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Details for the Expenditure of the €186,000 Grant into St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal
by CLAIRE O’ DONOGHUE
Details for the expend-
iture of the €186,000 grant received for the en- hancement of the nation- al monument that is St. Mary’s Collegiate Church in Youghal,
are starting
to emerge. Speaking with The East Cork Jour- nal, Aileen Murray from Youghal
Heritage said,
“We’re very proud of St. Mary’s. Its
historically, architectural- ly and culturally cannot be
overstated. There is
always something new to learn about it each time you visit.” The grant from the Heritage and Storytell- ing initiative, which was added to by Cork County Council, brings the over- all budget
for spending
on the enhancement to, almost €250,000. Over the next 3-5 years, plans are in place to make St. Mary’s more accessible, educa- tionally, through dedicated guided tours and package tour deals for tour opera-
importance
tors to avail of and adver- tise. With some tours using Youghal as a short pit stop, the planned enhancements give extra weight behind increasing
that
up on some items from lo- cal shops.
Visitors coming outside stopover
time, allowing tourists to soak up the history of Youghal and take in the town, giving them time to enjoy not only the histori- cal layers of the town but also to have breakfast or lunch and perhaps stock
the framework of a tour operator can also enjoy the same detailed stories from St. Mary’s past through the use of individual, mul- ti-lingual, mp3 players that can tell the background of each part of the Church. Aileen added, “We recent- ly noticed a large increase
in German tourists in the town. When we
asked
them what made them choose Youghal as part of their holiday, they re- sponded that Marco Polo magazine / travel guide has listed the town as one of the top 15 places to see in Ireland.” With Fáilte Ireland 2017 figures put- ting
international tourist
spend per day at €550, it is vital that those who do
come feel they are getting value for their money. The guided
and self-guided
tours are a huge part of facilitating that, as well as the planned stand-alone exhibition which will use digital media to
tell of
the architecture, religion, culture, society and ex- cavations of St. Mary’s through the centuries.
Thursday, 2nd
August 2018
FISHERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997 (NO. 23) FORESHORE ACT, 1933 (NO. 12) NOTICE OF DECISION TO GRANT AQUACULTURE AND FORESHORE LICENCES.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has decided to grant Aquaculture and Foreshore Licences to Mr. Marc Perdriel, SAS Les Coquillages De La Baie D’Isigny, La Dune, 14230 Gefosse Fontenay, France, REF: T05/395A for the cultivation of oysters using bags and trestles on a site on the foreshore in Ballymacoda Bay, Co. Cork.
The reasons for this decision are elaborated on the Department’s website at:
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/seafood/ aquacultureforeshoremanagement/ aquaculturelicensing/ aquaculturelicencedecisions/cork/
An appeal against the Aquaculture Licence decision may be made in writing, within one month of the date of its publication, to THE AQUACULTURE LICENCES APPEALS BOARD, Kilminchy Court, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, by completing the Notice of Appeal Application Form available from the Board, phone 057 86 31912, e-mail
info@alab.ie or website at
http://www.alab.ie/
A person may question the validity of the Foreshore Licence determination by way of an application for judicial review, under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Court (SI No. 15 of 1986). Practical information on the review mechanism can be obtained from the Citizens Information Board at:
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/
www.agriculture.gov.ie @agriculture_ie
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Gardaí have arrested a man in his 30s and seized €6000 worth of suspected cocaine in Russell Heights, Cobh, Co Cork. As part
ligence lead
€6000 of cocaine seized and man arrested in Cobh Co Cork
Co Cork at approximate- ly 6:30pm on the 26th July 2018. During the course of the search Gar- daí
of an intel- operation,
Gardaí from the Midleton, assisted by the Southern Region Dog Unit carried out a search at a house in Russell
Heights, Cobh,
€6000 worth of suspected cocaine (pending analy- sis).
A man in his 30s was
arrested at the scene and brought to Cobh Garda Station where he was de-
seized approximately A photograph Ref: SR 48/18
Nearly 140 Disabled Living in Council Houses Await Home Adaptations
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Many people with
physical disabilities living in unsuitable Local Au- thority housing are likely to wait a number of years before vital improvement works are carried out. A report
to Coun-
tained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. He was later release without charge and a file will now be prepared for the DPP.
of the
drugs seized is not availa- ble at this time.
cil, on the requested by Sinn Fein Cllr Danielle Twomey, shows that 138 physically disabled Council tenants are stuck on a housing adaptation list, forced to make do with accommodation that doesn’t meet needs.
their Almost 30 residents
are awaiting house ad- aptations, with a further 110 requiring minor works. The majority of minor works are for level access
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showers, ramps and stair lifts.
In 2016, three disa-
bled people’s extensions and 74 minor works were completed in Local Au- thority properties in Cork County.
2017 saw a slight in-
crease in retrofitting pro- jects, 9 Local Authority residents had extensions carried out at an aver- age cost of €75,000 per extension, and 118 had minor works completed. Cork County Council
was approved a figure for 2018 of €883,000, to carry out adaptations and extensions to its so- cial housing stock. The Local Authority to make best
say that,
use of the funding, avail- able works are carried out based on the highest medical need.
tor of Services Maurice Manning
The Authority Direc- said
“delays
have also taken place due to the tenant not engag- ing with the contractor or Council, or addition- al works arising after the contractor commenced works.”
while
Cllr Twomey said Cork County
Council is making pro- gress in relation to disa- bility adaptations for its tenants, they must move to resolve these cases as quickly as possible. “People should not
have to wait in pain while they receive adaptations that meet
their needs.
It’s a breach of their dis- ability rights and Cork County Council needs to be doing more” Independent Cllr Noel Collins said “the situa-
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tion could not be worse in East Cork” and asked “where are our Christian values?”
Fianna Fail Cllr
Seamus McGrath, Chairman of the Coun- cil Housing committee said “as the Council be- gin an active building stage, it is vitally impor- tant that units are built to cater for the needs of people with disabilities.” Mayor of Cork Coun-
ty Cllr Patrick Gerard Murphy, a wheelchair user, agreed with his Fi- anna Fail colleague that future proofing housing stock is the best way, but Council is limited to what they can build. The Housing Special Committee County
Purposes within Cork
Council is to discuss the issue further.
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