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REVAMP YOUR OLD PAINT

IRD Duhallow’s award winning furniture revamp is introducing a Paint recycling project in conjunction with Cork County council. It is now for sale in our retail area as Relove Paint. Old paint can be brought to your local amenity site, and it is then passed on to be mixed. The process offers a new lease of life as paints are mixed to create a

range of new colours. This internal paint is sold in 5L buckets at the IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp Shop, and is best used for walls and ceilings. With this addition, Revamp has added to an already extensive range of recycled and upcycled products.

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Advertising Have you been thinking about joining a group, getting some more exercise, and meeting new people? Well here is your chance!!! A new walking group starts June 29th. Wednesday afternoons at 12pm, meeting at James O'Keeffe Institute, Newmarket All fitness levels welcome. This is an opportunity to meet people, enjoy the fresh air and increase your step count. To register and for further info please contact Majella Canty on 029 - 60633, or email majella.canty@irdduhallow.com

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Community News.............................................4-5 This edition is an exciting one indeed! Communion Photos.......................................6-7 As you can see from the index, we Banteer News......................................................8 have an extra 4 pages, as well as Ballydesmond News..........................................9 a whole host of photos from recent Community Notices............................................10 events in the locality. Crossword........................................................11 On top of that, we have a new section; Scoil Mhuire..................................................12-13 welcome Living Tradition where Pat Fleming talks to us about the music of Relove Your Used Paint..............................14-15 the locality, the traditions and stories STRIVE Coffee Morning.....................................16 of it, and where you can enjoy Sliabh Bealtaine In Duhallow.................................18-20 Luachra’s own traditional music today. Communicating Europe.....................................21 - Caleb The Value Of Sport...........................................22 Accessing Local Water Quality Information.......23 To have your news included, contact us via: They Grow Up So Fast....................................24 Email: Discoverduhallow@irdduhallow.com Think Before You Eat.........................................24 Phone: 029-60633 Exam Stress.....................................................25 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ NEW Living Tradition.........................................26 DiscoverDuhallowMagazine We Are All Star Stuff........................................27 Keep an eye out online for the latest issue Editor’s Note

of Discover Duhallow, revisit your favourite articles, and have a look into what we’re doing next.

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Community News

The cast of Don’t Dress for Dinner who recently concluded a very successful Congratulations to Juliet Bailey who run of performances in The Glen Theatre, Banteer. received the Sheila Sherlock Memorial L-R: Tadhg O’Keeffe, Aoife O’Brien, Jimmy Noonan, Deirdre Lenihan, Philip Trophy for her performance in Many Young Lenihan & Cathy Bailey. Men of Twenty. Pictured with Tadhg O’Keeffe at the recent Banteer Drama Group AGM. Tureencahill Community Group Our annual barbecue is finally back this Sunday 5th june. Music with Martin Williams. Barbecue by Denis Doody. Tickets on sale. Contact 085 8771949 or 087 9924821. Adults €20. National school children €10. Under 5 free. Guaranteed to be a great family day out! Mushera Mushera platform first dance of the season St Johns night Friday 24th of June 8.30 to 10.30 pm. Music by Jerome Coakley and the Lee Sound. Promises to be a great night. No cover charge

Sr. Mercedes Desmond, a native of Donoughmore, celebrating her 100th birthday with her niece Mary and family; John, Diarmuid and Mairéad Manning.

Laharn Dancing Returns! Dancing at Laharn Crossroads returns June 5th. Enjoy every Sunday from 8-10pm with a variety of bands. For more info, search “Laharn Cross” on Facebook. Millstreet Only one month to go until the Willie Neenan Memorial 5 Mile Road Race! Register online for €10. See Millstreet Athletic Club’s Facebook for more details.

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Congratulations to Banteer local Caroline O’Keeffe on being elected Chairperson of the board of Macra! Pictured here with William Buckley, treasurer, Conor Murphy, Chair of Competitions, and Paddy Collins, vice chair of Ag Affairs.

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Boherbue Comprehensive’s Transition Year Mini Company, Pole Pals were recent winners in the Senior Category at the National Finals of the Student Enterprise Programme held in the Helix, Dublin. Picking up two awards from An Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, The Intellectual Property Award and Best Commercial Potential Award for their innovative product Pole Pal which is designed to assist farmers in the collection of pigtail poles when strip grazing fields. The team included Elisha Daly, Padraig Aherne, Kate O’Connor, Noirin Doody, Darragh Moynihan, Darragh McCarthy, Daniel McHale, Jessica O’Keeffe, Gearoid O’Sullivan, Diarmuid Murphy, and Joshua Fleming.

A night at Moll Carthy’s Bridge Bar, Kilcorney.

UPPER LEFT: “Sisters are doing it for themselves” - L-R Margaret Murphy, Eileen Dennehy, Nora Dennehy, and Kathleen Kelleher on a girls night out. UPPER RIGHT: L-R Joseph Dennehy, Pauline Sheehan, Donie Howard and Catherine Casey after attending a meeting of the Kilcorney Angling and Leisure Group. BOTTOM LEFT: Having a drink and a laugh; L-R Seamus Curtin, Finbar Healy, Timmy O’Keeffe and John Duggan. Photos by Tadhg Curtin

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Dromagh National School 2nd Class Pupils Celebrate their First Holy Communion

Congratulations to our 2nd Class who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday 14th May 2022 at 10.30 am in St. John’s Church, Dromagh. Fr. Tom Leane, PP, officiated the ceremonies and the teachers were Mrs. Edel Sheehan, Resource teacher Ms. Kate Mannix and SNA Ms. Siobhan Kelleher. The sun shone brightly on their special day. Well done, everyone!

