1 Night 3 Bands Live @ The Rugby Club, Youghal this coming Saturday 16th July 2011 all in aid of COPE Foundation

Bands performing on the night are The Grip / Live Vibe / The Birds
Date: Saturday 16th July 2011 Adm: €10 @ door ( Doors open @ 10pm)
SPOT PRIZES ON THE NIGHT
In Aid of: COPE Foundation

Tickets can be purchased from:
Ger @ 087 6561046

PLEASE SUPPORT

 

THE FRIENDS OF ST. RAPHAEL’S OPEN DAY took place yesterday (Sun. 10th July 2011). The popular event was packed with people, all in great mood, buying, chatting, eating, dancing on the grass and generally having a great time. The colourful plants were almost all sold, the book stall was doing great business, the burger vans were surrounded, the candy floss was swaying in the warm breeze and the mugs of coffee were being downed at a very fast rate. The book stall, spin the wheel and the face painting proved to be particularly busy. Report/Photo: YOL

The Friends of St Raphael’s Fundraising Committee comprises John Roche, Chairman, Frances O’Neill Ahern, Secretary/Treasurer and a very active committee who commenced making their arrangements and organisation back in February, working very hard  to make sure that everything is just right for the day.   The weather was beautiful, the live music was played brilliantly, Youghal Pipe Band did a wonderful set,neighbours met for chats and the residents of the hospital had a fantastic time.

An event such as this needs help from many people and huge thanks to the people of the town and surrounding areas who not only come along on the day to support, but also those who donate items, books, gifts etc.,  Also, for the wonderful home cooked pastries, cakes, scones, biscuits brought along which were very quickly snapped up.

Many of the staff gave up their Sunday to help out on the day and the Committee are very grateful to them.  Of course, one cannot forget the marvellous coverage supplied by CRY, and Barty Murphy who organised all the live stage entertainment for the day.

The Open Day was a huge success with so much activity going on thanks to the huge crowds who came along to support our own St Raphael’s.

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YOUGHAL ART GROUP celebrates seventeen years in existence with its forthcoming annual art exhibition at the Methodist Church Hall, Friar Street,Youghal. Paintings across various genres with different mediums will be featured. Youghal Art Group spokeswoman Marina O’Loughlin said that the group are “looking forward to the exhibition which will be officially opened by radio broadcaster John Kennedy from Youghal radio C.R.Y. 104fm. Report / Photo: YOL

This year’s art exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the late Gretta Kelleher who was one of the founding members of the group and who sadly passed away last year. The members generously make a donation to local charities in lieu of cheese and wine at the opening night and this year’s charity is the local R.N.L.I. as Gretta was a volunteer and fundraiser for that institution.

The Youghal Art Group meet on the first Wednesday of every month at the Cumann na Daoine premises in Catherine Street. Guest speakers and outings form part of the group’s activities, as does occasional Saturday masterclasses. Current membership stands at 13, with new members always warmly welcomed.

This years’ exhibition will run from 11.30am to 7.30pm daily from Friday 29th July to the 7th August 2011. Admission is free; donations to defray expenses optional. Details from Marina on (024) 93376 or 087-7670413

Sinn Féin’s Sandra McLellan has called on all supporters of Mallow General Hospital to attend a protest against the downgrading of services at Mallow General Hospital organised for today, Monday at 2pm.

Speaking in advance of the protest Deputy McLellan said:

“I am calling on the whole community to come out to support this protest against the scandalous attack on emergency services at Mallow General Hospital. The cut-backs on the A&E department will have a detrimental effect on the 100,000 people that live in its catchment area. I have no doubt that lives will be lost as a result of this decision, if implemented. I am calling on everybody to come out at 2pm on today to support the retention of these vital services at the hospital. We need everyone, young and old, parents and children, sports clubs, community groups, businesses, hospital staff, supporters of all political parties and none, to make their opposition to this decision heard.”

“This issue is bigger than politics, yet it is in the hands of politicians to get it reversed. Local Government TDs need to exercise their influence to ensure that this is what happens. They have acknowledged in the past that to downgrade A&E services will only force people to an already overcrowded CUH, but now they say this move is being in the interest of safety. This is absolute nonsense. They need to stand up for their constituents and stand up for their hospital.”

