David McSavage – He’s Alive Inside! – Youghal is in for a treat!

On Saturday 25th February 2012, one of Ireland’s most popular comedians and street entertainers is coming to the Mall Arts Centre Youghal – David McSavage. Most well-known from his hilarious RTE show ‘Savage Eye’, his cutting commentary and performances cover all aspects of life and nothing is safe from his truth induced interpretations. From The Barman (Mick The Bull) to Father Finnegan to former President Mary Robinson and Pat…….Kenny, audiences relate to each character from the many aspects of Irish life.

A regular guest on TV and radio shows in Ireland for many years, McSavage has also appeared at all the major comedy festivals including the Edinburgh Festival and internationally in Australia, Germany and Scandinavia. He is well known for his street shows in Dublin’s Temple Bar.

In 2009, he devised, wrote and starred in the six part TV series The Savage Eye on RTÉ. The show which has been critically acclaimed, was nominated for an IFTA award for Best Entertainment Series. The third series and a Christmas special, is currently being filmed and will be released by RTÉ 2 shortly in 2012.

David McSavage is mischievous to the last and revels in creating tension. His aim is to make you feel uncomfortable with his comedy cutting close to the bone! He quarantees belly aching laughter and this really is a night not to be missed!

With recent sell out performances in the Opera House and Vicar Street, this is a real treat for the community of Youghal. The show takes place on Saturday 25th February 2012 in the Mall Arts Centre. Doors open at 7.30pm and show starts at 8pm.

Tickets are selling at the hugely competitive rate of 16 euro for adults and 14 euro concessions (students / unemployed). Reserve your ticket by contacting 083-3606507 or 024-81823; alternatively you can email your reservation to themallartscentre@gmail.com. Tickets can also be purchased from the Yew Wood booking office (the Coach House, Entreprise Centre, Emmet Place, Youghal) and Youghal Tourist Office.

Events in the Mall Arts Centre are part of the Youghal Socio Economic Development Group.

McSavage is a comedic force… a riotous evening and a thoroughly entertaining show -entertainment.ie

One of Ireland’s funniest comedians – The Irish Mirror

He makes me jealous sometimes because he kind of goes to areas that, in a sense, I am forbidden from going to. He (David McSavage) says an awful lot of things that I would love to say and can’t. He takes an awful lot of risks. – Mario Rosenstock

“A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC” – to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, the Ailbrin Society presents a musical evening with John Kennedy. John is well known to the many listeners of CRY and we look forward to an entertaining and informative evening. It will be held on Wednesday, 15th February at 8.30 pm in the Red Store, North Main Street, Youghal. Members free; non-members 5E. New members always welcome.

John Kennedy from Community Radio Youghal presented a wonderful evening of music and nostalgia entitled ” The sound of greatness” celebrating the World famous Irish tenor Count John McCormack at The Walter Raleigh Hotel as special guest of The Youghal Ailbrin Society.

People often ask what is Ailbrin? It is a small society that hosts a series of talks on a variety of subjects, from September to April on the third Wednesday of the month. The name Ailbrin is the oldest known Irish name for Youghal and means wooded rock.

The talks cover a wide range of subjects from local history, current affairs, travel, art, music, architecture to deep sea diving. Many of the most popular talks with the public have been given by local speakers.

The society was founded in 1966 by Noel Mc Namara a local solicitor, as a discussion group. Michael Murray acted as Chairperson in its early years. Members met once a month in the Devonshire Arms Hotel and as the speakers were friends and the room was free there was no fee.

After some years the Society expanded, speakers were brought in from outside to broaden our horizons. All this activity involved more expenses, fees for speakers, room rental and inevitably insurance. It also required a hard working and dedicated committee, most of whom have given several years and much of their time to keeping the show on the road. What we now need are more members interested in helping the present committee. At a meeting on Monday September 17th, a discussion was held on whether or not to continue with the society’s activities, the present committee has agreed to stay on until April of next year.

