1st August, 2002
Notice
Board
NOTICES
International
Folk Dance Festival for Carrigaline
A Hungarian Folk Dance group are coming to an International Folk
Dance Festival in Carrigaline on August 16th 2002. The one day
festival will commence with a colourful parade at 8 pm through
the town led by the Carrigaline Pipe Band, will include the 45
strong Szigetkoz Ensemble from Darnozseli in Northern Hungary,
and members of the Owenabue Valley Traditional Group. All three
groups will give an open air performance in the centre of the
town and later at the festival gathering in the GAA pavilion
where all are welcome. As part of their Irish tour the Hungarian
group of musicians, singers and dancers will be performing in
Clonakilty and at The Lough, Cork on Wednesday 14th, Kinsale on
Thursday 15th, Cork City and Cobh Regatta on Saturday 17th and
Feili Fhearmui on Sunday 18th.
CD Launch
The Owenabue Valley Traditional Group will launch their debut CD
at the Carrigaline GAA Pavilion on Friday 16th August. The Group
which have been performing regularly at home and abroad for many
years were constantly asked for CD's of their music and songs.
The 15 track CD includes 4 lively songs in both English agus as
Gaeilge, three solo instrumentals on accordion and bagpipes as
well as a wide selection of traditional dance music. The launch
coincides with the International Folk Dance festival in
Carrigaline.
Cork
Chamber of Commerce supports
proposed Incinerator
“Cork Businesses must develop Waste
Management Strategy”
Following detailed discussion the Board of Cork Chamber of
Commerce is supporting the application by Indaver Ireland to
build a Waste-to-Energy facility in Ringaskiddy. “With the
current practice of exporting both our hazardous and non-hazardous
waste, together with a large pharmachem industry presence in Cork
Harbour, the Chamber believes such a facility is necessary in
Cork”, said John Cashell, Chamber President.
“The Chamber firmly supports the need for Reduction, Reuse
and Recycling but we see these as only a part of the situation in
an integrated Waste Management Strategy. We also believe, given
the general targets of 50% recycling, 30% incineration and 20%
landfill, the incinerator must be provided for”.
Mr Cashell noted that the proposed emissions are well within the
EU limits to satisfy the E.P.A. and the Health & Safety
Authority have also approved a detailed risk assessment. The
Chamber obviously supports the facility on the basis of all the
regulatory authorities being satisfied with the operational and
safety aspects of such a facility.
Over the past year the Chamber has taken leadership on the issue
of Waste Management by undertaking a number of initiatives. These
include the publication of a factsheet and the organisation of a
seminar. The Chamber also organised a private visit to an
incinerator in Charleroi in Belguim and a Task Force is currently
developing a Waste Audit Checklist for member companies.
U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS - SHIP OF COURAGE
After their hellish ordeal of five days in the
open sea, the 317 survivors recuperate in the South Pacific while
the Navy kept the incident quiet.
A public announcement of the loss of the U.S.S. Indianapolis was
withheld for almost two weeks until August 15th 1945 so as not to
overshadow the announcement of the Japanese surrender which ended
WW2. At this stage not even the Next of Kin of the Indianapolis
crew had been informed of its sinking. However the U.S. Navy was
rushing to gather the facts and apportion blame for the greatest
disaster in its history.
The ship's captain, Charles Butler McVay III, survived and was
court-martialed and convicted of "hazarding his ship by
failing to zigzag" (zigzaging was a pattern under which a
vessel proceeded in times of high visibility to avoided making
itself an easy target for enemy torpedos) despite overwhelming
evidence that the Navy itself had placed the ship in harm's way,
despite testimony from the Japanese submarine commander that
zigzagging would have made no difference, and despite that fact
that, although 350 navy ships were lost in combat in WWII, McVay
was the only captain to be court-martialed. Recently declassified
material adds to the evidence that McVay was a scapegoat for the
mistakes of others.
