CAHIR NOTES 30TH JUNE 10 CAHIR GO LÉIR FESTIVAL NEWS Buster Draw; The winning ticket for the Cahir go Léir Festival Buster Draw which took place last Thursday 24th June at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium was bought by Patrick Wall from Ballylooby. Congratulations to you Patrick and thank you indeed for buying a ticket for the draw, you will collect €1000 for your trouble. Thanks are due also to all those who sold tickets for the Draw, but especially to Jean English, Mary Brewster, Julie Conran and Bernie Long who had the tough job of selling the tickets from door to door. We could not have done it without you. Roads Closing; The committee would like to remind everyone that there will be road closures in place on Saturday 10th July during the Festival while the TRI3 Series Triathlon takes place. Times of closing and where will be closed next week. Entry forms for Cahir House Hotel Queens Competition, the Parade, sponsored by The Heritage and The Lazy Bean, Dolan’s SuperValu Crazy Boat Race and also stalls for The Funday Sunday in the Inch Field on 11th July are all available now from The Business and Training Centre. Raffle; A raffle is taking place in Dolans SuperValu for a Top of the range Mountain Bike worth €400. Tickets are €5 with the proceeds going towards Cahir go Léir Festival. Tickets can be purchased at the check outs. The bike can be exchanged for a ladies model if a lady wins. Cahir Farmers Market will move to the Square for just Saturday 10th July especially for the Festival. Thank you to Pat O’Brien and all those involved in Cahir Farmers Market, it will make wonderful change and will be most welcome too. There will also be a Shop Window Competition for the festival weekend and we encourage everyone to put some colour/drama into their shop windows. A plaque will be presented to the winner to display in their winning window. Also it has been confirmed that Dr. David Butler of Carrigeen Castle will kindly give two walking tours of Cahir over the festival Weekend. One will start at 2pm on Saturday 10th July and the other starting at 3pm on Sunday 11th July, meeting at the Tourist Office. David will take you on a tour of the town which will last about hour, to see the local sights and architecture and explain a bit about them. Thank most kindly David. More information next week… CAHIR TIDY TOWNS COMPETITION LAUNCH? Cahir Tidy Towns Wednesday Club did a complete power wash and paint of the Market Square last week and it looks very well now. This coming Wednesday 30th June, we will meet at Tobar Iosa while another group will meet in the Castle Car Park for some painting. Wednesday 7th July we will meet at the Railway Station to tackle that area and we will also have a brief meeting in the open air before we finish for the evening. A Church Gate collection has been applied for and we will also launch the Cahir Local Tidy Towns Competition. This Dolan’s SuperValu sponsored competition had great interest last year but the Judges said that some gardens that were not entered would have won if they had entered. So, if you think your garden is up to scratch, entry forms are available from the local Council Offices in the Erasmus Smith House or you can call 052-7441322 for details. The closing date for Entries will be 23rd July and a cost of €5 per garden will apply. Chairman Andy Moloney said that the goodwill shown to Tidy Towns has surpassed all expectations and that those not directly involved with the group are also doing their bit for the town. You can help in your own area by identifying a spot that needs attention, taking a photo before doing work on it and another after the event. We will include this in the entry form next year and try and increase our national marks. DUNESKE NEWS Summer Camps: Places are filling up for the remaining places on our Soccer and Rugby Camps. We are offering a 10% discount on all places booked for our Rugby Camp before the 7th of July. Please ring (052) 74 45517 to book your place as soon as possible. Terms and conditions apply. Both these camps run for 4 days and are very good value at only €30.There are discounts for second/third family members also available. A special thank you to all the schools that took part in our School Tours! We hope that you all enjoyed yourselves and have a great summer holiday. We hope to see you again next year. Thanks to our two work experience staff, Mark and Ger, for their invaluable help with the school tours, it was much appreciated. The staff of Duneske Lesiure Centre, Cahir Bears Childcare Centre and the Enterprise Centre would like to thank the CDA for a great Team Building day out at The Glen Resource Centre in Cork on Saturday 19th of June. Pictures will be put up on the CDA website shortly. Thanks to Eamonn English, Mark Duggan and our very own Jacqueline Guthrie for holding down the fort while we were away. BIRD WATCHING IN CAHIR The swans and their little signets are really one of the most beautiful sights I have seen in Cahir this summer so far. The crowds that have gathered to watch the local celebrities in their often unsteady progress as they learn to adapt to life on the river is heartwarming. From the time that the eggs were laid, people watched with interest to see what would happen and since the signets have emerged from their eggs the bird watching has increased tenfold. Apparently they have now passed under the bridge and continue to thrive in our beautiful river. So, keep watching! The famous mother and her babies enjoying the River Suir in Cahir It seems that the swans are not the only birds locally that are learning to adapt to the river as the 50 ducklings and 2 geese that were kindly acquired and housed by Cahir Gun and Angling Clubs are also thriving in the sanctuary in the Inch Field. They will be released shortly in the hope that they will return to nest in Cahir each season. Please feel free to bring them some bread to eat as it is also hoped that they will become used to being fed by the public and they will make a lovely added attraction on the river. I have also learned that the Dove Cote at the start of the Swiss Cottage Walk is being occupied on a regular basis by nesting pigeons and other birds too. This is also very good to hear. Although I feel I should mention that for some reason people throw litter into the dove cote which, because it is locked looks very unsightly until it is cleared out. To those that throw litter there, please take your rubbish/cans/ bottles to the recycling bins in the car park just down the steps.  