Team Youghal Return To Heroes’ Welcome. – By Christy Parker

Team Youghal were accorded a heroes’ welcome home last Friday (1st July 2011) on returning from their marvellous and monumental coast-to-coast charity cycle across America. The CRY-organised homecoming that saw locals cheer and applaud as the Youghal Pipe band led the seven cyclists and ten-man support crew through the town centre. For once, the team travelled on foot, their bikes having failed to materialise from their Heathrow connection flight hours earlier.

Under sunny skies, Youghal musician Mark Ansbro entertained the crowd before CRY radio presenter Tommy Collins and Mayor Eoin Coyne formally welcomed the jet-lagged, leg-weary legends in the shadows of the Clock Gate.

Days before, the team had completed a grueling 24/7 relay cycle in the 30th annual Race Across America (RAAM). The first Irish team to complete in what is deemed cycling’s toughest endurance test, they had crossed 12 states from California to Maryland and, on day 3 alone, had climbed to 170,000 ft. (‘That’s three times the height of Mount Carrantuohill- Ireland’s highest mountain,’ as Mr. Collins graphically illustrated it.).Averaging 16.42 mph and sometimes hitting four times that speed on lengthy downhill stretches, they had completed the 3,005 mile trek in one week, 14 hours and five minutes. They finished the race in an immensely impressive 24th position from about 70 competitors.

The cyclists even managed a five-kilometre charity run in Central Park days later, following a reception at the Irish Consulate General’s Office in New York.

The team’s historic achievement was undertaken to raise awareness and funds on behalf of the Emer Casey Foundation. The registered charity, which was established in honour of Emer, who died aged 28 from ovarian/uterine cancer in 2006, funds research into early diagnosis of the disease.’

One has to spare a sympathetic thought or two for Youghal chief fire officer Tommy Roche, who must feel cursed by the gods of RAAM! Having had to withdraw from the race due to a training accident in California, he was even denied attending the homecoming as the fire service received a call-out on its way to greet the team!

Team leader Ger Flanagan thanked all who had supported the venture, including American TV and Home Theatre Installation company Firedog, Magners Cider, Excelsys Technologies, Cork, Emer’s former employers Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Solicitors Dublin, Irish Distillers, Youghal Town Council, Race Around Ireland and a host of Youghal businesses. In America, support was forthcoming from the Irish US Council, Enterprise Ireland’s US division, The American Chamber of Commerce, the Trinity Foundation, the Irish Consulate General in New York and the New York Cork Association.

See: www.teamyoughal.com See also: www.emercaseyfoundation.com

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Fisherman Tony Varney and his daughter Selina found an 1885 work by US watercolourist Winslow Homer outside a rubbish dump in Ireland in the 1980s. The work had apparently been abandoned. They subsequently learnt it was worth £150,000, and attempted to sell the work at auction in New York in 2009.

After learning of the sale, the painting’s original owners stopped the auction, claiming the work, called Children Under a Palm Tree, was rightfully theirs. Two years on, the two families are still locked in a legal stand-off over the painting’s ownership, and their story can be told in full for the first time.

“I would have willingly sat down and sorted this out,” Ms Varney said. “I just don’t know how long this is going to go on. I am just answering questions they are throwing at us as honestly as I can. I don’t know if they are intending on striking a deal. At the moment it is just going round and round and round.”

She said she was “upset” when Blake’s descendants, who live at the family home in Myrtle Grove, County Cork, stopped the sale, and said the dispute had caused a “lot of heartache, a lot of grief, a lot of money”.

The work shows the three children of Sir Henry Arthur Blake, a British colonial administrator who lived in the Bahamas in the late 19th century. Homer was a guest of the family and painted their children, who were holding a fancy dress party.

The watercolour remained in the family’s ownership, and it travelled with them when they retired to County Cork, Ireland. It is presumed it then remained there for the ensuing decades.

However, mystery still surrounds how the painting managed to find itself outside a rubbish dump in the 1980s. While Blake’s descendants claim it was stolen from their property in Myrtle Grove, they have no record of the crime taking place. Ms Varney and her lawyers argue that since her family found the work, and it remained in their possession for nearly two decades without any claim on its ownership, it now belongs to them.

“There was no crime report, and 20 years after the event it appears the family now realises it was stolen, which puts them in a very interesting legal situation,” said art dealer Philip Mould, one of the presenters of Fake or Fortune?, the BBC programme which will tell the full story of the saga on Sunday.