Eochaill Og Notes – Report: Tony Farrell

 Eochail Og Awards Night 2012:  Eochaill Og in conjunction with the Ladies Football Club, held their awards night on the 22nd January last where winning teams from 2011 received their medals from one of the top Hurlers in the country Micheal Fennelly and Cork Ladies Football captain Amy O’Shea. On the night there was a great turnout of up to 350 club members and parents to honour the younger members of the club.
Guests on the night included Canon Brown, Ger Motherway, Christy Cooney, Micheal Fennelly, Amy O’Shea and Orla Farmer. MC for the night was Mick Sheehan who interviewed the guests and some of the players.

Both clubs would like to congratulate all the players and team mentors for their success in 2011 and wish them all the success possible for the coming season.

Eochaill Og would also like to congratulate all the players concerned for their awards received on the night on representing the club at both Imokilly and Cork underage level. We would hope that this level of representation of the club by the players continues and hopefully grows in 2012.

Both Clubs would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to everyone in the club for their help in another successful night for Eochaill Og & YLFC and hope that our Juvenile members and families enjoyed their night.

Underage Managers for 2012 are as follows:

Minor Hurling Manager:  Fergal Keenaghan Minor Football Manager: Fergal Keenaghan, U16 Manager: Tommy O’Connell, U15 Manager – Tommy O’Connell, U14 Manager – Philip Monaghan, U13 Manager – Philip Monaghan, U12 Manager – Joe Kirk, U11 Manager – Donal O’Sullivan, U10 Manager – Hugh Dorrian, U9 Manager – Alan Geary, U8 Manager – John Bulman, U7 Manager – Vincent Murray U6 Manager – John Lynch , Gaelic4Girls – Cormac Galvin.

Eochaill Og Training Times 2012:

U18 – Fri 7 – 8pm

U16 – Sat 4 – 5pm

U14 – Mon 7 – 8pm

U12 – Returning early February ( TBC )

U11 – Tues & Thurs 7:30 – 8:30pm

U10 – Sat 9:30am Tues 5:30pm

U9   – Tues 6:30 – 7:30pm & Fri 6 – 7pm

U8   – beginning Sat Feb 11th  & subsequent Thurs  5:30pm – 6:30pm

U7   – beginning Sat Feb 11th @ 11:30am

U6   – beginning Sat Feb 11th @ 11:30am

All players / parents will be notified by text of any amendments or cancellations of the above times and

date’s by the relevant managers.

General Note: Youghal GAA are collecting old mobile phones in aid of the Autistic Association. Please

support by dropping in any unwanted phones into Club Aras. Your support would be greatly

appreciated by all.

Website:  Our website to keep in touch with all activities, match reports, managers and contact numbers

for each please log onto www.youghal.cork.gaa.ie.

Parents Committee:  If there are any parents that would like to get involved it the parents committee

please contact Jillian Corcoran.  All help is very much appreciated. We would encourage all parents to

get involved and it would be great to see parents from each team participating in the parents committee.

We are hoping to have our first meeting for St. Patrick’s Day parade in early January.  I would like to

take this opportunity to thank most sincerely the parents that have helped out in all events so far and look

forward to your continued support.

The AGM will be held on Wednesday 8th February 2012 at 8 p.m in the Red Store, Youghal. Everyone, every group and every society is invited to come along and make a contribution if they wish.

After almost one year in existence Youghal Concerned Citizens Group are gearing up for another successful year ahead. In just 12 months the group organised 4 festivals in Youghal including a Mackerel festival, a Teddy Bears picnic, a Halloween festival and the Dickens themed Christmas which brought great colour to the town.

The upcoming Moby Dick festival will take place on 16th March and plans are very advanced for this, according to Ruth Vance-Lee group PRO. The highlight of the festival will be a live debate which will be broadcast to American schools and Universities (who still study the novel, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, as part of their school curriculum).

