It was reported that a ‘foreign cyclist’, who ‘came to grief’ at road works on the main Cork-Dublin Road outside Fermoy, was to be compensated for having ‘soiled his clothes’ when falling from his bicycle. The man in question, was cycling to work near Gortroe ‘when he got waylaid’, receiving ‘a bit of a shock when the route suddenly changed’. He ended up cycling into a section of ‘freshly laid tar when he followed the earlier day’s detour path’. It was reported that ‘the slightly dazed individual came to an abrupt halt, his bike keeled over and he landed in the fresh tar along with a new set of clothes which were destroyed’. A sticky situation!

Kildorrery Community Centre was the location for a night of celebration, marking the retirement of parish priest, Very Rev Canon Colm Collins. Attended by parishioners from Kildorrery, Shraherla and Labbamologga, the hall was packed to capacity to say farewell to Canon Collins, who had served a four and a half year ministry in the parish. John Dunne, chairman of the local community council, presented Canon Collins with an inscribed wallet of notes. Sacristan Nora Nolan presented the canon’s housekeeper, Mary White with a cheque, while Dorothy Bowman (church organist) presented Kitty Whelton (catering committee) with a bouquet of flowers. A social evening with music followed.

A rather unusual donation was set to assist the Carol Wiley appeal fund, to aid individuals in war-torn Bosnia. O’Brien’s of Tallow were donating a left-hand drive Mercedes hearse, which was ‘receiving some attention’ from Kevin Walsh in his Tallow workshop. A special charity night was being organised for the Big Tree, Aghern, by the Aghern Golf Society and Austin O’Brien and it was hoped the vehicle could be filled with goods and shipped out as part of a consignment, to a hospital in the troubled area of Mostar.

The March 1994 Mallow Area Roads meeting heard of the traffic chaos being experienced in Mitchelstown due to the ongoing works related to the updating of the town’s sewerage scheme. Cllr Ted Riordan, a lorry driver by profession, was ‘fuming’ about an incident in which he was involved, telling the meeting that it took him “half an hour to get down from The Firgrove Hotel to the traffic lights”. With a tailback “of over three quarters of a mile”, he was looking for answers, stating that “nobody seemed to care”. Cllr Conor O’Callaghan felt that the gardai should have been ‘brought in to ease the situation’, while senior executive engineer, Bob Farrell, ‘admitted the debacle needed investigation’. Senator Joe Sherlock stated that if this was to occur 'with any kind of frequency’ it would give Mitchelstown ‘a bad name’.

In brief: 10 year old Galbally boy, Colin Watters won a national writing competition organised by the Irish Red Cross, for his entry entitled ‘Danger On Christmas Day’. Minister for Agriculture & Food, Joe Walsh TD, presented Castlelyons Liquid Milk Division of Waterford Foods Plc, with a certificate of registration to ISO 9002 - area manager Stephen Randles accepted the award at the Midleton Park Hotel. A civic reception was held in Lismore, to celebrate Lismore GAA Club as ‘Club of the Year sna Deise’; an array of titles were secured in 1993, including the county senior hurling championship and county U21 hurling title.

St Colman’s College, Fermoy retained the Dean Ryan Cup, defeating Midleton CBS at an excellent Rathcormac venue. Captain John McCarthy chose to play against a very strong wind in the opening half, having won the toss. An early goal from Kilworth’s David Barry settled the Fermoy side and the half-time scoreline read 1-6 to 1-5, in favour of St Colman’s. Playing with the wind in the second period, the Fermoy side showed their class and when Castlelyons’ Timmy McCarthy hit the net, the game was effectively over. It was the 7th time the College claimed the Dean Ryan Cup, however their first time retaining it. Team and scorers: D Slattery, P Murphy, W Twomey, L Flynn, O Fenton, L Mannix (0-1), E Murphy, E Pierce, P Cotter (0-1), W O’Donoghue, T McCarthy (1-8), P Hickey, P Lane, J McCarthy (0-1), D Barry (1-2).

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