He added: “If something was deliberately thrown away, that also makes things very complicated. Sotheby’s are currently acting as Solomon, and are waiting for either party to come up with evidence it is theirs.” Mr Mould identified the work on Antiques Roadshow in 2008 and has since followed every development in the family’s tale with interest.

There is also a dispute over the circumstances in which Blake’s descendants stopped the sale. While Sotheby’s claims it contacted them when they first encountered the work, and says they raised no objection, the family says they heard nothing until they saw the auction publicised in the Sotheby’s catalogue. The work now remains in the auction house’s possession in New York.

“I think we would rather keep it,” said Simon Murray, Sir Henry’s great-great-grandson, who is representing his family’s interests. “It is such a special picture. The colours are wonderful. It’s a very significant part of my family’s history and we really want it back.”

Source: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 – By Rob Sharp, Arts Correspondent www.independent.co.uk/

Photos: BBC / Youghalonline / Google image

Gallic Gastronomist Gives Youghal It’s Gold Label Fish Pie. – By Christy Parker

A FRENCH CHEF working in Youghal has compiled the winning recipe in a contest to establish the perpetual Gold Label Youghal Bay Fish Pie. Seventeen food outlets in the town entered the competition but David Ribeau ensured his employers, the Red Store bar and restaurant, entered the history and cookery books with a winning effort that he prepared “in about ten minutes.” Monsieur Ribeau, 36 and from Burgundy has been living in Youghal for six years. He receives a weekend for two in Dublin’s Westin hotel as his prize.

Significantly, the winning recipe will be officially registered and circulated to all restaurants in Youghal –and beyond if requested – to ensure a consistent, standardised dish that it is hoped will become synonymous with the town’s name. The move is the first in a driven marketing venture aimed at promoting Youghal as a family-friendly tourism centre with strong links to the sea, history and food. The recently formed Youghal Concerned Citizens group are managing the project, which was first suggested by Belfast-born international marketing consultant Tim Magee, who settled in the town six years ago.

Pies surprise

The Youghal Bay Fish Pie competition saw entries delivered to Moby Dicks bar last Saturday afternoon. Identifiable only by number, they were adjudicated upon by Aoife Carrigy, an internationally renowned food writer and critic and former deputy editor of Food and Wine magazine.

At 7 pm, an award ceremony attended by Youghal mayor Eoin Coyne was preceded by several food establishments serving free pie samples from pavement tables. Later, preparing to announce the winner, Ms Carrigy said the entries “reflected the town’s diversity.” She had found “traditional pies for a windy walk and rainy day, Italian pies with garlic butter poured over them and modern takes with different toppings and herbs.” However the Red Store’s effort scooped the honour with “a pie for every occasion and all tastes.”

Obviously enjoying her work, the judge reflected on “a lovely buttery topping that added that little bit of decadence that made you want to tuck in.” She depicted “lots of fish mix, including salmon, white fish and smoked fish,” and “a fairly light sauce that appeals to the contemporary palette” and which “brought a really nice complex base to the flavour.”

Tourism

Delighted Red Store manager Mark Golden said the competition showed “everyone pulling together to promote tourism, which is the backbone of the town.” His slightly surprised winning chef said he had “just done my job the best I can.” Describing Youghal as having “the best tourism structure in the country,” Mr Magee urged, “We shouldn’t be focused on industry but on tourism.”

Ms Carrigy reflected that Ireland currently presents “a great time to be doing things like this. It is heartening to see how ready people are to get behind initiatives. It is tapping into strength in numbers and a creative response to good ideas is the way to approach things.”

The Gold Label Youghal Fish Pie recipe:

Ingredients: 60g smoked haddock, 80g fresh cod, 80g fresh hake, 80g fresh salmon, pinch of cumin, pinch of nutmeg, salt to taste and pepper to taste, pinch of tarragon, juice of half a lime, half litre of milk, potato, celeriac, onions and carrots in very small amounts (just for taste).

Process: Drain the fish. Reserve milk for sauce. Dress fish in dish with other ingredients, taking care to spread out so all types are evenly distributed. Thicken slightly the reserve sauce with corn flour and check the seasoning. Cover the fish with the sauce and the top with piped mashed potato and a pinch of parmesan cheese. Cook for 20 minutes and serve immediately. As accompaniment, Aoife Carrigy recommends “a crisp green salad with sharp lemon dressing”, along with a Sauvignon Blanc or a Chardonnay. “But a pint of Guinness would be ok too!”

