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Delayed Whitegate Village Enhancement Expected By Early 2019
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
A €200 million invest- ment aimed at
regener-
ating the quality of life in Whitegate
is believed to
be at an advanced design stage. A new look village is set to emerge in the com- ing months, designed to put some order to the vil- lage centre.
is expected to commence in early 2019 and is part- ly funded by the Govern- ment’s Village Enhance- ment Scheme, with the remainder driven by de-
velopment contributions. Two roads intersect
the
East Cork village, which Council say is leading to traffic chaos at times. Residents have long ar- gued, an increased
that The project
population and high lev- els of fuel tankers draw- ing product from the oil refinery on a daily basis have paid their toll on the main road through the vil- lageThe blueprint includes the upgrade of a number of road junctions and the implementation of traffic calming measures.
The
existing village green area will be extended
under
FEAST Cork Food Festival Promises all the Right Ingredients
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Food, Tourism
and Culture will be celebrated next week from 2 to 9
FEAST
September, Cork
as re-
turns to the East Cork region.
The weeklong event
will see a selection of mouth-watering treats from the rich tapestry of artisan food and drink producers of the area, from Ballinros- tic organic cheese
to
lobster, pizza and Bal- lyvolane House award
winning Bertha’s Re- venge Gin. A whole host of chefs and culinary experts will be on hand in the kitchen to showcase their cooking
tech-
niques, with the line up including Martin Shan- ahan, Takashi Miyaza- ki and Kevin Aherne. Masterclasses will be offered on everything from mixology with Jameson to foraging with marine biologist Francis Kelleher and mushroom expert Mar- tin Cribbin.
FEAST is opening up new opportunities for
producers, communi- ties and restaurateurs to put East Cork on the map, the 2018 event is also looking to promote healthy eating among our children. Festival
organisers
are looking for children aged between 6 and 12 to take part in a junior cook off.
Last year’s While
junior chef, Conor Halpenny and Kevin Aherne from Sage will give 4 lucky children the opportunity to take part in a live cook off in the main cooking thea- tre on Saturday 8 Sep- tember. Interested par-
ties can apply through the FEAST Cork web and Facebook page, with the closing date Wednesday 29 August.
Discussions on the
future of the food and drink industry also form part of this year’s festival event and will feature key players in the food and beverage sector, including chef, Matthew Stafford and Manuela Spinelli of Eurotoques Ireland. Husband and wife
team, Réidín and Kevin Aherne
from
Sage, said the idea of the food and drink fes-
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Whilst thousands are expected to descend on
tival is to get together the community of East Cork, celebrating the food and drink of East Cork. “Cork is the
food
production capital of Ireland, and we have more
food producers
than anywhere else in the country. This fes- tival will focus on that fact, and showcase East Cork as a must-go-to- food destination for in- ternational tourists and people having a stayca- tion.”
33 separate locations
across the week, fes- tivities will kick off on Sunday 2 September at 5:30pm in the Court yard of the Jameson Experience. Visitors will be able
to experience a fla- vour of what to expect throughout the week, while
listening to the
live sounds of Mundy. Tickets for this
event are available on
eventbrite.com priced at €20. Other events of note the week
throughout
are SECAD Multicul- turism through food
eastcorkjournal
at My Place Midleton from 11am to 2pm on Saturday 8 September. This free event show-
cases the diversity of cultures in East Cork. Also in Midleton on
the 8 September, Mid- leton Community Gar- den will showcase their allotments at the Com- munity Hospital from 11am. For further details
of what’s happening in your area check out
www.feastcork.ie or follow Feastcork on twitter and Facebook. East Cork Journal are media sponsors.
@eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal
the plan to narrow the R630 road, provide par- allel parking bays and the extension of footpaths. Lighting will be upgraded along what is considered the most strategic road in the East Cork Municipal district. The inner road that runs past Day’s Euro Spar will become one way, and will include parking spaces and a set down area for delivery trucks.
The
project has been on hold since 2014, as the Author- ity lacked the funds until now to progress the En- hancement Programme.
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Cork County Council to Review Use of Roundup
by SEAMUS WHELEHAN
Cork County Council
is reviewing its proto- cols surrounding the use of roundup and other weedkillers containing glyphosates, amid mount- ing concern over their use following a landmark case in the US taken against Monsanto (owner com- pany Beyer) by a termi- nally ill grounds keeper.
Earlier this month a California Jury or- dered Monsanto to pay nearly $290m (€253m) for failing to warn De- wayne Johnson, a dying groundskeeper, that weed
its killer Roundup
might cause cancer. Although the manu- facturer of the weedkiller
ulatory process used in Ireland for
It said “the EU reg- authorising
insists that the continued use of the product here is safe, the Local Authority say it will “as a matter of course, review its risk assessments, work plans and controls.”
Roundup is the world’s
most widely used herbi- cide by horticulturalists and the farming commu- nity to combat weeds, and is sprayed as a pre-harvest treatment in some crops.
The Department of
Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which is respon- sible for pesticide regula- tion said it was not ban- ning the use of Roundup products.
plant protection products is widely acknowledged to be one of the most ro- bust chemical regulatory systems in the world. In this instance scientific available
the from latest
information assess-
ments completed by the European Food Safety Authority, supports the continued approval and use of products contain- ing glyphosate.”
Cork County Council
frequently use pesticides across a range of loca- tions including roads, amenity sites and waste facilities.
The Authority say that
while it has a “robust safe- ty management system” in place to ensure staff using these
herbicides
Thursday, 23rd
August 2018
comply with statutory guidelines, it will carry out a risk assessment.
Last week the San
Francisco jury ruled that Roundup, and its pro- fessional grade version, Rangerpro probably contributed “substan- tially” to Mr Johnson’s non-Hodgkin’s lympho-
ma. The
that
jury also found Monsanto “acted
with malice or oppres- sion” and ruled it knew or should have known that
the weed killer was
dangerous. The German Pharma-
ceutical giant, Byer, Mon- santo’s parent company, insists the product is safe.
“Beyer is confident,
based on the strength of the science, the conclu- sion of regulators around the world and decades of experience, that glypho- sate is safe for use and does not cause cancer when used according to the label.”
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