It is important to note at the outset that vital information
pertinent to determining responsibility for the loss of the
Indianapolis was not made public until long after the subsequent
court-martial and conviction of Captain McVay. U.S. intelligence
using a top secret operation labelled ULTRA had broken the
Japanese code and was aware that two Japanese submarines,
including the I-58, were operating in the path of the
Indianapolis.This information was classified and not made
available to either the court-martial board or to Captain McVay's
defence counsel. It did not become known until the early 1990s
that - despite knowledge of the danger in its path - naval
authorities at Guam had sent the Indianapolis into harm's way
without any warning, refusing her captain's request for a
destroyer escort, and leading him to believe his route was safe.
Despite the hard facts and testimony of the survivors and the
Captain of the I-58, Captain McVay’s conviction was
shamefully unjust. The humiliation and damage to his promising
Naval career took its toal on McVay, who received regular hate
mail from relatives of those lost as a result of the sinking.
Captain Charles Butler McVay III, U.S.N., ended his own life in
1968. In early 2000, only months before his death at the age of
91 in Kyoto, Japan, the commander of the Japanese submarine which
sank the Indianapolis gave an interview and, referring to Captain
McVay's court-martial, said, "I had a feeling it was
contrived from the beginning." A trial is most often
contrived to find a scapegoat.
In October of 2000, following years of effort by the survivors
and their supporters, legislation was passed in Washington and
signed by President Clinton expressing the sense of Congress,
among other things, that Captain McVay's record should now
reflect that he is exonerated for the loss of the Indianapolis
and for the death of her crew who were lost.
In July of 2001 The Navy Department announced that Captain
McVay's record has been amended to exonerate him for the loss of
the Indianapolis and the lives of those who perished as a result
of her sinking. The action was taken by Secretary of the Navy
Gordon R. England who was persuaded to do so by New Hampshire
Senator Bob Smith, a strong advocate of McVay's innocence. The
survivors are deeply grateful to Secretary England and Senator
Smith and also to young Hunter Scott of Pensacola, Florida,
without whom the injustice to Captain McVay would never have been
brought to the attention of the media and the Congress.
This action, however, does not remove the conviction from Captain
McVay's record. Neither would a presidential pardon. A pardon
simply frees a person from punishment, but it does not clear the
conviction or the stain of guilt from that person's record.
57 years after their harrowing story began, the survivors still
fight on seeking a presidential order to expunge the conviction
from Captain McVay's record and bring final justice to this story.
USS Indianapolis earned 10 Battle Stars for her service in World
War II.
NOTICES
Douglas Library
Tuesday 6th. 11 – 12.30. “Looking behind the Scenes at
Fota Wildlife Park”. Slide show, quiz and prizes with Linda.
Thursday 8th. 3 – 5pm. “Creative Drawing Workshop”
with Nicky.
Suitable for ages 8+. Places limited.
Harvest time Ceili
The August Ceili Mor in the Carrigaline GAA Pavilion takes place
on Saturday 10th with Music by the Mort Kelleher ceili Band. The
Macroom based family band are looking forward to their first
visit to Ireland's premier dance venue. Rinnce is from 9.30 pm to
1.30 am with a break for tea at 11.30 pm. Cead isteach 7 Euro.
Cead mile failte roimh cach.
The Lough Hosts Hungarians
The outdoor ceili's at The Lough, Cork, which have been well
supported will get a boost on Wed 14th August when a 45 strong
group of Hungarian performers come to town. The Szigetkoz
Ensemble are made up of a young energetic group of musicians,
singers and dancers who perform a colourful selection of their
own Hungarian culture. They will be accompanied by the Owenabue
Valley Traditional group who will give a display of set and step
dancing as well as leading in the ceili dances where everyone can
join in. The free evenings entertainment runs from 7.30 pm to 9.00
pm every Wednesday, put Wed August 14 in your diary as a
spectacle no to be missed.
COFFEE MORNING
As part of the International Breastfeeding Week which takes place from 1st to 7th August, the Cork branch of Cuidiú- The Irish Childbirth Trust – are hosting a Coffee Morning on Wednesday August 7th from 10 –11.30am at the Doughcloyne Hotel, Togher. All Welcome! For infro contact 021 435 5647
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Question I have been working part time for the
last five years. I am now giving up work to look after my mother
who is very ill and in need of full time care As I only work 17
hours a week will I be eligible for Carer's Benefit?
Answer Carer’s Benefit, which is based on social insurance
contributions, is a payment made by the Department of Social,
Community and Family Affairs to people who leave employment to
look alter someone in need of full-time
care and attention. It is paid for up to l5 months.
