Memories from the Archives – February 2002
21 years ago, in February 2002, one front page of The Avondhu told the news that planning was sought for a new €1.3 million psychiatric...
Memories from the Archives – November 1999
A fourteen year battle for recognition came to an end for a deflector group providing television channels to Fermoy.
Southeast Deflector Group were told by...
Memories from the Archives – December 1996
A “scandalous decision” was how Deputy Ned O’Keeffe described the purchase by Cork County Council of a house in the Downing area of Kilworth,...
Memories From The Archives – April 1997
‘Anarchy rules OK!’ – So read the front page headline in April 1997 following yet another abandonment of a Fermoy UDC meeting, with the...
Memories From The Archives – April 1997
Students from Presentation Secondary School, Lismore won third prize in the Young Entrepreneur Regional final with their chocolate making business ‘Melting Moments’ – team...
Memories from the Archives – July 2001
One front page of The Avondhu in July 2001, carried the news of a farmer-led picket in Ballyporeen on behalf of those whose land...
Memories from the Archives – December 1996
So who presently holds the title of Ballyhooly’s ‘Mr Butterballs’? A number of competitions to coincide with the launch of ‘A Taste Of Ballyhooly...
Memories from the Archives – May 2002
One of the big news stories 21 years ago was that a settlement had been reached on the Cahir Hill industrial sites in Mitchelstown, and...
Memories from the Archives – April 1999
Over two decades ago the people of The Avondhu region were looking on with horror at an unfolding humanitarian crisis on the continent of...
Memories from the Archives – September 1999
The saga of the Castletownroche compost plant seemed at an end 21 years ago this week as permission was granted for the facility.
There had...
