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An Taisce Found Ballinacurra Harbour to be One of the Worst Litter Black Spots


by SEAMUS WHELEHAN


Ballinacurra Harbour in


Midleton has been labelled one of the worst litter black spots in the country by An Taisce, who carried out the survey on behalf of Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). The review, which is the first


of its kind, found that two loca- tions in Cork Harbour and Doo- lin pier Co Clare were the worst areas for litter. They said Ballinacurra Mid-


leton was “persistently” heavily littered.


At the second Cork


Harbour location, Blackrock Castle, they said the litter ap- peared to have been washed up rather than dumped. Just 8 percent of coasts and described as


waterways were


clean, with 40 percent of our beaches, rivers and waterways heavily littered. The River Blackwater at Fer-


moy and Youghal was found to be “moderately” littered, includ- ing Ballycotton and Crosshaven. An Taisce, who visited 50 lo-


cations nationwide, found that only 4 areas were cleaned to Eu- ropean standards. The overall results contrast


with those of IBAL’s recent sur- veys of towns across the country


which showed 75% of areas to be clean, compared to just 8% in this survey. “Sadly, accumulations of lit-


ter in and around our waterways are a common sight in Ireland and this is borne out by these disappointing


results,”


ments Conor Horgan of IBAL. “If we can call our towns


clean, we cannot say the same for the areas around our beach- es and rivers. It took almost ten years of naming and shaming for Local Authorities to get to grips with litter in our towns. IBAL has set about pushing for a similar turnabout in respect of coastal areas and waterways.” IBAL has


been publishing


litter surveys since 2002 as part of its Anti-Litter League pro- gramme. The most common forms of


litter found by the assessors were cigarette butts, sweet wrappers, plastic bottles and cans. “We are a small island and


often subject to wet and windy weather. When someone cas- ually drops a plastic bottle or cigarette butt on the street, the likelihood of it


being blown


into a local river or swept into a drain to then enter the sea is very high,” continues Horgan. “This litter isn’t just unsightly, it is contributing to lasting, poten- tially irreparable damage to our


planet. This is the new face of litter.” Worldwide, billions of ki-


com-


los of discarded plastic can be found in swirling convergences in the oceans, making up about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. For every foot of coast- line in the world, the equivalent of 5 grocery bags filled with plastic ends up in our oceans each year. By 2050, it is estimat- ed that there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Almost


2,000 litter com-


plaints were received by Cork County Council last year which resulted in just over 320 fines being issued, with just over half the litter fines issued across the County, paid. Of 322 summonses issued


across the county just 175 were paid, 30 sent for prosecution, and 9 were cancelled. The number of fly tipping complaints investigated last year almost doubled on the previous year the amount of waste recov- ered was down on 2016. The Local Authority inves-


tigated 1796 fly tipping com- plaints which netted 102 tonnes of waste, down from 174 tonnes retrieved in 2016 following 1093 complaints.


223 Fly tipping complaints


were lodged across the Cobh Municipal District in 2017 with just 13 prosecutions. In the East Cork Municipal District 192 complaints were received result- ing in 7 prosecutions.


info@eastcorkjournal.ie Youghal Briefs


Events at Cumann na Daoine this week (Thurs 16th


Aug-Wed 22nd Aug )


THURSDAY- Aug 16th Food & Culinary Skills Course 9.30am-4.30pm Youghal Bingo 8.00pm -10.00pm


FRIDAY –Aug 17th Indoor Bowls 2.00pm- 4.00pm


SATURDAY – Aug 18th CLOSED


MONDAY–Aug 20th Food &Culinary Skills Course 9.30am - 4.30pm


TUESDAY –Aug 21st Food & Culinary Skills Course 9.30am-4.30pm Drugs and Alcohol Counsellor 10.00am – 5.00pm Art 11.00am-1.00pm


MAIN HALL CUMANN NA DAOINE WEDNESDAY 29TH AUGUST AT 7.30PM.


WILL HOLD ITS AGM ALL CRY


VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.