Other achievements of the group during its inaugural year were clean ups of the quay area and Mall beach,a meet and greet campaign which saw locals give of their time to meet tour buses and provide tourists on the street with any information required. Thanks to the kindess of local musicians and dancers, busy days when lots of buses visited Youghal saw the provision of entertainment and activity which is crucial in attracting further bus visits. The YCC Group also highlighted the issue of dog litter in Youghal and in conjunction with Youghal Town Council, an informational campaign as well as the provision of free dog litter bags around town was put in place. We continue to pursue this item.

The closure of the Diving Rocks was high on the agenda for 2011 and we lobbied hard to ensure the area would be re-opened. Having submitted a proposal that would have seen a volunteer builder carry out the works, we are delighted that Youghal Town Council have allocated money towards re-opening the area by this April.

We have also been busy in getting empty shop windows around town decorated. The windows of Merrick’s are a prime example of this type of work.

What happens next is the question that will be asked at the AGM. Members of the public are invited to bring along any ideas they might have on how Youghal can better itself for both residents and businesses alike. Ruth Vance-Lee of the Committee said, “The group was set up as an all-inclusive group with one goal i.e. bringing Youghal’s future to the people of Youghal. It is only right that Youghal’s people be given the voice to decide where the group’s future lies.” One of the considerations for the AGM is a name change. The committee feel that Youghal Concerned Citizens is too inward looking now and that the Group has outgrown the name. Jimmy Flanagan, chair of the group stated “Now we have given Youghal back to the people of Youghal it is time we gave Youghal to the outside world. We feel ‘Youghal 4 All’, better fits this
goal”.

The AGM will be held on Wednesday 8th February 2012 at 8 p.m in the Red Store, Youghal. Everyone, every group and every society is invited to come along and make a contribution if they wish.

BLACKWATER ESTUARY ACTION GROUP (BEAG)
Youghal says NO to Hazardous Waste Campaign Update

In early December 2011, An Bord Pleanála made known their decision that the planning application granted to Eras Eco Ltd., Foxhole, Youghal does not constitute a Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID).  Since that decision was made public, BEAG’s professional representatives have been analysing all the available documentation to establish the accuracy of information on which this decision and
the original planning application was based.

As a result, BEAG has identified discrepancies in the legislation and implementation process, facts which will be lodged with Youghal Town Council, Cork County Council, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), An Bord Pleanála and all other relevant statutory bodies before the end of January, along with 2,500 of the gathered signatures of protest.

BEAG continue to work tirelessly, meeting weekly.  The research, analysis and reporting by the group is ongoing.

On 12th January a group of residents invited BEAG to hold a public meeting at the Castlemartyr Resort Hotel at which the plans and traffic movements involved in this planning proposal were outlined.  This networking will also involve information meetings in Killeagh, Tallow and other outlying villages and towns.

BEAG’s case grows stronger as we amass information and broaden our communications network.

Stand with us and protect our town and it’s environment.

The decision date for the appeal to An Bord Pleanála is 23rd February 2012.

Art for Life auction at Gallery Frida
38 South Main Street, Youghal.
Saturday 18th Feb 2012 at 4pm.

 

Sinn Féin TD for Cork East Sandra McLellan has condemned the Government’s
handling of the proposed septic tank charge and called for the immediate
establishment of agreed standards and an appropriate funding mechanism for
those who have to carry out repairs or upgrades.

Speaking in the Dáil on the Report Stages of the Water Services
(Amendment) Bill 2011 Deputy McLellan said:
“The fact that we don’t know what standards must be met at this late stage
is completely unacceptable. The Minister must publish standards before any
bill is passed. Otherwise we are being asked to vote for standards which
haven’t even been drafted let alone agreed. The Minister has conceded that
he will now commence on a 4 week consultation process before any standards
are published. This is not good enough. The standards need to be published
the bill voted on.
She added,
“The potential cost of repairs and upgrades that might be needed will
place an unbearable pressure on some people. It could be the straw that
breaks the camel’s back for many. Sinn Féin fully supports the upgrading
of septic tanks. We fully agree that ground water and the environment must
be protected. But the legislation before us is a knee jerk reaction to EU
regulations. The bill is brought in under threat of fines from the EU for
the failure of consecutive governments. The bill as it stands demands that
any upgrading must be funded by the householder. This again is completely
unacceptable. A fund must be established to assist householders to meet
the payment of any repair or upgrade.”
She concluded,
“Hundreds of millions of state funds were invested in urban wastewater
systems. The same support must now be given to rural householders required
to improve their septic tanks.”

