festival
by ALAN SHEEHAN The
Lifelong Learn-
ing Festival has returned to East Cork this year with events in Cobh and Youghal commencing ear- lier this week, while Mid- leton hosts its proceedings for the Festival beginning this Friday, 7 April. All events happening
are part of the Festival in Midleton — which holds activities for the festival for only the second time — and Cobh are free, though some require pre-booking. The next event, which is Cobh Animation Team’s presentation a on Cobh’s maritime history in the
festival commences today, Thursday 6 April, from 3-4pm at Cobh Library with booking required. “Events in the Life-
long Learning Festival this year,” said Lena Cronin, Community Education Facilitator for Cork Ed- ucation and Training Board, “range from his- tory to photography to holistic healthcare to art in some shape or form. In Cobh this year there is quite a lot of focus on her- itage, like tracing ances- tors and exploring Cobh’s history. Midleton then is focusing a lot on crafts and art.”
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Official Opening of Half Light Gallery in Midleton
Lack Of Action Leaves Churchtown South Residents at Wits End
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Marie O’Connell of
the Churchtown South community Council says she
if the
could understand local authority
were slow to respond to mounting community concerns about its crum- bling infrastructure, but the deafening silence which the
village
• Don and Aoife Brockie and Brigid Shelly (Proprietors) pictured at the Half Light Gallery grand opening on Friday night last on the Main Street of Midleton. (Photo by Andrea Cunningham)
Cobh Designated Age Friendly Town
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Cobh has been named among three
towns
in Cork County to be awarded funding to make them more
age
friendly. Age
Friendly Town
means it’s easier to get around the community, easier to feel included, easier to be productive and fulfilled. The initiative, in as-
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Ms O’Connell was one
of a number of residents who let their thoughts be
known at the April sitting of the East Cork Mu- nicipality on Monday 3 April. “We are in dire need
of resurfaced roads, sign- posts showing where we are so that
tourists can
find their way, and our beaches reopened” she told the meeting. The
Community
Council representative told the
residents are angered and frustrated by the lack of investment in the area.
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