Difficulties with the Social Employment Scheme (SES) were highlighted at a Mallow Area Roads Committee meeting, with community applications for the scheme invariably being rejected, despite the fact that the council were struggling to carry the local work load. Deputy Paul Bradford highlighted the case of Kilworth, with the community council refused an application. However area engineer, Aidan Weir informed him that trade union officials refused to allow any such further schemes in the Mitchelstown Roads Area, if they were sponsored by Cork County Council. The Deputy stated that it should be a matter for Government as it was strangling recruitment in the public sector and that the “SES/dole system was riddled with anomalies”.

A low-key swoop by the dog warden on the Beechfield Estate in Fermoy caused uproar by residents, with a reported seven dogs being picked up. This followed a number of incidents where people had been injured by dogs, which were reported to be “roaming the estate in packs”. Residents, who saw the claims as being largely exaggerated, were told the dogs were picked up for not having a licence and they would now have to pay £35 apiece to get their pets back. People involved in the service industry intimated they would boycott deliveries and collections – a postman had recently been bitten; a pedestrian was hospitalised having been knocked down by a dog and UDC rent collector, Tom O’Brien told The Avondhu he had been confronted by a pack of dogs and was thankful to “a local teenager who came to his aid with a plank”. Gardai had highlighted the responsibility of dog owners in the matter.

There were ugly scenes in Glenville as a Traveller feud escalated. A Traveller family, who had been in situ in the Coome area for a number of years, had their caravans attacked by a rival band of Travellers. The escalation in the feud saw the rival group attack the campsite and set fire to at least one caravan, forcing the matriarch of the family out of her home and burning a dog to death in the process. Garda inspector Kieran McGann from Cobh, said they were monitoring the movements of some of those suspected.

Community Alert was alive and well in Doneraile, when a local resident alerted the gardai to suspicious activity in the area of Presentation Convent in the early hours of a weekday morning. Local Garda, Willie O’Leary as well as a squad car dispatched from Mallow, arrived swiftly on the scene and panicking those involved in the attempted break-in. Suck was the swift response by gardai, the burglars fled the scene, leaving their break-in ‘equipment’ (a jemmy, hammer, hacksaw, etc) and Limerick registered get-away van behind. What could have been a major burglary was averted. Following this, a van was stolen at Hazelwood and abandoned in Mallow, believed to have been connected to the incident.

Araglin were preparing to meet Ballyhooly in the North Cork junior B hurling championship final of 1992, to take place in Ballygiblin. While Doneraile were set to meet Milford in the North Cork junior A football final, with Charleville the venue.

Ballyduff farmer, Michael Hannon scooped a prestigious award, claiming a county Waterford ICMSA sponsored trophy for aspects of his farm at Ballysaggartmore, which exhibited conservation, preservation and safety features. Judging was carried out by two Teagasc representatives - with the surprise announcement, for Michael, coming at the Waterford Show. He received a glass trophy, scroll and a cheque.

Other news snippets from the area included: 20 year old Sean Daly took the Dungarvan Park Hotel Sport Star of the Month Award for August - being a key part of the Deise’s U21 side; the announcement that P Dunlea & Sons were to cease trading at Patrick Street, Fermoy brough much sadness - having originally commenced trading in 1860 under Pat Dunlea. Ryan’s Centra Foodmarket were set to move to the 7,000sq ft premises; Bookings were being taken for phase two development at Mulberry Crest, Mitchelstown, described in a 3-page Avondhu feature as ‘Mitchelstown’s Premier Housing Development’ - the price tag? £59,750, with Noonan Bros, Clogheen the developers.

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