‘SLOW DOWN FOR US’ - TRAFFIC APPEAL BY GARDAI

As people across the country get ready for the last long weekend of the summer, gardai and the emergency services are gearing up in an effort to make the bank holiday memorable for all the right reasons.

GOOD INTEREST IN BUSINESS WATCH LAUNCH

There was a good turnout of businesspeople from Fermoy, Mitchelstown and the surrounding villages at the re-launch of Business Watch in The Village Arts Centre, Kilworth on Wednesday night.

BUSINESS WATCH AIMS TO STEM INCREASE IN THEFTS

It’s estimated that shoplifting and related thefts costs Irish businesses in the region of ˆ1.5 billion every year. At last week’s Business Watch meeting in The Village Arts Centre, Kilworth, those present were told that the North Cork division has seen a significant rise in thefts.

MITCHELSTOWN GETS LONG-AWAITED YOUTH CAFE

Mitchelstown is finally to get its long needed youth cafe for the young people in the town, writes Brian Moore. After many years of planning a youth cafe will open in Mitchelstown in September.

MOTORISTS HIT BY FLASH FLOODS

Flooding on the Clonmel Road in Mitchelstown this week left a number of motorists struggling to retrieve their cars as the water levels continued to rise.

LOCAL MEN PREPARE FOR MARATHON HEAD-TO-HEAD CYCLE

This week saw a group of cyclists start out from Malin Head to Mizen Head on a gruelling tour in memory of Daniel Kingston, a friend who lost his battle with cancer aged just 25.

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