 

‘Queen Of The Sea’  Set To Be Youghal’s Best Festival Yet. – By Christy Parker

YOUGHAL’S 2011 QUEEN OF THE SEA FESTIVAL was officially launched in the town hall reception area recently. Details unveiled at the launch revealed a highly impressive effort to bring to the town a festival in the total meaning of the term, with a multitude of diverse attractions in waiting. The weather…the blessed weather is all that’s needed. .

Organisers, business people, politicians and –mercifully- the more eye-catching presence of 35 young female representatives of various local businesses, attired summer fare, gathered for the launch. The occasion was smiled upon by blue skies, enriched by a solo harpist and complimented by wonderful food. The omens are good!

Following some time for social interaction, the 50 plus attendance turned their attention to the podium, from where Queen of the Sea Chairwoman Sally Tivy-Perks and  Youghal Mayor Eoin Coyne delivered words of faith, hope and encouragement, as did Sinn Fein TD Sandra McLellan and Eileen Harney, liaison officer with the RNLI, one of two organisations –along with Childline- being supported by the festival.

Mayor Coyne, in his first official engagement since his elevation to the chain, expressed himself said the festival, which enjoyed great success in its inaugural year of 2010, was already “fast becoming the pinnacle of the summer festival season” in Youghal. The mayor gave credit to “the Youghal Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, Youghal Town Council, the YSEDG and the organising committee” for bringing the festival to fruition. He wished the queens the very best of luck and wished “locals and tourists alike,” much enjoyment over the festive weekend. Enthusiastic applause followed the conclusion of his maiden mayoral speech.

Fundraising

The chairwoman then thanked further sponsors, including 96FM and SECAD before handing the microphone to Ms Harney. The officer explained that the lifeboat service’s survival is immensely reliant on the support of local communities. “We receive a tiny amount of government funding,” she revealed before explaining that the RNLI needs €3m annually to stay afloat, so to speak, almost all of which comes from voluntary contributions. She said had “the best job in the world” working for an organisation of whom 97% of its members (1,600), “are fundraisers.” In considering itself effectively “a family organisation,” she said the RNLI would ensure that those attending the family festival would be afforded a warm welcome, including harbour tours.

Three festivals in one

The Queen of the Sea Contest bears much resemblance to that of the world-famous Rose of Tralee in that it is a contest for young ladies, from whom the winner is chosen according to her hopes, dreams & ambitions and her attitude toward social responsibility.

Sally Tivy-Perks then gave a summary of the programme of events –expanded from last year- that the festival intends to deliver. Effectively, she said it was three festivals in one, comprising the Queen of the Sea Contest, a Youghal Food Festival and a ‘Myrtle Groove’ Music Festival.

Music…

The festivities commence with the Myrtle Groove gig on Nealon’s Quay at 3 pm on Friday July 15th, wherein various live bands will entertain throughout the day. The ‘groove’ will persist throughout the weekend in what marks a serious upgrade in Youghal’s provision of musical entertainment. Along with local artistes, Cork’s 96FM Gig Rig will play live from the Market Square, KILA will perform on Nealon’s and there will be music and dance of a traditional genre also. A ‘Mardi Gras’ Parade featuring the queens will traverse the town at 7 pm that night.

Food…

The Youghal Food Festival will be officially opened by the Celebrity TV Chef, Rachel Allen. There will be a farmers’ market, cooking demonstrations, teaching and tasting events. Throughout the three days, there will be breakfast, brunch, lunch and snacks available all made from local produce with lots of choice. Festival menus will be available in local restaurants in the evenings.

Come and watch TV celebrity chef Rachel Allen cut the ribbon for the official opening the food festival and wander through the many food and craft stalls where you can treat yourself to a taste of the finest local produce to be found in the area, Visit Corks 96FM GIG RIG playing live from Market Square, or let the kids join in the fun, and enter the crab catching or the sand castle building competition, join the circus workshop, enter your dog in the Dog Show or join one of the other many fun activities planned for you during the festival.

Girls….

