News
Showing below articles from the Saturday September 4th, 2010 issue of The Southern Star.
Waiver scheme to continue after Co Council waste collection service sale
COUNTRY Clean Recycling, which has bought Cork County Council’s waste collection business, has agreed to continue the waiver scheme for the elderly and those on social welfare for two years on the basis of customer loyalty. The new operator will also introduce a 10 per cent cut in waste charges to all its other customers immediately. Cork County Council announced at the weekend that it had reached agreement with the Mallow-based recycling company for the...
Rededication of refurbished Barryroe church
Saturday night, August 28th, was a historic occasion in Barryroe when the parish church was rededicated in a ceremony where the Bishop of Cork and Ross, Dr John Buckley, was the Chief Concelebrant at the mass, assisted by fathers Eoin Whooley PP, Pat Stevenson PP, Paddy Hickey PP, Richard Hurley PP, Jim Hurley Cssp and Peter Queally Cssp. The ceremony opened with Johnny O’Brien (chairman of the Parish Assembly) speaking from the pulpit, having welcomed...
Injured sailor winched to safety in Baltimore
BALTIMORE RNLI lifeboat crews went to the assistance of a yacht which reported a man overboard one mile to the east of Baltimore Beacon on Saturday last. The Baltimore all-weather lifeboat, ‘Hilda Jarrett,’ under the command of coxswain Kieran Cotter, and Baltimore inshore lifeboat ‘Bessie,’ helmed by John Kearney, were alerted at 15:21 on Saturday afternoon. A 32ft yacht, sailing out of Schull Harbour with four adults and one child on board, suffered an...
End of an era of printing of newspapers in Skibbereen
THURSDAY, September 2nd, 2010 will have marked the end of an era in the town as the press at The Southern Star offices in Skibbereen printed this edition of the newspaper. From next week onwards, the printing of the paper will be done in full colour in Cork and will come with a new look in three clearly-defined sections in response to research conducted in recent months with readers and advertisers. Apart from the printing of the paper, every other aspect of...
Labour not averse to a coalition with FF ?
A VOTE for Labour is a vote for Fianna Fail! The slogan is whizzing through the electoral airspace ever since Sir Anto’s organ disclosed that Labour would not be averse to a coalition with the F&Fers after the next general election. ‘Senior figures within the Labour Party would be prepared to go into government with Fianna Fail, as long as Brian Cowen was no longer leader,’ screamed the Sindo. And, mind you, this was despite Gilmore’s previous and...
History book on Kilmichael launched
A PARISH whose name is known nationally and internationally in song and in story has launched its long awaited first parish history. ‘Kilmichael through the Ages’ compiled by Kilmichael Historical Society, was launched recently at Dromleigh NS recently and chronicles the history of the parish from its megaliths to Christianity and up to the modern day. The book covers the origins of the parish geologically and geographically moving on to the naming of the...