Day: April 20, 2012

Best of Luck to the Novelty Group

Best of luck to the Millstreet GAA Novelty Act who will compete in the All Ireland Finals of Scór Sinsir in the INEC Killarney at 3pm tomorrow (Saturday). They are the only representatives from Cork an the finals and deserve all the support they can get.

There should be some limited tickets on the door if anyone else would like to go!

Result: Unfortunately the Millstreet GAA Novelty Act didn’t win the All Ireland last Saturday in Killarney, losing out to the Tyrone Group at the last, but having the crowd in stitches during their act. Fair play to them for the enjoyment they gave along the way since a cold night in January in Kanturk Golf Club (Duhallow), Coachford (county semi’s), Ovens (county final), Tallow (Munster semi), Templemore (Munsters), and finally back down to Killarney.

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Joanne on The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Following on from the recent announcement that Joanne O’Riordan would be making a speech at the UN in New York next week, Matt Cooper interviewed her on his radio show “The Last Word” on TodayFM last Thursday, where he asked about total amelia, how she benefits from technology, the documentary her brother Steven is making on her, and her expectations of New York, how she got invited to the UN, what she will talk about, and her plans for the future.

To  listen to the interview you’ll have to do the following: [read more …] “Joanne on The Last Word with Matt Cooper”

Justice Kilcullen on Millstreet Community School Students


Early Thursday morning, Trócaire’s director Mr Justice Kilcullen who had given one of the Lenten Talks at Millstreet Community School in March, spoke on RTE 1 Radio (the Living Word slot on the Risin’ Time programme), about the work done in Millstreet Community School to support Trocaire’s work in 2012, and in previous years. It was too early for most to hear, but you can listen to the  on the RTE Radio Player  if you click here (from 1hr 10mins 33 secs to 1hr 12mins 45secs), or just listen to it here by clicking on the player:

“Last month, the people of Cork’s Millstreet awoke to the sounds of snoring, giggling, and chatting across the town. Tucked up in in multi-coloured sleeping bags, forty five students and teachers of Millstreet Community School had slept out overnight to raise awareness of poverty in Uganda.

It’s a long way from Millstreet to Uganda (8000 miles), so it’s remarkable that teenagers from a town in North Cork felt strongly enough about [read more …] “Justice Kilcullen on Millstreet Community School Students”

The Dancing Principal

A big congratulations to Presentation National School student Tia Kiely who has won a prize in the poetry category in the Listowel Writer’s Week Festival. Tia and her family will be attending a prize-giving ceremony at the end of the month and President Michael D. Higgins will be the special guest at this ceremony. Below is Tia with her poem:

The Dancing Principal

We have a dancing principal in our school
We all think she’s awesome and real cool
Once she said we will have a show and tell
And then she rang the big school bell
We all gathered round to show our stuff
But the principal began to strut

First she began to sway
And shouted isn’t this a fantastic day
I told her she was very good at prancing
And she should enter Strictly Come Dancing
We all looked from one to the other
And couldn’t wait to tell our mothers

She split us into little groups
Now she said I have my [read more …] “The Dancing Principal”

In the Corkman – 19th April 2012

The Corkman Newspaper is out every Thursday in all the local newsagents, and contains much more than just the online version.