40 jobs during construction of local solar farm
Amarenco Solar has welcomed the recent planning application approval for a 5MW solar farm in Castlelyons, the latest in a sequence of successful planning...
Emergency services respond to motorway truck fire
Diversions were in place this morning at the on-ramp to the M8 motorway at Mitchelstown due to an incident at the Moorepark exit, where...
Fermoy Youthreach unveil murals at childcare facility
Last Wednesday, students and staff from Fermoy Youthreach unveiled two impressive murals in the playground of Blackwater Childcare in Fermoy, having worked on the...
‘Lovely pints and great craic’ in Charlie Mac’s say Pub Spy
Pub Spy, the popular weekly column in the Sunday World, recently made its first voyage of 2017 to Cork this month, with Charlie Mac’s...
Forestry dumping a cause for concern
Recreational walkers have been in contact with The Avondhu this week, to express their anger at indiscriminate dumping which has taken place at the...
Trade secrets given to Limerick Tidy Towns groups
Some of the secrets to success at the national Tidy Towns competition were given to around 150 volunteers at a seminar held in the...
Munster senior debating success for St Colman’s College duo
Representing St Colman's College, Fermoy recently, Shane Boyce and Michael O’Brien took part in the prestigious UCC Philosophy Society Munster senior debating competition.
They debated the...
Area saddened at death of Liz Dolan
The news on Monday that Liz Dolan, “Glencairn”, Green Hill, Fermoy had died, was greeted with a deep sense of sadness in the area.
A native of...
€450,000 worth of cannabis seized
As part of an intelligence-led joint operation involving Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, and the Cork Divisional Drugs Unit, approximately...
Primary care centre expected to open in Mill Island in 2018
Subject to the finalisation of legal documentation and the granting of planning permission, The Avondhu understands that a primary care centre will open in...
