It’s a Bug’s life in Millstreet – Cork Independent 18th July
Getting ready for Ireland’s first ever ‘Bug Festival’ which is taking place in Millstreet Country Park on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July.
Farmers feeling the heat as drought anguish takes hold – Irish Independent 17th July
Local vet Mairead Piggott with a few words for farmers the current drought.
Collins: ‘Lapgate’ not typical of Dáil behaviour – Breakingnews.ie 17th July
Millstreet TD Áine Collins says that the incident last week was not typical of behavior in the Dáil.
Rwanda’s women get ahead, while Ireland prepares for quotas – deshocks.com – 13th July
Political commentator Deirdre O’Shaughnessy after a trip to Rwanda to meet women politicians there, spends time with two TDs who are mothers – Mary Lou McDonald and Áine Collins
Come to our creepy crawly wonderland – Jul 11th
A WeekendD of creepy crawlies, bugs and slugs await as Ireland’s first ever Bug Festival is set to take place in Cork.
Exciting action in Sing Cup – Jul 11 2013
Terriffic fare emerged for the Sing Cup hosted at Millstreet Pitch and Putt.
Scratched face over husband kiss tale – Corkman 11th July
AN asylum seeker in Millstreet who “scratched” the face of another woman was fined €100 by Judge Brian Sheridan.
Junior Hurling Championship: Millstreet 0-12 Banteer 0-11 – Corkman 4th July
Millstreet battened down the hatches to brave a late comeback from Banteer in the EPS Bison Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship in Kilbrin on Saturday evening last.
Sars see off brave Duhallow bid – Jul 11th County
PMHC Quarter Final Match Report (Bearchairt O’Connor on the Duhallow team)
Millstreet chef has recipe for success – Corkman 4th July
DJ Desmond’s restaurant Preston House in Abbeyleix won the ‘best emerging business’ gong at an awards ceremony celebrating businesses across the midlands region.
Green fingered Rathcoole pupils raise first ever Green Flag – Corkman Jul 4th
‘Put the litter in the bin, that is the way to win’ was the slogan on everyone’s lips at St. Brendan’s National School in Rathcoole during the past year, and it certainly worked a treat because last week, amid much celebration, the school’s first Green Flag was raised.
Big turn-out for St.John’s Well mass – Corkman June 27th
THE Annual Mass on the slopes of Mushera Mountain took place at St. John’s Well last Monday evening celebrated by Canon Jackie Corkery and joined by Fr Frances Manning and Fr. James McSweeney.
Gillian is Best Dressed lady on Day 3 of the Punchestown Festival
Millstreet girls take Duhallow camogie title from Knock – Corkman June 27th
A POLISHED performance allowed Millstreet edge out Knocknagree 6-1 to 4-1 in an exciting Duhallow Schools Camogie Final hosted in Millstreet. With both sides contributing to a high octane encounter, some fine passages of stickwork emerged to produce neatly taken goals.
Millstreet operators were paid almost €4 million per year – Corkman June 27th
THE operators of the Drishane Castle Asylum Centre in Millstreet were paid over €40m in taxpayers’ money for providing the service to the State over the ten years from 2000 to 2010.
Asylum seekers in angry protest at Millstreet centre – Corkman 4th July
ISSUES over living conditions, food and space brought angry asylum seekers out in protest in Millstreet this week. [see also articles in the – Irish Independent, Irish Times, RTÉ News, Journal.ie, Cork Independent ]
Showjumping Ireland Apology to Millstreet
ShowjumpingIreland are writing in the context of the dispute between Millstreet and ShowjumpingIreland which involved an investigation by the Competition Authority into the compatibility of Rule 299N of the Rules of SJI with Irish and EU competition law.
As most are aware, the Competition Authority formed the view that the SJI breached Irish and EU competition law and as a result, the SJI provided an undertaking to the Competition Authority to amend Article 299N of the SJI Rules and would like to state the following:
• We apologise to Noel C Duggan, his family and Millstreet for our actions in relation to the above
• We accept that, despite the Duggan family’s pleas, SJI failed to investigate the inadequacies in our previous insurance policy and have addressed same with a new Policy …
Joanne O’Riordan speech to the Sinn Féin Summer School (June 30th)