Front row: Sarah Withers, Ailbhe Daly, Lisa Murphy, Georgina Cremin, Lara Forde, Molly Cotter, SNA teacher Ms. Kate Mannix 2nd row: Fr. Tom Leane, Caolan O’Leary, Séan O’Neill, Eoin Golden, Jack Withers, Eóghan Philpott, teacher, Ms. Edel Sheehan and SNA Ms. Siobhan Kelleher.

Georgina Tarrant with her parents Yvonne & Richard and her siblings Daniel, Rachel, Sheila and Nicholas

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Ailbhe Daly with her parents Clodagh and Charles and her brothers Charlie and Conor

Eoghan Philpott with his parents Eugene and Siobhan and sister Annie

Jack and Sarah Withers with their mother Maria and brother Jamie

Lara Forde with her sister Ella

Eoin Golden with his sister Alice, brother Paul and parents Majella & John

Molly Cotter with her sister Amy, parents Ailin and James Cotter

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Banteer News

BANTEER NEWS

Seamus Sexton Gets Gold at Bowling Championships

On Sun last the Irish road bowling team really sprung to life at the European Bowling Championship in Germany winning three of the four individual gold medals on offer and two bronze. Local Nadd Banteer man Séamus Sexton of the famous Sexton Road Bowling family is the new men’s champion of Europe, taking the gold medal held by David Murphy in each of the last three European championships. Other Irish winners were Darren Dempsey and Rachel Kingston who both bowled brilliantly to win the two under-18 medals, while James O’Donovan and Kelly Mallon won bronze in the senior championships. Seamus win on the challenging Süderhastedt Road in SchleswigHolstein Germany was the one that really resonated with the Irish. Firstly, as his massive score held out against a determined late challenge and also it seemed fitting that he should take a title twice held by his late father Seamus in 1974 and 1977 who passed away a short while ago. Seamus did absolutely everything right on a road that puniched the slightest mistake. Getting out the last bend in six was the critical target for anyone with ambitions

of winning gold. Seamus was well out, but he then had to produce four perfect shots from there to gain enough metres to stay clear of Europe’s elite bowling players. Three super shots in succession followed by a sensational 349m last shot, secured his 2,323.9m total. His road mark had him close to 200m ahead of Germany FKV’s Simon Quathammer. Ireland’s James O’Donovan put in a surging finish, but he just fell short of Quathammer’s score. One by one challengers failed to get close to Sexton’s score, till the very last group of the day, containing David Murphy and Germany FKV’s Ralf Look. Ralf Look played four incredible first shots and consolidated his challenge with a massive fifth one. He was slightly right with his sixth one, but he was out the famous last bend. The entire gallery was now focused on Look, encouraging handclaps echoed out in support of his every effort. After a sensational seventh he was very much in the frame, but he lost ground in his next two. He reached 1,935m with his ninth. He needed a massive shot now to bridge the gap. He was slightly right with his bowl and it fell well short of the target. A wave of Irish tricolours and a surge of Irish supporters swept onto the road for an emotional celebration. For all of Look’s heroics he ended outside the medals which meant James O’Donovan held his bronze. Thomas Mackle was next best of the Irish in seventh and former champion David Murphy, who was injured on Friday, finished 14th. The combined efforts of the Irish men also secured the team gold medal.

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Annual Mass returns to Sunday’s Well, Fermoyle, Banteer on Thur June 23rd @8pm. All welcome to attend! Banteer Underage Soccer Soccer Camp at Banteer Sportsfield on Weds Thurs Fri 20th, 21st, 22nd July for boys and girls aged 6 to 17 Full details to come. Banteer Macra Reminder: Our weekly sports night continues Wednesday nights, with all members welcome, including new members. 8 pm in Banteer Hall. €2 entry. Want to join Macra? New members are always welcome. For enquiries please contact Kelvin O’Connor - 0838287670 or message us on Facebook/ Instagram. Congrats to Dillon Corkery and his paracyling comrade, Damien Vereker who finished a creditable 5th place in the Paracycling European Championships in Austria. Dillon, who cycles with the CC Etupes team, only joined up a week earlier with his paracyclist comrade Damien –well done Dillon from all in Banteer. Banteer Community Sportsfield Draw 2022 The annual fundraising draw for 2022 was launched recently with €10,000 in prizes for 2022 and all users are asked to support same. Prizes of €1500, €500 and 5 by €100 will be raffled every 3 months with the cost of tickets at €25 per quarter or €100 per annum. First draw Sunday June 5th.

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Ballydesmond News

BALLYDESMOND NEWS

Ballydesmond Development Association held a community day on May 29th and welcomed businesses from the area to display their goods, services, and talents. SOS Fitness, Party On Bouncy Castles, and The Sibly Food Co., who were recently introduced to Aldi, all made an appearance. This event included the 1971 team celebrated on the Saturday night. Well done to all those involved on this wonderful day out!