In this way we can continue to encourage the wide variety of bird life in Cahir and enjoy watching them live their very busy and often entertaining lives. IRISH HEART FOUNDATION A Church gate Collection will take place in Cahir for the Irish Heart Foundation on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of July. Please support this worthy cause.   ROSEMOUNT NOTES  The regular monthly clean-up in the Rosemount area will take place on TUESDAY NEXT, 6TH JULY AT 7:30 P.M. We ask that as many people as possible from the various areas of the estate participate in this. As stated in the Tidy Towns Bulletin, the judging for this year’s competition is in progress at this time. A litter-free area will make a difference. Thanks to all who have been helping so far. CAHIR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LOTTO There was no Jackpot winner of the draw that took place on the 23rd June, 2010. The numbers drawn were; 6, 14, 20 and 26. The draw was witnessed by Joan Loughman. The 5 Lucky Dips winners who each received €30 were; Sandra Cunningham, Rosemount Heights, Cahir, Mary Quinn, Woodview, Cahir, Aoife Delahunty, Knockagh, Cahir, Catherine Murphy, Abbey Street, Cahir and Toni Hennessy, Ballydrehid, Cahir. The next draw will take place on Wednesday 30th June at 12 noon and the Jackpot will then be €4,300. Tickets are available right up to the last minute at the Enterprise Centre. Profit’s servicing community projects in Cahir. CAHIR GAA SUMMER CAMP The Cahir GAA summer camp will take place between the 12th and the 16th of July. This is a fun camp with emphasis on participation as well as a little competition. The camp will be for children between the ages of 6 to 16 years and will run from 10am to 1pm each day. The cost of the camp will be €35 for 1 child, €65 euro for 2 children and €85 for 3 or more children from the same family. There is no need to pre book as registration will be on the first day.  BEECHPARK RESIDENTS It is time again to clean out the attics as we will have a skip for the residents on Friday 9th July. It will be picked up on the 10th July. Thanks again to all those who play the 50/50 Draw. It is the money collected for this which allows us to pay for the skip, flower beds and the painting of the poles. This was brought to our attention by the Tidy Towns Group. Since these things have been done everyone has commented on how well Beech Park is looking. Of course, Willie is keeping the grass cut to perfection, so hopefully the Tidy Towns Judges will give us a mention. The last 9 winners of the 50/50 draw were; Linda Healy, Christy Baker, Breda Donoghue, Tara Spencer, Chi Chi Caplice, Ita Peters, John Shakeshaft, Margaret Griffin and Kevin Hubbard. Congratulations to all. The Residents would like to extend their sympathy to the Hanraghan Family on the death of their Father. Rest in peace. CAHIR COUNTRY MARKET We always look forward to seeing you at the Market on Friday mornings. Whether it's to browse the stalls and have a cup of tea and a chat or stock up on all the delicious home baking. We appreciate your continued support for us, your local suppliers of good fresh food. The vegetables are really coming on now that summer is here and how good they are to eat seasonally. Look out for fruit arriving too. Chris can supply you with jewellery for your summer outfits, weddings or days out at the races. So visit Cahir Country Markets for all your homemade, handmade and homegrown produce. HEAD SHOP BILL UNWORKABLE – Ó SNODAIGH Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has described the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill published today as unworkable and far short of what is needed. He said “The Bill is unworkable. It fails to put in place the infrastructure that is needed to tackle the emergence of new dangerous drugs in an ongoing way. It contains a vague definition of a psychoactive substance. So-called legal highs are being invented at a rate of one per fortnight, with this Bill the government is proposing to assign to Garda the role of identifying each of them. In reality this job requires expertise and input from science, the medical profession, pharmaceutical industry, addiction treatment services, the community and Garda. Assigning this task to Garda alone is simply unfeasible.” Mr Ó Snodaigh added “Without a new Authority bringing together the necessary knowledge and experience, like that proposed by my own Bill published in April last, the Garda won't have a hope in hell of using this legislation to effectively tackle head shop drugs. The new Authority proposed by my own Bill is needed to guide and assist Garda, Customs and the Courts to identify the psychoactive substances in question, the forms they take, what they look like, how they are used and their street names etc.” He concluded, “In addition to the civil law provisions contained in the Justice Minister's Bill there is ultimately an admission by government that the criminal offences contained are unworkable and wide open to challenge. By Minister Ahern's own admission the sections providing for civil prohibition orders will be the crux of the state's response. The suggestion that the emergence of a society-wide new drugs crisis can be responded to by allowing individual Garda to seek an order from a district court, to prohibit a specific individual from selling a specific substance, beggars belief”. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Mary O’Donovan and Jonathan McLoughlin on their recent engagement. Best wishes from all your family and friends. WELL DONE I would like to say well done to musician/song writer Fran Garry Marnane who was one of 10 finalists to compete in this year’s “Tipperary International Song of Peace” Competition which took place in The Excel Theatre on Sunday the 20th June. Although Dave Murphy, won with his song “love is all we need”, Fran’s beautiful rendition of a song that she wrote called “Sweet, Sweet Harmony” gave her a most respectable 4th place. Fran is a hugely talented vocalist, bass player and songwriter who, I have no doubt will be recognized for her song writing ability in the future. Good on you Fran. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wishing a very happy birthday to Travis McLoughlin from Barnora who will celebrate his 1st birthday on the 4th July. Lots of love from Mam, Dad, big brother Joshua and all your family.  Birthday wishes also go to Carmel Curry who will celebrate her 50th birthday on 10th July. Best wishes from family and friends. 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