Problems with parking at Mitchelstown’s Brigown Cemetery were raised at a Northern Roads Division meeting by Councillor Conor O’Callaghan. A request was made for the clear marking of proper parking spaces, with a requirement for yellow lines to be painted to prevent nearby residents from being blocked in during any burials at the cemetery. Cllr O’Callaghan said in the long term, the Council would have to look at the possibility of acquiring further land to alleviate the problem.

“An outstanding” success was how the annual Skeheenarinky Sheep shearing & Dog Trials event, was described. Competitors from as far afield as Kildare travelled to compete, with 1992 Rose of Tralee, Denise Murphy in attendance. A brief list of winners included: Open machine shearing - 1st Paddy Herlihy; open hand 1st Dan Kelleher; U21 Machine 1st Diarmuid Twomey. Ladies competition, 1st Helen McGrath. U18 1st Eamonn O’Connell. Sheep dog trials – Open 1st Jimmy English; Intermediate – 1st Michael Herlihy. Sheep show – rams, 1st Helen McGrath; Scotch hoggets 1st Patrick Maguire.

Officers of the Fermoy Community TV organisation stated they were prepared to face jail, rather than bending to a directive from Minister Geoghegan Quinn, to shut down their rebeaming system, which had brought 6 channel broadcasting to the area for a number of years. Group treasurer, David Roche said the threat of jail didn’t worry officers, especially in his view, that he’d been in ‘much tighter spots’ during active service in the Congo and Cyprus. While chairman Eddie McConville was willing to share a cell with any of his group’s members, stating they would continue to provide “the best possible service until such time as the situation was resolved”.

It was all about raw sewage in Castletownroche, where the plight of residents of Chapel Street was raised by Councillor Carey Joyce at a Northern Area Council meeting. He claimed that raw sewage was ‘backing-up’ through residents’ pipes during times of high rainfall, being particularly noticeable during flash floods. However, Council engineers stressed that the problem was only an “occasional occurrence” which had no short-term solution. Cllr Joyce disagreed, with support from Deputy Ned O’Keeffe. The Council’s assistant county manager, Des Wixted said they’d look into the problem further.

The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Joe Walsh, laid the foundation stone for a major new food product development plant at the Teagasc Centre at Moorepark, Fermoy. Envisaged to be fully operational by May 1993, the £4.3M development was a joint venture between Teagasc and the Irish dairy industry. Operating as a subsidiary of Teagasc, the facility, known as Moorepark Technology Ltd., was to be located beside and fully integrated with Teagasc’s National Dairy Products Research at Moorepark.

Fermoy was gearing up for the town’s 3rd running of ‘Lark By The Quay’ festival, organised by the Fermoy Chamber of Commerce. The festival, a free event, was to open on Ashe Quay with the Army’s 4th Infantry Battalion Pipe Band kicking off proceedings, followed by St Finbarr’s Pipe Band and The Irish Weavers. The Fermoy Folk Group, along with the like of The Tempted, KillingTime, Dark Lines and Shallow Grave were set to entertain, while tug-of-war, a roadshow disco and a military display from the 1st Cavalry Squadron Fermoy rounded off the programme.

Bride Rovers Juvenile GAA’s U14 footballers recorded a high scoring win over Lisgoold in the championship, to advance to a semi-final meeting with Glanmire. Played in Castlelyons, Lisgoold were below par, however there were impressive performances from R Hegarty, T Maloney, E Linehan and P Hazelwood in the forwards, while in defence B Barry, T Power and S Ryan were solid. The final scoreline – Rovers 11-12 Lisgoold 3-4. Panel and scorers: N Fitzgerald, G Harrington, L Cotter, K Power, B Barry, T Power (1-0), S Ryan, R Cahill, L Hanrahan (0-4), K Hogan (0-4), R Hegarty (0-1), J O’Driscoll, E Linehan (2-1), P Hazelwood (3-1), T Maloney (2-1), D Hoskins (1-0), P O’Donoghue.

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