Presentation to the 1971 Duhallow Championship winning team

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Community Notices

To celebrate the LAUNCH OF PAT FLEMING’S CD, 10 well renowned performers have come together for a cultural evening of Sliabh Luachra entitled

In Memory...

Sympathies to the friends and vast family of John Paul McAuliffe. John Paul is remembered as many things, and in Newmarket, is well known as the man who gave the community the Culturlan MacAmhlaoibh. Rest in Peace, John Paul, your legacy will be appreciated for time to come.

Join Pat Fleming and many more for an evening of WHERE WHEN Culturlann 8pm on Thursday song,An music, and poetry. Experience Sliabh Luachra MacAmhlaoibh Newmarket 202216th in with ten renowned performers from16th 8pmJune on June (Old Church) the Culturlan MacAmhlaoibh, Newmarket. Tickets €10. Contact 083 8060054 for more info.

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Crossword sponsored by Duhallow Community Food Services

To be in with a chance to win Afternoon Tea for Two at Duhallow Community Food Services complete the crossword and post with your name and contact details to:

Across 1. Major prize (7) 5. Sentinel (5) 8. Circus performer (5) 9. Skittish (7) 10. Synthetic fabric (5) 11. Relating to the moon (5) 12. Proficient (5) 14. Mild and pleasant (5) 19. A closed litter for one passenger (5) 21. One more time (5) 23. Copy (7) 24. Rabbit shelter (5) 25. Locations (5) 26. Assimilates (7) Solution: Issue 64, May 20th 2022

Down 1. Nocturnal canine (6) 2. Enthroned (7) 3. Appointed committee (5) 4. Lessee (6) 5. Large ape (7) 6. Fruit of the oak (5) 7. Wilderness (6) 13. Writing implements (7) 15. Leviathan (7) 16. Takes over without authority (6) 17. Elongated fruit (6) 18. Treasure (6) 20. Terminus (5) 22. Dull pains (5)

WINNER Congratulations to Marietta Groh, Rathcoole who wins a €20 voucher for Duhallow Community Food Services!

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Discover Duhallow Puzzle Competition, James O’Keeffe Institute Newmarket, Co. Cork Or simply scan completed puzzle or take a snap with your phone email to discoverduhallow@irdduhallow.com Terms & Conditions: Deadline for submissions is noon on Friday, June 10th 2022. Afternoon tea is available Mon-Sat, from 2-5pm. DCFS do not take walk in’s for afternoon tea as the items are specially prepared, so pre-booking is necessary, this can be done by calling DCFS on 029 76375 (phones are manned during office hours). Afternoon tea is a delicious treat and includes finger sandwiches, home baked pastries and mini cakes, and scones with cream and jam and tea or coffee, the value of this prize is €33 (Afternoon tea is €16.50pp). Special dietary requirements can be catered for- eg celiac, once we know in advance. We also offer a take away if preferred. No cash alternative. First correct drawn entry will win the voucher, which is to be collected from Duhallow Community Food Services, Newmarket.

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Scoil Mhuire Kanturk: Developing Empathy and an awareness of sustainability The new Junior Cycle subject, Applied Technology, aims to provide students with the opportunities to develop technological capability and literacy. To achieve these aims, students should be engaged in solving complex, practical problems in everyday contexts, using a broad range of technological knowledge and skills. One of these types of complex problems involves designing and making usercentred solutions where learners must think about the world as it could be encouraging them to be innovative and use their imagination. Scoil Mhuire is long established as having a vibrant Technology education department and have been involved in many research initiatives in the past that have focused on teaching, learning and assessment in the Technology classroom. Mr Gerald Crotty (Technology teacher in Scoil Mhuire Kanturk) and his class have now become part of an international research project that is led by the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, with an international group of researchers working with schools in the Netherlands, Sweden, India, Israel, Ireland and South Africa as well as England. The goal of the project is to help pupils make their learning visible as they navigate their way through design projects and challenges. This aligns with the new Junior Cycle Applied Technology subject and Mr Crotty has joined up with Technology Education Research Group (TERG) members Dr Donal Canty and Dr Nicolaas Blom from the University of Limerick to work on the project in the coming months. While the students in Scoil Mhuire are engaging in this design

activity, so too are pupils of the same age in the other countries - this will afford opportunity for shared learning experiences into the future. The first design challenge involved the design of a light feature by reusing light bulb packaging. Students had to design a light feature for one of seven user personas who had diverse needs. For example, Kay wanted a light feature to play with her cat, Glenny wanted light features to create calming effects in a sensory room; Shira wanted a light feature to help her fall asleep. Designing for users with particular needs required students to learn about other people’s needs and wants to design and make fit-for-purpose solutions, engaging students in developing empathy while thinking about sustainable designing. On Wednesday the 4th of May, the Second Year Students were introduced to the 6-hour design challenge for the first time. During the first session, students chose the user personas that they were designing for. After choosing who they will be designing for, students were then prompted to communicate their first ideas in a design portfolio. To help students imagine and be creative, a ‘handling kit’ was provided to inspire design ideas. These handling kits were made up of objects that may stimulate thought or ideas that lead to discussions with their peers and teacher that support students in idea generation phase. The first session ended with students generating and evaluating their initial design ideas and thinking about how they would meet the needs of their chosen user. On Friday the 6th of May, the group started bringing their ideas to life through modelling kits and

