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Thursday, 4th
May 2017 Roads In Churchtown South to Remain Naked
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Difficulty finding
Churchtown South in Cloyne and lack of invest- ment in the areas infra- structure has been raised again at the East Cork Municipality. Last month Mary O’Connell from the Churchtown South Com- munity Council called on the local authority to re-
view directional signage in the village and carry out urgent resurfacing works. Miss O’Connell said
residents were annoyed that there was no local road signage for the area and had concerns their crumbling infrastructure was not being addressed. “We are in dire need of
resurfaced roads, signage showing where we are so that tourists can find their way, and our beaches reo-
pened” she told the execu- tive last month. In response to the com-
munity councils concerns the local authority in a detailed report stated it would replace some sig- nage missing on the main route through the village. However, it was cur-
rent government policy that road signs are erected on national and regional roads. The report noted that
a request for resurfacing would be made on future roads programmes. The authority said it
would also look at reo- pening the road to Bal- lylanders beach and that they were awaiting the outcome of a study carried out by Malachy Walsh and partners on coastal erosion at both strands. They say the reopen- ing of Ballylanders road
is subject to “adequate” funding remaining from current budgets at year end.
Fine Gael Councillor
Michael Hegarty said he was disappointed with the report presented by coun- cil.
He said the authori-
ty should “forget about government policy” and “take the initiative to erect the local roads signs.” “This is a scenic route
a much used route by day trippers from Ballycotton, Churchtown South out to the various beaches on down to Whitegate.” Mr Hegarty added “un-
fortunately another year will slip by and Ballybran- igan and Ballylanders will not be attended.” Fellow Fine Gael
Councillor Susan McCa- rthy said she had hoped there would be some consideration given to
partially reopening both beaches. “They’ve missed out on
one summer and it really did effect the local com- munity. If we can erect appropriate signage di- recting people away from the cliffs it would be so welcomed by the commu- nity.” The local authority are
to discuss the areas beach- es ahead of next Mon- day’s council meeting.
• Churchtown South Cloyne
Midleton Relay For Life Holding Open Night Next Thursday
by ALAN SHEEHAN Relay For Life Mid-
leton will hold an Open Night next week on Thursday, 11 May. The Open Night will
be hosted by the Mid- leton Park Hotel and all are welcome to at- tend to listen to guest speakers and find out more information on the upcoming Relay For Life in Midleton, scheduled for August. “Everybody is wel-
come,” said Elaine Duggan, Public Rela- tions Officer for Re- lay for Life Midleton. “There will be teas and coffee and people can sit and have a chat and ask questions. There will be registration forms on the night if people want to do the relay.”
Ms Duggan contin-
ued: “We will have four speakers on the night. We will have Mary Quinn from Irish Can- cer Society, a research- er coming down as well and a lady whose daughter had cancer will speak about how she got involved in the Irish Cancer Society.” This is the third year
the Relay For Life, a 24 hour team-based walk- ing relay, has been held in Midleton, with the event first held in 2015 when it raised €15,000 for the Irish Cancer Society. “This is the third
year in Midleton,” said Ms Duggan. “We held it in one of the back pitches at the Midle- ton Rugby Club the first year and held it in the CBS Second-
ary School last year, which is where it will be held again this year. We raised €20,000 last year. It was brilliant.” Each team com-
prises between 10-15 members with at least one member required to remain walking the course at all times “We are hoping to
have some more teams this year,” said Ms Duggan. “We had 15 teams last year. But that said, you don’t have to have a team to do it. You could come down with the wife or husband and kids and just do a few laps and throw a few bob into a bucket for Irish Can- cer.” Relay for Life Mid-
leton will begin on 26 August at 3pm, with the first lap special-
ly dedicated to and involving those who survived cancer. As the sun sets on the Saturday candles will be lit and maintained throughout the night until after dawn on Sunday morning. Those wishing to
register for Relay For Life Midleton can do so by visiting Irish Cancer Society’s web- site at
Cancer.ie, the Relay For Life Midle- ton Facebook page, or through hardcopy reg- istration forms availa- ble at next week’s open night. “Everybody is wel-
come to the open night and to the Relay itself,” said Ms Duggan. “We hope to see a crowd on Thursday and again for the Relay in Au- gust.”
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