WEDNESDAY –Aug 22nd Food & Culinary Skills Course 9.30am-4.30pm Please Contact: Cumann na Daoine for further information and to book your place on the above courses and events. Phone No: 024 91900 Email address: cumannnadaoine@gmail.com


Thursday, 16th


August 2018


Knockanore Briefs


KGK Community Council. Check us out on our Facebook pages, (Knockanore Area KGK Community Council) and (Knockanore Heritage and History)


St. John’s Ambulance Glanmire Calls on local Businesses by CLAIRE O’DONOGHUE The entirely volun-


tary organisation set up in 2011, St. John’s Am- bulance in Glanmire has, through fundraising alone, purchased an SJ 67 ambu- lance from the U.K. costing €10,000. Additional costs, of course, will include the maintenance, running and servicing of the vehicle but the main expense involved will be equipping it. Speak- ing with The East Cork Journal Gerard Doyle, (Superintendent of St. John’s Ambulance Glan- mire) said, “It is vital that the vehicle is equipped to as a high a medical stand- ard as possible. Our most urgent requirement is an AED (defibrillator) which costs roughly €1,300. There are plenty more pieces nec- essary also and We appeal to any local businesses and companies in East Cork to consider sponsoring a piece of potentially lifesaving equipment, or making a


donation to the organisa- tion directly. Every penny received will be put to good use locally and will make all the difference in the ser- vice we can provide. Our members are all volunteers and St. John’s Ambulance receives no Government funding. The big problem is that many people don’t know we’re here, and the signage on our new vehicle will help that greatly, but we really need the ongoing support of the locality to operate to the best stand- ards.” The St. John’s Am- Glanmire


bulance one


organised a bag pack in SuperValu Glanmire


Stores, Ballyvolane on 15 September. Please along and support


in Dunnes come


provided


• Caroline O’Connor, Frances Duggan and Ashling Doyle scrubbing out the new SJ 67 for service


eastcorkjournal this


amazing local service. The


service


by St.John’s Ambulance crew is vital. They can be called to cover public events, charity family days


Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email: info@eastcorkjournal.ie • Web: www.eastcorkjournal.ie


have this


Friday and Saturday, and another


and similar events and will provide trained crew who, when necessary, can treat a person onsite in the Am- bulance, or transfer them to hospital if needed. They are also currently involved


in helping set up a First Responders group in Glan- mire, and the provision of various First Aid courses. The duty number to call, should you require to book the presence of St.John’s


Ambulance at an event is 086 0699086. Please note, St.John’s


Ambulance does not cover emergencies and always refers the caller to ring 999 or 112.


Tribute Night On Thursday 23 August , at the Palace Theatre, Fer-


moy there will be a tribute night to the late film maker and photographer Frank Morgan who passed away last March twelve months. The night will also be the launch night of ‘The Frank Morgan Film Club’ with the open- ing film having a Knockanore connection. The film is ‘Promised Land’ which featured Jim Carrig in the lead. Frank Morgan was well known and respected film maker in the 1970’s and ‘80’s winning many inter- national awards. Frank was one of the most successful producers of short films in Europe and indeed every event on the Continent Frank won at least once. The top world events like the Golden Oscar in London and the London International Film Festival he proudly won twice , something which was never achieved previously. Frank had outright wins with his films in many places all over the world like in Canada ,Australia , Austria, the Golden Knight of Malta and numerous others in the Scottish, Welsh and Irish festivals. Everyone is welcome and the reception starts at 7.30pm followed by the event at 8pm.


FETE 2018 RESULTS The following are the finalists of the Baby Show.


0-6 months Róise Ní Mhuiré 6-12 months Daithi Rohan Mc Inerney Leyton Lewis Spillane Nell Keane Hannah and Matilda Murphy 12-18 months Ameighleigh Forbes Jack Baldwin 18-24 months Féidhlim Keane Seán Corkery Shane Coughlan Eli Farrell Congratulation to all the finalists and their parents, and thank you also to Gertie Murphy and co who judged the competition.


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