materials so that they could test the functionality and feasibility of their work. These kits inspired ways to physically model students’ ideas to see if their ideas would fit the user’s needs and would be able to solve the design challenge. Students were very enthusiastic during this activity and commented “this activity is so engaging and fun”. Dr Blom commented on the enthusiasm of the second year Applied Technology group in Scoil Mhuire and said that “the students in Mr Crotty’s classes are always enthusiastic about new and challenging design tasks”. He added that “the way in which students embrace the open-ended nature of the design challenge will support them in future Applied Technology Assessments and beyond the classroom in their daily lives”. Dr Canty was very impressed by the ability of the students to “collaborate and support each other to design fit-for-purpose design solutions”. Both Dr Blom and Dr Canty were impressed with the diversity and quality of the solutions to the design challenge that the students came up with. Students commented on how the use of the user personas really helped them in understanding the world from the perspective of others which enabled them to think deeply about their designs and come up with ideas that had potential to enhance the lives of others. At the end of the design activity, students presented their design ideas and experiences in a class discussion with Mr Crotty. Students could identify key design skills they developed during the design challenge, including thinking in all directions, sharing ideas, developing empathy and deciding

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Donal Canty, Niekie Blom and Gerald Crotty, with young designers and their project models. on their direction. Overall the work by the group has had a positive impact on all involved and they are all really looking forward to completing their next task on designing for ‘independent living’. Dr Canty commented at the end of the 6-hour activity: “there are ideas and things that now exist that have come from these young minds and this shows us all the great potential that we need to nurture through effective teaching and learning strategies so that these young people can make and shape our world in the future”. Well done to the class and Mr Crotty, and we hope to have more to report in the future.

TOP RIGHT: Dr Donal Canty talks to Nathaniel Nicholas and Sam about their design ideas. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dr Niekie Blom and Mr Gerald Crotty listen to Saoirse,Sinead and Rory’s approach to the design problem.

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Get Ready To ReLov By COLM O’CONNOR

The reloving procedure starts with Revamp collecting used water based paints from the civic amenity sites in Kanturk and Millstreet. Then we bring them back to our new paint workshop where the mixing process takes place, a tuition on the mixing process was delivered by The Rediscovery Centre in Dublin through training days both in Dublin and here in revamp. We then put it into 5 litre buckets and sell it in our retail area for €15 per bucket. There is potential for the integration of circular principles into almost every aspect of production and consumption, and the Relove Paint example demonstrates that delivering a circular economy can have positive environmental, economic, and social impact on our local area. IRD Duhallow are leading the way in promoting the circular economy in our rural community. There is a long way to go, and large business and industry has a huge role to play in terms of product design, green procurement, and minimising waste. That said, we cannot underestimate the part that we all can play in driving the shift to a circular economy through our own choices and demands for sustainable services and products. Our enterprise is now up and running and is fully experienced in filtering, remixing, recolouring and

repackaging the paint, and will be producing a high-quality paint to sell within our local communities. Paints are collected at civic amenity sites annually and are generally exported for treatment – at a cost to both councils and potentially to the environment. Approximately 60% of this waste paint is water based, much of which could be reused and upcycled. The Paint initiative, which is part funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Local Authority through Paint recycling. The EPA funding has allowed for some set-up costs, of a paint reuse and upcycling system in our social enterprise as well as the training of staff. As well as helping to protect our environment by using paint from this project in your homes and businesses, you will be supporting our social enterprises who epitomize the circular economy at its very best. IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp will also deliver for the local economy in terms of job creation and reducing the costs for individuals, community groups and businesses who are using the paint. Along with IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp putting 200 ton of recycled furniture into the circular economy in the Duhallow region ReLove paint is a great example of circular production, which will be a real-life circular economy initiative that delivers environmentally, socially and

economically in the Duhallow region. Paint is a problem waste stream in Ireland. In Cork city and county, up to 190 ton of waste paint is collected at local authority civic amenity sites annually and is generally exported for treatment at a cost to both councils but also potentially to the environment. We would like to thank everyone who helped us during the setting up process including the other social enterprises involved and all at Cork county council environmental dept. including Michelle Green, and Thomas O Shea manager of Millstreet and Kanturk Civic amenity sites.

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ove Your Used Paint Frequently Asked Questions

ABOVE: Paint prep in Revamp. LEFT: The display in the Revamp Shop. BELOW: IRD Duhallow Revamp Staff at Kanturk Civic Amenity Site.

Where do I take my left over paint? A. You must take your left over paint to your local amenity site. IRD Duhallow cannot take it in directly. Where can I buy Relove Paint? A. You can buy Relove Paint at IRD Duhallow Furniture Revamp Shop How much is a 5 litre bucket of Relove Paint cost? A. It is €15 per 5 Litre Bucket What surfaces is the paint suitable for? A. It is an Emulsion paint, best suited for walls and ceilings. Is the paint suitable for Interior or External use? A. The paint is only suitable for internal use.

