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Healthy Ireland Talk at Cobh Library
All about diabetes –
symptoms, prevention and more…… Pauline Lynch from Diabetes Ireland will be visiting Cobh Library on Wednesday 28 February at 2.30 pm, to talk about nutrition and teach us how simple strategies for better
diet and lifestyle choices can have a major impact on our general health and wellbeing. This event is FREE to
everyone and is presented as part of the Healthy Ire- land initiative. All welcome.
Thursday, 22nd Midleton Briefs Midleton & District Active Retirement
Association Monday 26 February: Indoor bowls in GAA Pavilion at 2.00 pm. Tuesday 27 February: “45” in Edmond Rice Centre at 2.30 pm. Wednesday 28 February: Swimming available in Midleton Park Hotel & Leisure Centre from 11.30 am. 3Day trip to Kilkenny, 9 to 12 April. Cost €230.00 PPS. Contact Mary on 0862351332. Active Re- tirement Choir, rehearsal every 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month, in the Edmond Rice Centre at 2.30 pm. New members welcome. Enquiries to Anne on 083 4631463.
Happy Birthday Birthday greetings to Oonagh Kennefick - popular staff
member Midleton Credit Union. Leah Murphy, Gary
Meaney, Anna Murphy, Mrs Bernie Herlihy – popular teacher, St Brigid’s National School and also some of her pupils, Kamila, Julin, Kristy, Ellen, Orla and Anne whose birthdays occur this week.
Wedding Anniversary 6th Wedding anniversary good wishes to Fiona and John
Brennan and luck for the future.
Congratulations to St. Brigids National School Sincere congratulations to the students of St. Brigids Na-
tional School who sang the mass on Ash Wednesday in Midleton Holy Rosary Church, and to their teachers who prepared them in advance. The singing was so uplifting and was very appropriate for the start of the Lenten Sea- son. K.W.
A Heartfelt Thank You to St. Brigid’s
Collins Calls for Law To Combat TV Violence
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
The Minister for Com-
munication Denis Naugh- ten, has been asked to give increased powers to the Broadcasting
Complaints
Commission, to deal with the spike in deadly vio- lence on TV and in online gaming. The move comes fol-
lowing concerns raised by Councillor Noel Collins, that the disturbing trend in violence on TV, and in video games, is fuelling aggression and anti-social behaviour in communities. The independent
told the February sitting of Cork County Council, tougher laws are required as programmes depicting domestic violence, family disputes and brutal mur- ders are all too prevalent on our TV screens. He said children learn from both experience and
social learning or role Cllr
modelling. When young children see violence on TV they have difficulty dif- ferentiating between what is real and what is fantasy. The call has been backed by Fine Gael Cllr Anthony Barry, he said “in recent years there has been a desensitisation of violence and the effect that has on young people. On primetime TV what is projected as normal family life has a huge violent bit circling around it and it’s not acceptable.” Independent Cllr Mar- cia Dalton said “research has shown that people who watch a lot of violence on television become de- sensitised to the pain and suffering of others. They become more afraid gen- erally and become more aggressive to others. Those who engage in watching violent
televi- sion are also more likely
to commit criminal acts by the age of 30.” Fine Gael Cllr Mary
Hegarty agreed she said “we have to re-educate our children that a more car- ing society is better than such a violent society. Mayor of Cork County
Declan Hurley also lent his backing to the motion. Mayor Hurley said “pre-
vention is better than cure and it highlights a lot of is- sues we are dealing with in society now a days.”
Whitebay Simon Swim Night
Cheque presentation to the Cork Simon Community
Saturday 24 February at Guileen Arms Bar at 9pm.
Traditional Music and Songs Refreshments will be served
• Councillor Noel Collins.
All welcome! Fáilte
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National School Some weeks ago I was deeply honoured to receive 31 beau- tifully written letters from 8 year old students in St. Brigid’s National School and delivered to me by their teacher Mrs Bernie Herlihy. The theme of all the letters were similar, thanking me for my work in the community, seeing me on my bike etc. etc. The teacher asked me to go up to the school to talk to the students which I did, last week, and they were joined by 2 other classes so the questions were many and varied and they told me of their interest in sporting events. Two other teachers joined us Mrs Sheila Murphy, Principal & Mrs Mary Barry. The students enter- tained us with their beautiful singing – i.e. “There is a song for every season”, “God loves us everyone”, I’ll tell me Ma” and of course “The Banks” just to name but a few. They danced and a few girls performed gymnastics – A great day, memorable for me and I would hope that the students enjoyed it. Thank you to the teachers and to all the very lovely mannerly students. From Kathleen Woulfe
Tallow Briefs
Tallow Community Centre Tallow Community Centre is as ever a busy place, with
Tae-kwon-do continuing each Tuesday and Thursday evening. Bingo is still going strong with the current Jackpot now standing at €1,450.
Bridge Results Club Championship played on Jan 15th and 22nd
1st Gretta Barry & Alice Henley, 2nd Paddy Condon & Martha Keniry, 3rd Anne Murphy & Jenny Allen, Best of 1st session Chris Healy & Bart O Donoghue Best of 2nd session Chris O Sullivan & Dette Hogan, January 29th, 1st Joan Clancy & Dette Hogan, 2nd Mary Slattery & Kath- leen O Keeffe, 3rd Mai Burke & Mary McCarthy, Febru- ary 5th, 1st Anne Hayes & Alice Henley, 2nd Dette Hogan & Ita Meade, 3rd Mai Burke & Chris O Sullivan, Febru- ary 12th Valentines Competition, 1st Jenny Allen &Anne Hayes, 2nd Ita Meade & Marjorie O Brien, 3rd Mai Burke & Martha Keniry, 4th Maureen Hales & Kay Barry
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