"Newmarket Of Tomorrow"

Let’s Shape The “Newmarket Of Tomorrow”

On Wednesday 16th October there was a very large attendance at a community meeting held in the CYMS Hall Newmarket. It was very encouraging to see such a large turnout of local people interested in helping to shape the ‘Newmarket of Tomorrow’. Dan O Riordan on behalf of the adhoc committee (Dorothy Barrett, Conor Fitzpatrick, Katherine Walsh O Connor, Sean Irwin, Dr Bertie Daly) welcomed over 50 people to the meeting. He acknowledged the phenomenal work done in the community by the late Cllr Gerard Murphy who he said was a huge loss to North Cork. Helen O Sullivan of IRD Duhallow gave a presentation on the night on the results of a survey undertaken on the needs and issues in the community of Newmarket. There was great engagement on the night with topics ranging from

• Housing & dereliction,

• Parking & congestion,

• Development of community facilities and amenities,

• Community childcare,

• Broadband,

• Activities for youth & children

A number of people expressed the view that the community needed a list of short term , medium term & long term goals & possibly a Top 10 list.

There was also consensus that the establishment of an overarching body ( community council type ) with the various organisations in the community affiliated to it would be a huge benefit to the town. The meeting concluded with a number of locals volunteering to move this forward & arrange a day in the community for all clubs and groups to come together to showcase what they have to offer and for individuals to learn more about what’s on in the community and how they can join clubs/ groups/ activities etc. So why not come along on Sunday 19th January where you can discover more about your community and join in the fun.