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What area will the 5 Litre bucket cover? A. It is recommended that 1 Litre should cover 10 to 12 Metre SQ. 15

STRIVE

STRIVE Coffee Morning By STRIVE

The STRIVE group at IRD Duhallow would like to invite you to their coffee morning in aid of the Irish Community Air Ambulance on Friday 24th June 2022 between 10am and 12pm in the Duhallow Community Food Centre at the James O’Keeffe Institute, Newmarket. The STRIVE team are busy preparing for the coffee morning and will be doing all the work themselves! The group are currently learning how to use the coffee machine, serve customers and make posters in preparation for the charity event. STRIVE will also be baking their own cakes, buns, scones and other treats for everyone to enjoy. STRIVE picked the Irish Community Air Ambulance as their chosen charity because they provide an essential service to our community. They treat some of the most critically ill and injured patients, bringing them to the hospital in a quick and timely manner. The air ambulance relies

IRD Duhallow’s CEO Maura Walsh approves plans for STRIVE’s coffee morning in aid of the Irish Community Air Ambulance. on charity funding to operate its service. One of our STRIVE participants has a personal connection to the Air Ambulance service, when his father was involved in an accident a few years ago: “The Air Ambulance saved my dad after his accident. They were really quick and saved a lot of time getting him to the hospital. They are a great service to our community.” All are welcome to the STRIVE coffee morning on Friday 24th June. Your support is greatly

appreciated. A Bit About STRIVE There are 17 young people in the STRIVE group here at IRD Duhallow. The purpose of the programme is to support young people with disabilities to improve their employability through a range of person-centered supports. STRIVE aims to break down the barriers to employment for those with disability and improve their pathways to work through building the participants confidence, independence, inherent skills and talents. Participants are empowered to develop as individuals and enjoy new challenges through volunteering and increased social participation whilst making a positive contribution in their own communities where possible. The coffee morning event is a great taster event to show the participants the different aspects of what’s involved in organising an event, while also raising money for such a worthy charity.

Some of the STRIVE group who are busy preparing for the coffee morning on Friday 24th June at the James O’Keeffe Institute, Newmarket. 16

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CLEANER Fixed Term/Purpose Contracts Cork ETB Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the Fixed Term/Purpose position of Cleaner for Cork ETB. Initial Location: Coláiste Treasa, Kanturk Cork Fixed Term Part Time Contracts A panel will be formed from which any Fixed Term/Purpose vacancies full and/or part-time vacancies, that may arise in Schools/Colleges/Centres within Cork ETB, will be filled. The panel will remain in place for twelve months from the interview date. Cork ETB operates an on-line recruitment system. Application forms and full details of the vacancy may be found on https://www.corketb.ie/recruitment/ and follow the link to the Recruitment website. Completed application forms should be submitted online no later than Monday the 13th of June 2022. Shortlisting may apply Canvassing by or on behalf of the applicant will automatically disqualify Late applications will not be accepted. CORK ETB IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER Cuirfear fáilte roimh iarratais i nGaeilge.

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Bealtaine In Duhallow

The Duhallow Saoi Network was delighted to see a return of the Bealtaine Festival post covid with many of the favourite in person events back on the calendar. Bealtaine is a festival held throughout the month of May which aims to promote actively ageing and encouraging older people to get involved in their community. Hundreds of older people got involved in events in their community with a wide range of activities from the Duhallow Dawn Chorus, Tea Dances, to Culture and Heritage evenings, as well as Chairperson Jack Roche’s Famous Mystery Tour, Walks, Day Time Cinema and the Duhallow Seniors Concert. The following are some of our favourite photos from this year’s festivities.

Kate and Norman Wilson

Rita O’Connor pictured with her own work

Mary O’Brien, Elenor Burke, and Rita Guiney of the Newmarket Knitting and Crochet group at an art exhibition and trad session in the CYMS Hall, Newmarket

Tessie Kelleher, Cullen, with her daughter Teresa, enjoying the Bealtaine Festival party hosted by the Newmarket Thursday Club at the CYMS Hall. Tessie will celebrate her 104th Birthday in August.

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Jack Roche’s Mystery tour group visited Cork Gaol, the Cobh Heritage Centre, and Fota House. They also had lunch in Cobh’s Commodore Hotel and dinner at The Wild Goose in Mallow.

On stage at the Sinsir Club. The Bealtaine Festival Concert in Castlemagner.

The Tureencahill Singers and the The Castlemagner Singers

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Clondrohid Active Retired Group on a socraiocht night in their Community Hall for the Bealtaine Festival. Missing from Photo was Tim Joe, and Denis Keane. On the night they raised €330 for Ukraine refugees which passed onto IRD Duhallow to help with their Ukranian response. A big thank you to all who contributed. A great night of music, song, poems, and jokes. Plenty laughter, great to be together again. The night was rounded off with a cuppa, buns, and chocalate cake. Thanks to all involved!

Lunch and A Show

The James O’Keeffe Institute hosted a Daytime Cinema event that included lunch and a showing of The Sound of Music.