Providing you meet the contribution conditions and the Department
decides that your mother is in need of full-time care and
attention you should qualify for Carer's Benefit.
Previously you would have had to be working 19 hours a week or 38
hours a fortnight in order to qualify. Since II April 2002 the
number of hours which a person is required to work during the 13
weeks immediately prior to claiming Carer's Benefit has been
reduced to 17 horns a week or 34 hours a fortnight.
You should apply for Carer's Benefit S weeks before you intend to
leave work in order that your eligibility can be assessed before
you leave.
You could apply for carer's leave from work and your basic
employment rights would be preserved. You would be paid Carer's
Benefit while on leave and you could return to work when the
carer's leave finished. The right to return is broadly similar to
the right to return after maternity leave. You must give your
employer notice of your intention to take carer's leave 6 weeks
before the leave starts.
This column has been compiled by Cobh Citizens Information
Centre, which provides a free and confidential service to the
public. Tel: 021 481 4422 Address: Parish Centre, Roches Row,
Cobh
Boyhood Days of Yore
Part 9 - By Ger O’Regan
Every form of childhood game was played in “Pic-du-jer''
park but the emphasis was on soccer. Donal and Mrs Sheehan were
residents of the park alongside my pal Pat Murphy. Donal was a
photographer with the Cork Examiner'' and it was in his house,
courtesy of Mrs Sheehan, that I firstly saw television. After a
hard afternoon of soccer it was great to be invited in to view
this black and white ‘Pye’ marvel. As a child of eight,
my favourite programs were ‘Daithi Lacha and ‘Have gun
will Travel' with Richard Boone in his black cowboy outfit. I had
a dislike for 'Buntus Cainte' but in our day beggars couldn’t
be choosers! I have never forgotten the kindness that Mrs Sheehan
in particular bestowed on us children and recently while
attending a removal in Wilton I met both again after an absence
of 42 years and reminded them of that kindness. They had moved
from Ballinlough. As I have said television was a marvel to my
generation and was greatly influenced by it. My favourite
programs may bring back happy memories for others, who knows? The
High Chaparral, Batt Masterson, Doctors and Nurses, to name but a
few.
I’m sure that many remember 'the old park' or to give it its
formal title, ‘The Athletic Grounds'. How many remember the
vendors selling paper hats and rosettes in their respective
county colours or seeing the large ships pass on their way up or
down the river Lee and they blowing their hooters. It was easy to
see them over the corrugated iron sheds if one was lucky enough
to be seated in "the open aired stand', The bane of anyone’s
life was the vendor with his or her large tray shouting, “apples,
oranges, pears or chocolates” as they flitted in and out of
every row. As children, we don’t realise that others have to
make a living also who was I to complain, after all, as a small
boy, I would normally be ''smuggled'' in under dad or uncle Jim’s
long coat. Behind the city goal was a treasure trove for lost
slithers. A great place to lie on the grass and await 'the next
arrival'. Or if it went beyond the grasp it could end up in the
tiny stream that ran behind the hill. This stagnated stream
bordered one of the sheds of the showgrounds.
Since we didn’t have any television we listened a lot to
Radio Eireann and that wonderful station on 1500 megahertz ‘BBC
Radio 2’ and had our own singsongs around the fireside. Mam
would sing her greatest favourite Boulavogue and the boys of
Wexford, later The Galway shawl was added. Dad’s favourite
was “The Nail and the Hammer” and Jim’s favourite
was “Doonaree”. In recent years while dad was still
with us, each Saturday night. The TV would be switched off at lO.15pm
for the 45 minute listening in, to 'Failte isteach' with Donnacha
O’ Dhuiling on radio I remembering the old songs and
remembering friends and family no longer with us.
Recent Pilgrimage to Knock
By Fionan Cogan
The annual pilgrimage to Knock on Sunday July 21st organised by
the Carrigaline Pioneers was an outstanding success. The coach
load left Carrigaline promptly at 6.30 a.m., had a short stop in
Ennis for tea and scones and arrived in Knock at 11.00 a.m.. The
weather was ideal for the Joint Matt Talbot and International
Pioneer Pilgrimage which was attended by centres from all over
the country. The Carrigaline pilgrims who said the usual rosaries
and sang hymns on the way to and from Knock were accompanied by
Rev. Fr. Con O'Driscoll S.M.A., a native of Aughadown who was one
of the concelebrants at the Mass in the Basilica. Fr. O'Driscoll
led the group at the outdoor stations of the cross at 11.30 a.m..