 Paying Anglo bondholders while nursing home beds close is ‘senseless’ – McLellan

The Government’s insistence this week to pay €1.25 billion to unsecured, unguaranteed bondholders of the defunct Anglo Irish Bank at a time when vital health services for our elderly and infirmed are under threat has been branded as ‘senseless’ by Cork East TD, Sandra McLellan.

Speaking in the Dáil on a motion opposing the payment the Sinn Féin Deputy said:

“It is impossible to separate the decision of the Government to pay this vast sum to speculators and gamblers from their decision to guarantee cutbacks for our health services.”

“In the HSEs National Service Plan for 2012 it is proposed that almost 900 community nursing home beds in the public sector will be closed this year. Vital services in Youghal and Fermoy are under threat because of this. Retirements, the recruitment embargo, and decreased funding means more and more families will be under pressure. Funding for home help and carers, as well as the crisis in our acute and primary care services will leave older people completely vulnerable. This situation is totally preposterous.”

She concluded,

“The economic strategy being implemented by this Government is senseless. As a direct result of it devastating cutbacks to essential public services in health, education and social welfare are being forced on individuals, families and communities. Sinn Féin has proposed a real alternative. There is a better, fairer way, which Labour and Fine Gael are choosing to ignore.”

Ever wonder how far it is from Cork to Swansea?  Staff at the 4 star Garryvoe Hotel, on the shore of Ballycotton Bay in East Cork, decided to run a fundraising event that would cover the distance to raise funds for their local RNLI lifeboat station across the bay in Ballycotton.

Proposals were put forward and the idea of Swimming to Swansea was born.  It is approx. 314 kms from Cork to Swansea and the organisers wondered if they could cover the distance in 24 hours.  Those taking part quickly realised that if this mammoth task was to succeed they would need some help.  Posters were put up in the hotel leisure centre looking for volunteers.  Leisure centre members interested in taking part were encouraged to take sponsorship cards.

On Saturday, 23 July 2011, at 8am, a team of 25 swimmers started a relay swim in the Garryvoe hotel leisure centre swimming pool.  Their aim was to swim 80 kms in 12 hours.  When the swimmers were finished their part of the swim they were presented with a bag with fruit and bottled water, sponsored by the Village Greengrocer in Castlemartyr.

The second part of the fundraising event was to row the balance of the distance, i.e. 234 kms. Approaches were made to the Fastnet Line, who kindly agreed to sponsor the return trip for the fundraising team and provided a cabin to rest in between rowing.  At 6pm on the 23rd a team of 9 rowers took a bus from the Garryvoe Hotel to Ringaskiddy to catch the Fastnet Line ferry to Swansea.  They brought three rowing machines with them. Two came from the Garryvoe Hotel leisure centre and a third was provided by T&T Fitness.

The 9 rowers formed three teams of 3 and commenced rowing on deck in relays.  They rowed from Cork to Swansea.  While one team was rowing the others rested in the cabin provided by the Fastnet Line.  To ensure the fundraisers got the best support possible, and raised as much money for Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat as they could, regular announcements were made throughout the ship encouraging travellers to visit the rowers and offer their support.  RNLI lifeboat collection buckets were placed close to the rowing machines and passengers dropped money into them to help with the sponsorship effort.

The weary but delighted team of swimmers and rowers completed their 314 kms task.  In January 2012, when all funds were counted, Stephen Belton, General Manager, and staff at Garryvoe Hotel presented a cheque for €3,500 to members of the Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat fundraising committee.  Mr. Belton related that the staff at Garryvoe Hotel were delighted to support this local charity.  Committee Chairman, Fiona Flynn, said the funds raised by the Garryvoe Hotel and Leisure Centre staff and members would go towards on-going training of lifeboat crew.  Ms Flynn thanked them for their efforts and explained how much it is appreciated by all involved at Ballycotton RNL lifeboat station.

