Archive for June, 2008
Morrissey At The Marquee Cork City
By Michael Twomey | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Morrissey At The Marquee Cork City
Love him or loathe him once you accept Morrissey into your heart you can always forgive him, and there is always something to forgive. Such is the treasure of his back catalogue you don’t know which gem you want to choose. All Morrissey [...]
Bonfire Night (St. John’s Eve)
By Michael Hussey | Photo Michael Hussey ( YoughalOnline.com)
Bonfire Night ‘The Plot’ Sarsfield Tce. Youghal (1983)
Bonfire Night is an annual celebration held on the 23rd June (St. John’s Eve). The celebrations take place in towns and villages across the country and centered around the summer solstice. The custom dates back to pagan times. Bonfire Night [...]
Comhaltas Bonds With Blackwater Heights
By Christy Parker | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Youghal Comhaltas Concert at Bru Na Si
Youghal Comhaltas is striving to nurture good neighbourly relations with local residents in a praiseworthy initiative currently underway. Bru na Si, the Comhaltas group’s headquarters, is situated on a council-leased site on Magniers Hill and accessible from Cork Hill via nearby [...]
Council Awaiting €50,000 For Playground Restoration Work
By Christy Parker
Parents will be pleased to know that repair work on the Millennium Park playground is likely to begin shortly. The facility has been closed since early in the year, as the Council seeks €50,000 funding to undertake the work. ‘We hope the money likely to come on stream imminently and the work can [...]
Paddy’s Day As Munster Soccer Appoints New Vice-Chairman
BY Christy Parker
James Tobin, Chairman Munster Football Association, congratulating Paddy Pollard on his election as Vice-Chairman of Munster FAI.
Youghal’s soccer community will note with satisfaction that a familiar face has assumed the Vice Chairmanship of the Munster Football Association. Lismore’s Paddy Pollard was elected to the post at the association’s AGM in Rochestown last [...]
New Home Care company opens in East Cork
East Cork Home Care Ltd is a new locally owned and managed company providing qualified Nurses, experienced Carers and Home Helps to help care for persons in their own home. East Cork Home Care is owned and managed by nurses Andrea Holland and Denise McArdle and
Reasons To Be Cheerful As Children Enjoy Art Competition
By Christy Parker | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Young Artist Rory with dad Wayne and grandmother Denise Fitzgerald
Younger artists in the Youghal area gave notice of their prowess and potential when they recently participated in an art competition organised by Youghal Visual Arts Festival. The annual event is co-ordinated through primary schools and this year attracted
Youghal Fishermen An Endangered Species
By Oona Colin | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Youghal Fisherman Barry Clohessy
Local fisherman Barry Clohessy is outraged with the Department of Marine for ignoring the seal damage to his livelihood. Seals are a protected species in this country but the damage they are doing to nets and the living of the local fishermen is shocking.
Since [...]
Cork’s Charley for UEFA Euro 2008 Semi-Final
Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Midleton girl Charley Moore is the envy of Cork having won the McDonald’s Player Escort Competition which will see the 9 year old walk out with the players at the UEFA Euro 2008 Semi-Final in Vienna on 26th of June pictured with dad Charlie Moore and Mam Denise McArdle, McDonald’s Owner Midleton [...]
BBC Newsreader George Alagiah Enthrals Lismore Immrama Audience
GEORGE ALAGIAH DELIVERS ENDEARING, ENTRANCING PERFORMANCE IN LISMORE
Christy Parker was in the audience for the BBC journalist’s IMMRAMA appearance.
Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
George Alagiah speaking at The Blackwater Community School during the
Lismore Immrama Festival 2008
BBC newsreader and journalist George Alagiah attracted an audience of over 300 to the Blackwater Community School for his contribution to Lismore’s [...]
