Thursday, 20th
April 2017
Carrigtwohill & District Historical Society
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON CORK CITY PRIOR TO THE
EVENTS OF THE 1916 RISING BY MICHAEL
LENIHAN - AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN.
This Lecture will be based on Michael's vast collection of Post Cards, Glass Lantern Slides,
Stereo Views and Photographs.
Lecture to be held in
St David’s Centre, (in old graveyard) Chapel Lane, Carrigtwohill
Date: Friday 28th April 2017 at 8.00 PM ADMISSION €5 at the door
Membership forms for the coming year will be available on the night For information telephone 021 4613222
President John Harte, Chairman: Michael White, Vice-Chairman: Oliver O’Connor, Secretary: Oliver Sheehan, Treasurer: Michael Cummins, PRO: John O Mahony,
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Dairygold Delivers €17.5 Million Operating Profit
largest
Dairygold, Ireland’s farmer owned
dairy Co-Operative, has reported another solid fi- nancial performance for 2016, against a backdrop of very weak returns from international dairy mar- kets, especially in the first half of the year. Dairygold
investing a further €15
million in the business, bringing the total invest- ment over the past
six
years to €200 million. This investment
established a recorded
turnover of €756.1 million (2015: €784.9 million), delivering an EBITDA of €39.0 million (2015: €41.2 million). The farm- er owned Co-Operative achieved an operating profit of €17.5 million, (2015: €19.2 million), while
increasing Milk
Price support to its Mem- bers to circa €25 million, up from €20 million in 2015. At year end the net asset value of the business was €307.6 million (2015: €315.5 million), while bank debt was reduced by €7.5 million to a prudent €88.7 million. Dairygold continued
its ambitious capital pro- gramme during the year,
state of the art sustainable milk processing platform, across dairy sites at Mal- low and Mitchelstown. The investment has in- creased processing capac- ity by 55% enabling farm- er Members to fulfil their on-farm growth ambition but more importantly the business can now leverage its investments in infra- structure to avail of value added commercial oppor- tunities. Dairygold also strength-
ened its track record in building strong commer- cial partnerships with global
with the
food companies announcement
of the planned develop- ment
berg® Cheese production facility in partnership with Norway’s largest
dairy
processor Tine SA. This will quadruple the current
Fota Wildlife Park And Eagle AC Announce Thursday 18 May As The Race Date, Registration Will Open On 3 May
The annual Chee-
tah Run, held at Fota Wildlife Park, has been launched this week by County Cork Paralym- pian medallist and discus record holder, Niamh McCarthy. The Cheetah Run, a race run over 5 kilometres for adults and now also a one-mile race for younger runners, will take place on Thursday 18 May and online regis- tration through the Eagle Athletic Club website will open on the 3 May. Any proceeds to Fota Wild- life Park, a non-profit organisation, made from the race will be donated to conservation projects
such as re-introduction programmes for White- tailed eagle to the Golan Heights in the Middle East and European Bison to Poland and Romania. The Cheetah Run is
one of the most popular and unique races in Ire- land which starts and fin- ishes in the Wildlife Park giving runners a chance to run past the Giraffes, Asian Lions, Sumatran Tigers and of course Cheetahs, the race also passes the historic Fota House and Gardens. Sean McKeown, Di-
rector of Fota Wildlife Park said: “The Park is delighted to host the
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annual Cheetah Run again this year. Thanks to the funding we raise each year from the race we have been able to contribute
to many
conservation projects like
the re-introduction
programmes for White- tailed eagle. In fact, an eagle from Fota Wildlife Park was released to the Golan Heights in 2013 and subsequently bred there last year.” Denis Looney Race
Director of Eagle Ath- letic Club said: “We are delighted to be able
to
invite Eagle AC mem- ber, Silver medallist at the Rio 2016 Paralym-
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pic Games and Europe- an record holder in F41 Women’s Discus, Niamh McCarthy, here today to launch the 2017 Cheetah Run and Cheetah Mile. Last year we started a new one-mile course for juveniles between 11 to 15 years old as we want- ed to open the event to younger age groups. We are
very happy to be
able to continue that this year thanks to our spon- sors Laya Healthcare, John Buckley Sports and Brooks Running.” Due to its populari-
ty, the registration usu- ally sells out within a few hours and the race
is limited to 900 adults and 100 juveniles in to- tal. Registration opens on the 3rd
May in two
blocks at 10.00 am and at 7.00pm, costing €15 per adult runner and €8 per juvenile and entry is strictly on-line at www.
eagleac.net. The
adult
Cheetah Run race commences
at 8 pm and the juvenile race starts at 7.15pm on Thursday 18 May. Each runner can bring a max- imum of four
visitors
along with them free of charge to watch the race, each runner will receive four wristbands at regis- tration on race night.
of the new Jarls-
CORK COUNTY COUNCIL COMHAIRLE CONTAE CHORCAÍ
ROADS
ROADS ACT, 1993 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF PUBLIC ROADS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cork County Council is considering, under Section 75 of the Roads Act, 1993, the closing to public traffic of the following road for the dates and for the times stated:-
Moby Dick Festival – R634 Barrys Lane, Youghal from 18.00hrs to 22.00hrs Friday, 2nd June 2017
from 08.00hrs to 22.00hrs Saturday, 3rd June 2017 from 14.00hrs to 22.00hrs Sunday, 4th June 2017
Road to be closed: The R634 from its junction with Nealon’s Quay to its junction with the L95301-0 Fox’s Lane.
Road Number: R634 (Part).
Alternative Route: At R634 Market Square turn left onto Nealon’s Quay and then turn right to re-join the R634 at Kent Street.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this proposed closure is to facilitate the Moby Dick Festival 2017.
Any person interested may lodge an objection, in writing, to the closing of these roads, with the undersigned not later than Tuesday, 25th April 2017 at 5.00pm.
Director of Roads, Cork County Council, The Courthouse, Skibbereen, Co. Cork.
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Jarlsberg® Cheese Chief
pro-
duction in Mogeely. Speaking about the Mo-
geely investment, Dairy- gold
partnerships Executive,
Jim Woulfe said: “Our commercial
with global food compa- nies have been an avenue to significant value add for
the business. We will con- tinue to seek out strategic partnerships with leading global organisations that can leverage our best in class processing facilities to deliver more value added production for the busi- ness.”
KEVIN
O’KEEFFE TD CLINICS
Youghal
SATURDAY - APRIL 22nd The Quays
Castlemartyr The Hunted Hog Ballycotton Inn by The Harbour Ballinacurra Midleton Cobh
O’Mearas Bar Carrigtwohill
The Railway Inn Commodore Hotel The Gaelic Bar
Contact me at:
Tel :022-25320/087-2345163 Email:
kevinokeeffecc@gmail.com Constituency Office: Ballylough, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
Open: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm 11AM 12NOON
12.45PM 1.30PM 2.00PM 3.00PM 4.00PM
Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
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