Marie Forrest, Eileen Clifford, and Catherine O’Mahoney

Stephanie Moynihan, left above with Margaret Foley and Con Sheehan, opened the event. Betty O’Connor and Joan Murphy 20

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#CommunicatingEurope

Scoil Phobail, Sliabh Luachra

The Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra TY class with their co-ordinator Miriam O’Regan As part of the Communicating Europe Initiative, students Tara Buckley and Setanta O’Callaghan spoke about their school, and the diversity within it.

and sexualities. Our school is particularly diverse and inclusive as we are home to a multitude of manifold cultures, languages, and backgrounds represented in our classrooms and halls. Every student is diverse SPSL is a modern co-educational in our own way, giving our school secondary school situated on the an unprecedented and invaluable Cork-Kerry border in the heart of skillset among our students. Sliabh Luachra which is known for Having such a vast range of pupils its rich culture and history through from every walk of life gives our various songs and jigs. Our school classrooms unique and otherwise is currently staffed by 39 teachers unseen perspectives on pressing and attended by 377 students of social issues and reforms. We varying ethnicities, nationalities, thoroughly understand that our student variation strengthens our school’s sense of empathy and understanding; This prevents hatred from ever taking root. Within the coming weeks, our TY class aims to paint Students Sean O’Keeffe, Richard Nolan, and Setanta two separate walls

outside our school; one being a bright amber to bring attention to mental health, the other, a myriad of the colours of the rainbow to bring awareness to the struggles of the LGBT youth. Our curriculum has always had an aspect of understanding and being in control of our mental health. Our school has had many ongoing campaigns against homophobia, and we have not had any instances of sexual discrimination in recent years. In terms of ethnic diversity, there are a total of 8 European nationalities in the Ty class alone, with each bringing a distinct and esteemed culture. International identity is a key part of our school’s values and learning. Diversity is a valued aspect of our school which is regularly celebrated with school initiatives such as European Day of Languages and International language day. We regularly set up posters in a wide variety of up to 10 European languages, including but not limited to Irish, German, French and Spanish.

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Feature

The Value Of Sport

By NOLLAIG MURPHY

v The role of sport in creating opportunities to bring disparate people together by strengthening ties, and celebrating common ideals of fair play, participation, and common goals is well known. Furthermore, where younger people are concerned, parents and guardians often see participation in sport to way to strengthen their children’s resilience and social skills. For some households, participation in sporting activities is even more meaningful, especially for those who may be forcibly displaced, or have experienced periods of upheaval. For people who have arrived in a new place and are in the process of making efforts to make new connections the value of becoming involved in a sports club to forge new connections and bonds cannot be overestimated. In recent weeks, IRD Duhallow’s Equality Working Group coordinated the provision of a number of hurleys and helmets for the use of children living in the Drishane Direct Provision Centre in Millstreet. Thanks to the Social Inclusion Community and Activation Programme, this support was made possible. The purpose of this project was to encourage young people to become involved in sporting activities and to establish connections through playing sport with their contemporaries. It is hoped that having access to the adequate equipment required to play, young people will be supported to take up sport. For people from minority groups the importance of taking part in locally played sports and extracurricular activities has been

seen as important factor in the progression of social inclusion. Zak Moradi is quickly becoming a familiar face on Irish media, he is also an articulate public speaker who gives a compelling account of his journey from Kurdistan in Iraq to Leitrim in the post 9/11 period. For Zak, his initial involvement with Leitrim hurling has led to him becoming a familiar face highlighting the benefits of integration in sport. He is also very definite in his belief that diversity in Irish sport will be a key feature going forward. Zak is also involved with St. Thomas David GAA club in Dublin and is an advocate for sport as a conduit for inclusion. In recent years, we have seen prejudices coming to the fore all too regularly during various sporting events, leading to widespread outrage and condemnation on behalf of spectators on a global level. Yet throughout history, we have seen the strength of iconic sports people such as Jack Johnson and

Muhammad Ali pave the way for younger generations of athletes to aspire to. We have seen athletes such as Jesse Owens reaching unprecedented heights in track and field exercises. Tennis star Naomi Osake and NBA player Lebron James have made amazing strides in their respective careers yet have also encountered racism. Nelson Mandela is credited with saying that “sports can create hope where there once was only despair, it is more powerful that governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination”. Inclusion and diversity in sports has benefits for all communities as it reflects the reality of the diversity of multi-cultural societies, including that of modern-day Ireland.