Enjoy the crowning of the Queen of the Sea followed by acclaimed band KILA live on stage, and enjoy lots of free music all through the weekend on the Myrtle groove Gig Rig. Saturday’s fare includes the Food Festival, which will be launched –if not lunched!- by TC chef Rachel Allen. A multitude of other attractions, including water races and busking, will run throughout the day. The 2011 Queen of the Sea will be crowned at 6.30 on Saturday night, followed by a Queens Banquet at the Mall Arts centre.

…And fun

Sunday’s many attractions include family races in the Green Park (Spud and spoon, fastest daddy, hairy legs, wheel barrow, three legged, wife-carrying, etc), alongside a dog show and various other entertainments such as wife-ccbucking bronco, obstacle course, face painting, circus workshop and so on and on….

Full details/programme being circulated and available from Youghal Tourist Office; tele: 024-20170 Green Park. Also, visit  www.youghal.ie

Youghal Library Books A Place For Lace – By Christy Parker

Every Wednesday morning, a dedicated gathering convenes at Youghal library to nurture one the town’s oldest and most internationally renowned traditions. The Youghal Needlepoint group are preserving a practice that spans over a century and half and which derives from one nun’s inspiration and desire to provide work for local people during the Famine years.

Bridgid Keane (nee Neville, of Neville’s drapery), is central to these gatherings. Something of a historian on the topic, she has the facts, figures and fancies of Youghal lace at  her fingertips so to speak, as she reads a passage from an old manual: ‘Youghal needlepoint lace was born in poverty and fostered in famine from 1845-1847. Mother Mary Anne Smith found in the convent a small piece of old Italian lace known as Crecian Point. She carefully took it asunder, examined the stitches and soon devised a method of reproducing them. A regular lace-school was then started.’ Thus did Youghal lace begin, the nun’s mission assisted by Youghal’s then stature as a vibrant trading port, meaning cotton/linen was in plentiful supply (although very little is required to create a piece of design.)

Distinctive

Youghal lace is comprised of very fine thread and is defined, explains Bridgid, by four particular attributes. “Firstly, the lace is flat,” she begins. “Secondly, each motif is surrounded by what is called the shell stitches, which are seven tiny stitches on each loop. Next, it has shades of dark and light, formed by the number of stitches. Lastly, it has Raleigh bars -distinctive loops joining one motif to another and which end up forming the background of the lace. No other lace combines these four factors.”

By tradition, the designs to which the unique style was applied came from the Presentation Convent sisters, with influence from the Cork School of Art. The patterns were inspired by the influences of the ‘Ecclesiastical,’’ the Celtic’ and ‘Nature,’ the latter being particularly manifest as fuchsias, ivy leaves and the symbol Youghal Rose. Nowadays some practitioners veer towards the contemporary, vis-à-vis birds, animals, local monuments, etc. While Bridgid personally favours the traditional, she considers this new tangent to be “positive” and an indication that the craft stands “progressive and modern.”

Royalty

From the outset, the lace makers were well paid, suitably reflecting the high esteem and prices associated with their produce. A ledger from 1906 reflects such rates as “handkerchiefs from 25 shillings to £12, scarves from £12 to £50 and babies’ bootees from £2 to £4.”

Those who could and would support such acquirements were the nobility, the gentry and the exalted classes throughout Europe and beyond. The Vatican prized Youghal lace in priests’ vestments and much of it probably still lingers behind those secretive Roman walls. The British royal family were particularly patrons. It is recorded that in 1896, a Youghal Lace fan leaf produced at the Presentation convent held “a crowned M in the centre” it being a wedding gift to Queen Mary’s sister-in-law Princess Maud. Another such fan presented to Queen Alexandra on her first visit to Ireland in 1903 includes an Irish harp in the centre and a ribbon inscribed (in Irish) ‘I cool, I refresh, and I can keep secrets’. In 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught, received a wedding gift of a Youghal lace fan which had won a prize at the Dublin exhibition in 1897- an early example of the many accolades to be earned by Youghal lace over the years. In 1911, on behalf of Northern Unionists, Youghal lace-makers made a lace train gift for Queen Mary to wear at the time of the Delhi Durbar (a mass assembly in Delhi to mark the coronation of the king and queen.) Said to be the largest lace creation ever, the donors had the Gaelic reflection, ‘Deanta (made) in Eireann’ removed and replaced by a shamrock!

