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Thursday, 18th
May 2017 Mogeely and Midleton Hosting Upcoming Fundraisers for Ballinacurra’s Cian Twomey by ALAN SHEEHAN unique
Mogeely will host a day-long fund-
raiser at the start of June involving a soccer match between two pubs and a night of entertainment in aid of Cian’s Care. The Mad Match will
be held to fundraise for Cian’s Care, a group set up to raise money for
Ballinacurra’s Cian
Twomey to receive spe- cialised treatment for the rare form of cancer with which the
18-year-old
was diagnosed. On Sunday, 4 June two
teams each representing either the local Sports- man’s Inn or the Im- okilly Tavern will play in the Mad Match from 4pm at Mogeely pitch. A night of entertainment at the Sportsman’s Inn will follow the match, includ- ing the members of los- ing pub’s team undergo- ing either a head shave or a leg waxing. The night will feature music from Billy Cusack and the Two Dan’s along with a raffle and an auction.
The weekend before
sees Midleton’s Mark O’Sullivan, better known to many as Fanta, cycle a stationary bicycle for five hours, without a break, also as a fundraiser for Cian’s Care. Mr O’Sullivan will
attempt the feat while wearing full firefighter’s turnout gear – which weighs approximately 40 pounds or more – outside the Courthouse in Midle- ton on Saturday, 27 May. The
also feature
Spinathon will dancers
from Midleton’s Studio D, Lifetime Martial Arts Midleton and Billie-Jean Sargent’s Rhythm Dance Company, while DJ Kil- lian O’Reilly will be pro-
viding music throughout. The Thursday before, 25 May, Cian’s school CBS Secondary School in Midleton will hold a fundraising concert
for
both Cian’s Care and Aaron’s Hope, which aims to raise money for 16-year-old Aaron Mc- Mahon, who suffers from a different rare form of cancer called chordoma, to undergo specialised ra- diation therapy in Essen, Germany. The headline acts for the concert are the Frank and Walters, Goldfish Syndrome and August Walk, and tickets are available at the CBS Secondary School and McCarthy’s Newsagents in Midleton.
Cian’s Care aims to
raise the €65,000 neces- sary for Cian to under- go specialised radiation therapy. Cian was diag- nosed earlier this year with paraganglioma, a rare form of cancer, with tumours found in his stomach and abdomen. The treatment required to combat Cian’s illness is unavailable in Ireland and he will need to travel to Rotterdam, the Neth- erlands. More information on
Cian’s condition can be found at
Cianscare.com or the Cians Care Face- book page while a Go- FundMe page has been set up under the title Cians Care.
Contract For Midleton CCTV Ring Of Steel Signed
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Would be criminals in
Midleton might want to look up before commit- ting a crime in future. Last Tuesday 16 May
Cork County Council signed a contract
with
ADA Security Systems to cast a digital net around the market town protect- ing businesses and homes close to the Main Street. Since 1992 the North
Cork firm has supplied CCTV to town centres providing, large organi- sations with cutting edge systems. The
new hi-tech
CCTV system is expect- ed to be operational by September 2017. The €100,000 contract
for a centralised CCTV hub to help reduce crime in Midleton was signed by Deputy County May- or Michael Hegarty at the Municipal building off the Old Youghal road. Councillor Hegarty
said the system was vital in maintaining the safety
and security of resident’s, visitors and the business community. He said “unfortunately
the Gardaí a lot of times look for the
assistance
of private CCTV in an effort to resolve the type of crimes that are out there. Hopefully every- one can rest easy in their beds knowing there is a CCTV system.” The hub based in Mid-
leton Garda station will cover 26 cameras and take in locations around the town including Up- per Mill Road Railway Station Junction, Lower Mill Road Park Street Junction, the
Court
House / Gooses Acre Gyratory, Main Street North and South, Brod- erick street, The Rock/ Distillery Walk
(en-
trance), St Mary’s Road (Convent Cross), Church Lane / Riverside Way Junction, Cork Road and the Northern Relief Road. The increased securi-
ty measures include an automatic number plate
recognition data base. This means, for ex-
ample, that a vehicle registered as stolen or a vehicle with fake number plates could in future be picked up as it enters or leaves Midleton. Superintendent
John
Quilter said similar sys- tems in other
locations
have contributed to a re- duction in crime. He said the new system will be an invaluable aid to the police with their investi- gations and can also stop criminals from commit- ting offences and break- ing the law. “If we can see things
starting to fester we can divert our resources to a particular area in the town. Which we wouldn’t have before other than relying on a member of the public ringing in and saying there’s something brewing here.” The system is designed
to be self-reliant and have optimum coverage. The application for a CCTV system for Mid- leton was first made
in 2014. Funding of €100,000 was provided in Midleton Town Council’s budget in 2013 for the in- itiative.
In 2014 Midleton CCTV Ltd was estab- lished with membership of the company drawn
from members of the for- mer Town Council’s Joint Policing Committee. J&N
Security
da Siochana. A number of surveys
Con-
sultants Ltd advised and prepared plans and speci- fications for the system to meet the requirements of the council and An Gar-
were carried out to en- sure optimum benefit from the scheme. Following the detailed
survey of the area the Garda Commissioner had recommended some
changes to the plan,
which amounted to the delay in providing the system. The Garda Commis-
sioner signed off on the system last September allowing the project to go to tender.
• Back Row Left to Right Inspector Eoghan Healy, Mrs Janett Kenny Executive Engineer Cork County Council, Mr John Deady ADA Security Systems, Mr Sean O’Riordan J&N Security Consultants and Mr Sean O’Callaghan Senior Executive Officer Cork County Council. Front Row from Left to Right Mr Donal Kelleher Midleton Community CCTV System, Mr Joe McCarthy East Cork Municipality Executive Clerk, Mrs Mary Ryan Director of Municipalities Cork County Council, Deputy County Mayor Cllr Michael Hegarty and Superintendent John Quilter
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