Thursday, 18th
May 2017
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Sinn Fein Deputy Pat Buckley Reacts To Plans For New Swimming Pool in Midleton
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Buckley says looking at
Sinn Fein Deputy Pat splashing
out on a
public swimming pool for Midleton is not wel-
come while Cork County Council and the mental health service are lacking proper investment. The Sinn Fein spokes-
person on mental health made his comments after Councillor Susan Mc-
Carthy made a splash in County Hall last week with her campaign to get Midleton Swimming. The
Fine Gael Cllr
secured agreement from Cork County Council to commission an internal report on the demand for publically owned swimming pools across the county. She said many large urban centres like Mid- leton were suffering from a lack of leisure facilities. Cllr McCarthy who
received the full backing of the
local authority
councillors for the review said there was a great demand for a publicly owned swimming pool in the area. She said a new pool
• Pat Buckley TD.
would be a welcome ac- tivity for local children, young people and their families and help im- prove the health of all local residents. Deputy Buckley
said
while he would welcome the prospect of a new pool in the town, ex- chequer funding could be better spent on vital services. He said the County’s
roads budget has been running on fumes for the past number of years, which was hindering the demand for improving and maintaining the ar- eas roads. Significant cuts have
been made to the roads budgets since 2008, staff- ing resources have also been cut by at least 50%. The Deputy went onto
say Fianna Fails mental health amendment
there bill
did not go far enough, and that while
were positive aspects to it, it wasn’t progressive enough and said Sinn Fein would be calling for the role out of 24/7 in- tervention crisis centres in each county over the next 2 years.
Walsh s Carpets Flooring Blinds
Midleton Students Show They Have Big Hearts
• Sarah O’Sullivan and Aoife Treacy.
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
St Mary’s High School
in Midleton played their part in the Irish Heart Foundations Happy Heart appeal last Friday. The big hearted vol- unteers took to the Main
• Cliodhna Mullane and Shauna Cott.
Street to sell the €3 hap- py Orla Kiely designed heart pins as they took time out of their transi- tion year programme. Every day 27 lives are
lost to heart disease and stroke in
Ireland with
300 cases diagnosed dai- ly.
@eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal • Dame Bello and Emma. The Irish heart foun-
dation says 80% of these cases are preventable. According to the latest
research the proportion of strokes among people of working age in Ire- land has soared by over a quarter in just the last seven years.
eastcorkjournal The
• Katie O’Farrell and Olivia Binchy.
results have
prompted calls for sig- nificant new investment in prevention pro- grammes, along with health and community care
services to cater
for younger stroke sur- vivors. Statistics from the
National Stroke Audit published jointly by the Irish Heart Foundation and the HSE’s Nation- al Stroke Programme, revealed a 26% increase in the
proportion of
strokes among under 65s – the equivalent of over 300 extra strokes among
021 463 9000
Townspark, Midleton
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CORK COUNTY COUNCIL COMHAIRLE CONTAE CHORCAÍ
ROADS ROADS ACT, 1993 TEMPORARY CLOSING OF PUBLIC ROADS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat Cork County Council is considering, under Section 75 of the Roads Act, 1993, the closing to public traffic of the following roads for the date and for the times stated:-
Public Dedication – L3622 CBS Road and L3621 Bailick Road, Midleton Sunday, 18th June 2017 (12.00hrs to 17.00hrs)
Roads to be Closed: The L3622-0 CBS Road from its junction with the L9415-0 Riverside Estate to its junction with the L3621-0 Bailick Road.
The L3621-0 Bailick Road from its junction with the L9415-0 Riverside Estate to its junction with the L3623-0 Dark Road.
Road Numbers: L3622-0 (Part) and L3621-0 (Part)
Alternative Route: Travelling north on the L3621-0 Bailick Road, turn onto the L3623-0 Dark Road, turn left onto the R630 Whitegate to Midleton road, continue through Lake View Roundabout and turn left on to the L3622-0 CBS Road and then turn right onto the L9415-0 Riverside Estate road to rejoin the Bailick Road.
This alternative route is also applicable in the reverse when travelling south on the Bailick Road from Midleton.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this proposed closure is to facilitate Public Dedication.
Any person interested may lodge an objection, in writing, to the closing of these roads, with the undersigned not later than Tuesday, 23rd May 2017 at 5.00pm.
Director of Roads, Cork County Council, The Courthouse, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
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people of working age in Ireland every year. Every €3 donation will help fund care, pre-
vention and research to help Irish families affect- ed by the disease.
Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
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