The advent of machinery in the early 20th century heralded the end of Youghal needlepoint lace’s illustrious stature. It remained unique but mass production of lace diminished demand for the unique artefacts. It all but died except for a few private and personal practitioners. Most of the made lace was and is stored in such places as Cork’s Fitzgerald Museum, for the want of a proper storage place in Youghal.

Revival

Bridgid Keane turns another page in her files: ‘Sr. Mary Coleman Reid of the Presentation of Youghal wishes to revive the traditional techniques of making Youghal needlepoint lace.’ It was the 1989, the convent was closing and Sr. Mary gave access to many lace items within the building. A year later George Ward, principal in the Youghal Technical school provided a work room, as subsequently would his successor Donal O’Grady. “We continued to meet and provide tuition there on Wednesday mornings for several years,” Bridgid recalls.

There would follow another 10-year lapse in public demonstration until last May, when librarian Marion O’Halloran offered the members a space on the premises. The ballpoint needles weave their magic on Wednesday mornings once again. Bridgid summarises the motivation: “We love the town, the lace and our hobby and we want to share it with others,” she enthuses. “We don’t want it to die.”

Future

Should it live, its future may well intertwine with the efforts of its native town to itself weave a new pattern of prosperity. “I can see its potential as a valuable tourism asset, both in us teaching and demonstrating it to visitors and perhaps as a stored attraction in a Clock Gate museum or other, suitable, buildings.” She concedes that the skills must be passed on to future generations for the thread to thrive long-term. “We managed to attract some interest from transition students in Dungarvan,” considers Bridgid, “but wouldn’t it be brilliant if it found a place in Youghal’s school system?” That’s would bring Youghal lace full circle and tie things up very tidily indeed. Why knot?!

Youghal Needlepoint group meets at Youghal library every Wednesday at 10 am; further details on 086-6020536 or from Youghal library on: (024) 93459. Spontaneous visits welcome also.

YCC And Town Council To Tackle Dog Litter Problem. – By Christy Parker 

YOUGHAL CONCERNED CITIZENS have reached consensus with Youghal Town Council on a range of measures to combat dog-litter in the town. “A town that is marketing itself as a family friendly tourist destination has to get the basics right and cannot accept that many of our tourist spots should be blighted by dog fouling,” says YCC secretary Adrian Hyde.

In a cost-effective exercise, the YCC volunteers will leaflet the town and supply posters to businesses in the Youghal. The council has agreed to supply relevant signage, on an on-going basis. “Our main concern is with changing the public’s attitude to dog fouling and offering them the means to both report and clean-up dog litter,” says Mr Hyde.

In more comprehensive format, the proposed measures run as follows:

i) Distribution of information leaflets from Cork Veterinary Department.

ii) distribution of posters to businesses in Youghal;

iii) distribution of Dog Litter bags: Youghal Town Council already provides dog litter bags free of charge from the town hall but these will now be made available from the following locations: Zanzibar Ice Cream Parlour (Front Strand), XS shop (Green Park), Read & Write, Cree’s Card Shop, Flavin’s sweet shop, Supervalue and Galvin’s Costcutters. YCC will monitor bag usage from these locations and if bags will consider alternative locations if not being used. The group estimates that 500 bags are required for an initial stock. “While we are estimating 150 bags per month, we would have a better estimate after the first month,” says Mr. Hyde, adding  that “a YCC volunteer will visit each premises on a monthly basis (or on demand) to monitor the situation and to provide an estimate to the council for future quantities .

iv) Dog Litter Signs: 25 signs, supplied by the town council. Wil be displayed at the displayed across the following locations: strand promenade, Lighthouse Hill, Green Park, Devonshire grotto, Mall beach, Catherine Street, Breton Road , Tallow Street, Main Street and Friar Street. The surplus may be erected on housing estates at the wishes of the relevant Resident’s Association.

v) Media campaign: YCC will launch a local media campaign to highlight the issue, with the message that dog litter will no longer be tolerated. Along with informing citizens of the danger and anti-social aspect of dog litter, the dog warden number will be provided to report stray dogs.

It is hoped to initiate the campaign on Monday next, July 11th. The Youghal Concerned Citizens’ next public meeting is on Thursday July 7th at 7 pm, in the Red Store.