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Environmental

How To Access Information On Local Water Quality By MIKE O’CONNOR

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitor water quality of rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwaters and coastal waters across Ireland Ecologist at IRD Duhallow and all the data they gather is made available on a website called ‘catchments.ie’. Much of this data is mapped and you can access maps by going to catchments.ie and selecting the ‘Maps’ tab. Once you have done this you will be able to select an abundance of maps, each one representing a different dataset. Spending some time navigating around the site and investigating the different layers is probably the best way to become familiar with all the data the website has to offer. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on some data relevant to the Water Framework Directive, and we will use two exercise to help you get started on your data quest. For the purposes of monitoring, Ireland classifies water quality status as being bad, poor, moderate, good, or high. A q-value system is used with Q1 representing very poor water quality and Q5 representing very highwater quality. Water quality status is then represented on the map using different colours as can be seen in the figure below: Exercise 1 Find out what condition your local river is: 1. Go to www.catchments.ie 2. Click on the Maps tab 3. Click the Monitoring & Flow tab 4. Select the Latest River Q-Values layer from the drop-down menu 5. Zoom in to your local river and click on the coloured dot to see what Q-value was obtained and where the monitoring station is located. Exercise 2 Find the significant pressures on an at-risk river: 1. Go to www.catchments.ie 2. Click on the Maps tab 3. Click on the Status and Risk tab 4. Select ‘WFD Risk 3rd Cycle’ from the drop-down menu 5. Select the ‘River Waterbodies Risk’ layer from the drop-down menu 6. On the map, the river network will be classified into green, orange and red colours. Zoom into your local area and click on a red-coloured river near you. This Fig 1: Ireland’s Q-value system is an at-risk waterbody. 7. On the pop-up side-bar (left of page), select ‘View the Data Page’. This will bring you to the data page for that river. 8. Select the catchments link at the top right of the page (e.g. ’18 Blackwater (Munster)’). This will bring you to the data Fig 2: Ireland’s Q-value system page for that catchment. Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD), all waterbodies 9. Select the Catchment Assessment link are required to be at least good status by 2027. Waterbodies that (e.g. ’18 Blackwater (Munster) Catchment are at risk of not meeting their objectives are assigned ‘At-Risk’ Summary WFD Cycle 3’) status under Ireland’s River Basin Management Plan. If your local 10. Scroll down to Appendix 3 and find the waterbody is at ‘At-Risk’, you will be able to find a report that significant pressures affecting the river you highlights the significant pressures affecting water quality. selected

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Health

Sure They Grow Up So Fast By ALICE O’BRIEN

Psychiatric Nurse

It is fair to say that when you have children, you open yourself up to a lot of advice, especially from those who have travelled the parenting road before you. Most advice consists of “enjoy them, they grow up so fast”. Easier said than done, especially when you’ve been up twice in the night to a baby, or your toddler has just put Sudocrem all over the television. Or when the last time you took them to the shop for milk you had to leave as your four year old roared for 20 minutes when you wouldn’t buy food for a dog that you don’t have. So, of course you love them dearly, but you don’t always enjoy them.

It can be a challenge to mind your mental health when you have children, aside from the tiredness, lack of good sleep, and the endless work that comes with children, it can also be a time of adjustment, when you miss the person you were before children and become the person you are now.

There are some easy ways to make life easier: • Stop comparing; you do not need to compare your child to other children as they all hit their milestones at different times. Also, you do not need to compare your parenting to others. What works in other peoples families will not work for you. Do what is right for your children and your family.

• You cannot pour from an empty cup; you are allowed to think of yourself occasionally. Being a parent does not mean that you sacrifice your own enjoyment. Put your pleasure and your activities first every once in a while. •Lessen your standards; Your children are not neglected if they watch Youtube videos in restaurants or have toasted sandwiches for dinner once a week. If they wear a stained jumper to the park the world will not end. So, remember, you love them dearly, they are the centre of your world, but you do not enjoy them every minute of every day and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Think Before You Eat

One of the biggest reasons I see for weight gain with clients is mindless eating. Mindless or unconscious eating is when you eat food without thinking beforehand. This usually happens with highly palatable foods such as chocolate, crisps, cakes etc. There are a few ways you can work to manage this; The first is to plan out your meals for the day. This can reduce mindless eating. You have a food plan for the day and this can include some the

highly palatable foods like chocolate. By planning these foods in your diet, you are less likely to overeat on them. Another way to manage mindless eating is to pause before you eat the food. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. If you are, is there another food you could eat that would satisfy your hunger and may be more in line with your goals? Are you eating because you are bored? Call a friend or family member. Get out for a walk. Do some jobs around the house. Taking a moment to ask yourself why you are eating a food can reduce mindless eating. These are some of the ways I

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By SIOBHAN O’SULLIVAN SOS Fitness

support my clients to change their habits through my online coaching. Changes do not happen overnight. It takes time to change habits that may be there for a long time. It can be done though and will leave you feeling a lot better. For more information on nutrition coaching, check out my website https://sosfitness.ie/nutrition/

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Exam Stress

By MAIREAD O’KEEFFE New Leaf Health Store

With exam season upon us, I thought I would look at some of the natural products that can help deal with stress and help the memory. The B Vitamins are well known for improving energy, focus and alertness and for decreasing stress. Modern diets are often deficient in the Bs, so it’s worth considering taking a good strong dose of B vitamin complex, both to handle stress and to up your brain activity. Somega’s Liposomal B Complex is a high quality supplement that might really help over the exam period and suitable for all ages. If stress is getting too much,

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then adults with exams will find Natures Plus BioAdvanced Stress Support beneficial. It contains a unique formulation of many stress relieving ingredients, including Ashwaghanda, Magnesium, Rhodiola, Lemonbalm, the B vitamins and l-Theanine. An alternative very effective supplement for adults is Viridian Enhanced Rhodiola Complex which can help reduce stress and increase mental performance. For younger people doing exams, passiflora complex spray offers an instant burst of calming passiflora to reduce the symptoms of stress and it can also help redirect the mind off the current emotions and reset your attention to something else.

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Health

Aromatherapy oils can help. Study Blend by Atlantic Aromatics contains Basil and Rosemary oils which help stimulate the mind, aiding concentration and memory. There are stress busting sprays to use whilst studying and anxiety reducing aromatherapy roller-balls that can be applied to the skin when heading for the exam. During the exam itself it is completely natural to feel some nerves, but don’t panic. You can eliminate feelings of stress and panic by taking several long slow deep breaths and giving yourself a mental pep-talk by repeating “I am calm” or “I know I will do fine”. Good luck to everyone who has exams.