Blessing of the sick was at 2.30 in the Basilica. Cork and Ross
Diocese were responsible for organising the liturgy for the Mass.
The principle co-ordinator was Bridie Kennefick, Ballygarvan. Fr.
John Newman representing Bishop John Buckley gave an inspiring
homily. Midwest Regional Secretary Elizabeth O'Donovan did one of
the readings while Mrs. Margaret O'Donovan, Bandon, Mary Warren,
Carrigaline and Mary Holland, Bantry were among the gift bearers.
President of the Midwest Region, Finbarr O'Donovan and Central
Council member Robert Shannon,
Durrus, carried the statue of Our Lady at the procession which
was held outdoors. Flag bearers from Cork included Diocesan
President, (yours truly -Fionan Cogan), central council member
and Cork City Regional President, Tadhg Kelleher and Barry Cogan.
Another central council member Aislinn Cogan recited three
decades of the rosary, one in Irish, she also recited the litany.
The Clonakilty Choir were magnificent. Under the baton of Donal
O'Mahony and with soloist Richard Jennings they sang through from
2.30 p.m. for the blessing of the sick, at the Mass and during
the procession which concluded at 5.00 p.m.. Monsieur Grealey P.P
who welcomed all the pilgrims to Knock was full of praise for an
ordinary parish choir which he described as extraordinary. One of
the highlights of the afternoon in Knock was the
arrival at 3.00 p.m. of the hundreds of peace walkers from
Belfast and Derry. The Belfast walkers left home on Tuesday and
the Derry group started on Wednesday. The Carrigaline pilgrims
left for home at 5.30 p.m., had
dinner at Ennis and were back in Carrigaline for 11.15 p.m..
ALDEN TREES UPDATE
Cllr. Peter Kelly writes ...
“Further to the public meeting last evening, I inspected the
planning files at Cork County Council this morning, in relation
to Alden Estate. The planning permission for Alden shows the
boundary of the estate extending north towards the city by approx.
2.5m from the Public Roadway.”
On this basis the boundary is approx. 1.5m behind the chalk link
fence. It was a planning condition that the trees & shrubs in
this area be retained and that a hedgerow should be planted
behind the fence, to re-enforce this area.
The removal of the hedgerow and tress is a planning enforcement
issue, and below are the exact file details relating to this case.
I have already contacted the enforcement section, but I urge you
to write to the County Council, asking them to act the matter
also.
Planning Permission.
The planning permission for the construction of Alden Estate was
granted in two inter-linked permissions.
They are: S/91/2768 and S/94/1682
The first permission was granted in 1991 and the second
permission in 1994. The permissions clearly state that the
landscape layout proposed in the application (G149) forms part of
the granting of Planning Permission.
On the Landscape Map (G149/456) it clearly states that the
existing trees and shrubs on the Northern Boundary (City side)
are to be retained, and that there is to be a chain link fence,
and re-enforcement of the boundary with a hedgerow. The laurel
trees which have been removed are part of this hedgerow.
The boundary of the estate is clearly shown on this planning maps
as approx. 2.5m back from the road, or 1.5m behind the Chain-Link
Fence.
Un-Authorised Removal of Trees:
The Hedgerow and Trees at Alden are protected by the original
planning permission. The removal of these trees is in direct
contravention of the planning permission of the estate, and is
illegal.
Enforcement:
The Council has a duty to uphold the planning law and to prevent
unauthorised activities.
What Can Residents do?
Write a letter to the Planning Enforcement Section, Cork County
Council, Planning Department, Model Farm Road, Cork - complaining
about the unauthorised removal of the trees and hedgerow at Alden
- and ask them to take enforcement action to stop this work.
If you require any additional information on this matter, or if I
can assist you in any other way - please contact me at 63 Seven
Oaks, Frankfield, Cork, or telephone: 021-4893199.
