FERMOY TO RETAIN COURT SITTINGS

A statement this week issued to The Avondhu by the Courts Service confirms that, despite rumours to the contrary, District Court sittings are to be retained in Fermoy.

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PLANNING PERMISSION EXPIRES ON LEISURE CENTRE SITE

The group responsible for developing a leisure centre for Mitchelstown have pulled their application for an extension for planning permission already granted to a central site in the town, a day before council officials were due to make a decision on the matter.

THOUSANDS ATTEND OPENING OF NEW ˆ17M MART

Thousands of people attended the opening of the new Cork Marts facility at Corrin, Fermoy on Tuesday last, built at a cost of ˆ17 million and replacing marts in Fermoy, Mitchelstown and Midleton.

KILFINANE OFFERS TO PITCH IN TO BUILD SCHOOL

Parents in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, desperate to see work begin on a new school in the village, have offered money saved for school improvements to get the project going.

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SISTERS DOING IT TOGETHER

Sisters Katherine and Rosemarie Murphy, of Fermoy, tied the knot in a beautiful double wedding ceremony at St. Patrick’s Church last week, attracted a big attendance of interested onlookers.

CLAIMS OF BAD PRESS AND UNFAIR TREATMENT AS TRAVELLERS MOVE ON

As a group of Travellers who had set up an illegal encampment near Mitchelstown moved out from the area over last weekend, a full time worker with a Traveller support group, expressed her concerns to The Avondhu that Travellers were getting a bad press and being unfairly treated by local authorities throughout the country.