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Cobh Women Receive Pathways Certificate In Credit Union Operations And Governance Presentation Ceremony In UCC


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Thursday, 18th


May 2017


Councillor Noel Collins Says Let’s Turn Hopelessness Into Hope


by SEAMUS WHELEHAN


Housing shortages,


inadequate rent supple- ments and rising rents are all adding to our home- less problem Cllr Noel Collins told Monday’s Southern Committee in County Hall. The lack of affordable housing options


across


East Cork has led the Independent Cllr to seek the establishment


of a


fully serviced caravan parking and camping site in the Midleton area. “With the housing cri-


• Saundra Walsh and Orla Lee, both from Cobh, are all smiles after receiving their certificates at the Pathways Certificate in Credit Union Operations and Governance presentation ceremony, in UCC.


sis many people searching for emergency housing have to make do with a tent or a caravan, but have nowhere


to pitch


them.” The numbers of home-


less in the area is increas- ing, people need some- where safe and warm to go and need shelter, he told the executive. The Simon Communi-


ty say the lack of available beds in their emergen- cy accommodation led them to turn 10 people a night away in the first two weeks of May. While emergency ac- commodation is designed to be a short-term solou- tion to homelessness the charity say they have yet to see the benefit of the governments housing strategy. Sophie Johnson, re-


search and communica- tions coordinator with Cork Simon said “We need more and more housing. People are stuck in emergency accommo-


Table Quiz this Friday in Aid of Cobh Rescue Horses


by ALAN SHEEHAN Cobh Rescue


This year has gone well Hors-


es will hold a table quiz fundraiser this Friday, 19 May. The quiz night fund-


raiser will be held at the Ballynoe Inn, Cobh and will begin at 8.30pm. A table of four is priced at €20 with the proceeds go- ing towards Cobh Rescue Horses. The night will also fea-


ture a raffle, with hampers and prizes put together by the members of Cobh Rescue Horses. “Jackie Dowell is or-


ganising it for us,” said Kelly Mellerick of Cobh Rescue Horses. “She will be the quizmaster on Fri- day and we as a group would like to thank her for running the quiz. She is very involved in the fundraising for us and she helps out with Ani- mal Rescue Cobh as well. Jackie is fantastic for us. She also organises Grab a Gúnas, other table quiz- zes, car boot sales – she is a fantastic lady altogeth- er.”


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so far for the group. “It’s been very good so


far,” said Ms Mellerick. “We


have seven hors-


es rehomed now; five in Germany and two here in Ireland. So far we have had three foals born. One baby we


are on night


watch for at the moment so hopefully the mare will foal soon. And then we have another one due in June. Seven rehomed and five babies is very good for the year so far. The Cobh-based group


aims to rescue, rehabili- tate and rehome equines and fundraises to achieve this and also for veterinar- ian work for the equines in their care, such as re- cent and expectant moth- ers and their foals. “We would like to en- courage people to get in touch with us,” said Ms Mellerick, “if they are interested in fostering or adopting, or if


they have


land for temporary graz- ing for the summer.” Cobh Rescue Horses


can be contacted via the group’s Facebook page.


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dation before they move on. In 2013 the lenght of time people spent in emergency accommo- dation was 39 nights in 2016 that increased to 54


nights.” She said any type of housing would be wel- come as it would help ease the pressure on the service.


• Councillor Noel Collins.


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