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Banteer and Kanturk News
Banteer Community Sportsfield Climate Action Grant
Banteer Community Sportsfield welcome the Climate action grant of €54,718 from the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) which is a new programme developed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. This programme is to address climate change at a local level and support the delivery of low carbon and climate resilient communities.
The types of projects/initiatives, within communities eligible for funding under the CCAP must demonstrate the delivery of national climate action at local level by:
I. Reducing or supporting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
II. Increasing the production, or use, of renewable energy.
III. Improving energy efficiency.
IV. Increasing climate resilience.
V. Identifying nature-based projects that enhance biodiversity and seek to reduce, or increase the removal of, greenhouse gas emissions or support climate resilience in the State.
VI. Assisting regions in the State (including communities in those regions) and within sectors of the economy impacted by the transition to a low carbon economy.
VII. Involving potentially innovative solutions to address the above asks.
Request to Improve Banteer Village Roads
Banteer Lyre Nadd and Districts Community Council have requested that Cork County Council improve the existing roads around Banteer village by surfacing and repair works before the winter comes in -this work is requested for the bad sections of road and would be very much welcomed by all local residents
The long term plan is to resurface/drain the Railway road and Clonmeen road and the Community Council have also requested that this work be included on the 2025 roads programme as the Railway road,Clonmeeen road and some of the Kanturk road are in extremely poor state and the worst of all the villages in the Duhallow area.
The local Community Council has been lobbying for resurfacing/rainage works etc on these roads for the last 5 or 6 years.
These roads are also subject to major traffic volumes each day of the year versus other roads in the Duhallow and the road surface has been patched many, many times.
Community Text Alert Scheme
Text alert money due for 2024 please pay to your local Community Council members
Note: nonpayment will mean you will no longer get Community Alert texts. Please forward €10 to Norah O’Riordan Nadd, Eleanor Duggan, Denis Withers, Mary Cahill or John Buckley
Poulgorm Water Outage
Another water outage occurred on Monday 22nd July in Banteer and other areas with no water for a number of hours.
The Community Council are still waiting for a reply from Irish Water for an urgent meeting to discuss short term and long term options. This request was sent to Irish Water on 28th May last.
Banteer Lyre GAA Duck Race Results
Thanks to all who supported our Duck Race Fundraiser.
Thanks also to all our members who helped out in any way to make the event such a success.
The winners were:
1st Place: Aaron O’Shea €300
2nd Place: Ruairi O’Connell €200 3rd Place: Jacob Harte €100
Banteer Sportsfield Park Draw now on!!
This annual draw is for the ongoing operation, maintenance, and development of the facility. Tickets available from members.
Banteer Macra
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New members are always welcome! Try something new and get involved in your community.
Kanturk News
Trade Union Hall Community Recognition Fund Repairs and Upgrades
More great news was received this week by Kanturk and District Community Council when it was announced that €58,215 was awarded for repairs and upgrade of the Trade Union Hall. This Grant was received from the Community Recognition Fund.
We would like to thank everyone that helped to achieve this great result.
Clothes Bank
If you have any clothes that you no longer need could you please donate them to the clothes bank at the rear entrance to the Edel Quinn hall. All funds raised go to the upkeep of the halls. Thanks everyone for your continued support.