Gardaí keep open mind on cause of factory blaze

By Sean O’Riordan

Friday, January 27, 2012

Gardaí say they’re keeping “an open mind” on how a fire started at a former factory in Co Cork.

It took fire brigade crews from three different stations several hours to put out the fire at the former Seafield Technological Textiles factory in Youghal, only for it to re-ignite yesterday.

According to gardaí, smoke was spotted pouring out of the building, which is close to Perks amusements, on the Cork Road, at around 1pm on Wednesday.

The emergency services were alerted by a passerby and local fire crews were joined by units from Ardmore and Midleton.

Part of the building was extensively gutted and an asbestos roof caved in.

The fire brigade crews remained at the scene for six hours to continue damping down operations.

However, they were tasked again to the scene yesterday morning after the fire re-ignited.

A garda spokesman said they were awaiting a full report from forensic experts who examined the scene and were trying to determine how the fire was started.

Read more: http://www.examiner.ie

 Training Times
With busy family schedules the following schedule (subject to change) will give you an indication as to what dates the girls are training or playing matches. Please note that for the winter months or inclement mornings we will be using the hall and we request a token charge of €2 per child to cover usage of the hall.
• U8s (Born 2004 – 2005) Saturday @ 10:30am – Manager Ivan O’Flynn 0868145229
• U10s (Born 2002 – 2003) Saturday @ 10:30am – Manager John O’Sullivan 0868258516
• U12s (Born 2000 – 2001) Saturday @ 10:30am – Manager Gordon Kinsley 0870549116
• U14s (Born 1998 – 1999) Saturday @ 11:30am – Manager Finbarr O’Mahoney 0860584699
• Juniors & Minors TBC Ger Fox 0879357372
Any girl of school going age and born after 2005 will train with Eochaill Óg where they will be introduced to both hurling and football every Saturday @ 11:30am. Please contact Cormac Galvin 0870508474.

All teams are currently looking for parents to get involved in training and matches (no experience required), even if you can only make 1 or 2 weeks each month, any help is really appreciated. If interested please contact any of the managers above.

Awards Night
On Sunday 22nd we held a very successful awards night in conjunction with Eochaill Óg. Highlight of the night was the presentation to our U12s who won the East Cork double in 2011. Many thanks to Cork captain Amy O’Shea, team mate Orla Farmer and President CLG Christy Cooney for attending. Finally to our parents committee and all parents who provided sandwiches and cakes thank you.

Family Quiz
As part of our fund raising activities the Club will be a holding a Family Fun Quiz based on popular music, TV game shows and general knowledge. The format is based on a team of 4 (2 adults, 2 children) where around 60% of questions can be answered by the girls. The cost is €20 per team and we hope that most players and parents will attend on Sunday 26th February @ 5pm in Club Aras. If anyone has spare spot prizes to donate please contact Cormac Galvin. This should be a great evening’s entertainment with the format of the quiz quiet different from your standard table top quiz.

Peil Camp
We are very excited to this year host of very own “Peil” camp! This will take place in Youghal GAA club from Tuesday April 10th until Friday the 13th. This development camp will be run by Mr. Charlie Mc Loughlin, who has years of experience in running these Ladies Football camps for both Junveniles and adults. This will be a fantastic chance to learn from one of Irelands leading coaches of our sport and NOBODY will leave without learning some new skills!! The price of the camp will be €50 and will include a training kit. We will be holding an open day where YOU can enroll, a €25 deposit (non refundable) will be required on the day, the remaining balance can be paid in installments, more details to follow on this.  The open day will be on SATURDAY FEB 4th during training times.  For any more information, please feel free to contact Catriona on 086 1951128.  LETS GO YOUGHAL, LETS GO!!!