Living Tradition

Is It Our Turn To Play?

By PAT FLEMING

Sliabh Luachra Musician “Sliabh Luachra isn’t a destination, it’s a way of life.” - Con Houlihan

It’s true. Within Ireland, even within Duhallow, Sliabh Luachra is its own beast. Before music, Sliabh Luachra was famous for its poets, writers, and artists. It’s a culture inspired by safety; your safety, your family’s safety, that’s how the culture developed. That sense of safety and that awareness of the contrary, it seeped into the art. No one here is a stranger to trad music, but the Sliabh Luachra music is a sound of its own. It’s passed down, like adding links to a chain. Timmy plays as he learned from Johnny Mickey Barry, and I play the way I learned from Timmy, without any interference or any outside genres of music and stuff. Compare the music now and then; music is so accessible now with Spotify and the internet and everything, there was none of that in that time. They played the style, they weren’t copying or emulating, they were playing the way they felt the tune should be played. It isn’t about the massive ornamentation; it’s pure rhythm and music. With those tunes, it isn’t about how many notes you play in the tune. A famous quote - Dan Jas Herlihy used to say; “‘tisn’t about the notes you play; it’s about the space between the notes.” The music and the stories they carry echo a simpler time, and some of the regions most notable composers capture this sense, even now; as late as the recent session in the Rock Bar, Raymond composed some lovely music. New music came to the Sliabh Luachra repertoire over Covid and honest to God, if you listen to them, they

don’t sound new. They sound like old tunes, and that’s a big thing for a composer that’s into that. New stuff is fantastic as well, but there’s a different sound off the older music. The trad is strong here; there are fantastic musicians around the place, young musicians especially. They’re highly involved in Comhaltas and in competition, but this isn’t the same. Local music wouldn’t be recognised in that world. They have incredible skill and talent, but the standard is so good that in a couple of years, the old stuff will be gone. We started the session when the lockdown lifted, and the curfew was 9 o’clock. My cousin has the Rock Bar in town and we said we’d go in. We started with one night and said we’d meet, start at 7, finish at 9. It stayed the same, it suited everybody, and we’re still at it, I don’t know how many months later. A lot of youngsters come in, including my own daughter and her friends. They’re good at it, it’s a good confidence builder. At the start, they didn’t want to play, now they come up and they say “is it our turn to play yet?”. I get a great kick out of that, and Timmy does too. It’s a great time to meet and we’re all learning tunes, we’ve got musicians coming down - my wife Maria plays the fiddle, Siobhan Cronin on the banjo, Raymond O’Sullivan, another fantastic musician and a great man for knowledge, Marie Barty comes down with the piano

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accordion, Eilish Murphy on the flute, Henry Keogh on the bodhrán, and Tim Browne comes down from Kanturk. In the last couple of months there’s a few extra people, I don’t know where they hear about it but they come on anyway. We’ve had a piper from Scotland there, he was blown away by it! We’d a great old evening. Ultimately, I want to make aware that there’s a massive wealth of culture and heritage where we are and I hate to see it slide while saying “I should have done this or that”. So this is my contribution to it at the moment. At the concert, and on the album we recorded, we’re playing a couple of Johnny Mickey Barry tunes, fantastic tunes. If ye’ve the pleasure of buying the album or getting a hold of it, ye’ll hear the tunes on it; they’re very distinctive, the rhythm, you can hear the music in it, it’s hard to describe it. If you never liked Sliabh Luachra music before, you should give it a listen. It might change your mind. Join us on the 16th of June at 8pm in the Culturlan MacAmhlaoibh in Newmarket, and celebrate this music with us, and fall in love with it just as we did all those years ago.

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Interest

We Are All Star Stuff

By TREVOR O’DONOGHUE

predominantly or other. With hydrogen with a bit of luck, a sprinkling of that gold will helium. Stars be found and are powered end up as a by nuclear watch or a ring reactions adorning a turning this finger. A long hydrogen way indeed into helium from the fiery and then into cauldron of its gradually birth in a stellar heavier explosion elements, billions of years including ago. carbon, nitrogen, and Iron. Beyond Carl Sagan - “We are all star stuff” this, the heavier elements in our universe Carl Sagan summed it up nicely; including gold, silver and so on are ”Our Sun is a second- or thirdformed in supernova explosions generation star. All of the rocky and other cataclysmic events like and metallic material we stand on, neutron star collisions. These the iron in our blood, the calcium in explosions scatter the newly our teeth, the carbon in our genes formed elements such as gold far were produced billions of years and wide, where they eventually ago in the interior of a red giant may find a home on one planet star. We are made of star-stuff.”

One of the rarer celestial events to have been observed from Earth happened in 2017 when scientists observed two neutron stars colliding in a galaxy 130 million light years from Earth. Not only that, but the power of the collision set up gravitational ripples in space-time, which eventually made it to us here on Earth. Like many things of the cosmic variety, it is hard to wrap our brains around the power and scale of such events. A neutron star is already the result of a stellar explosion. They are formed when a large star, at the end of its lifetime, blows itself to bits in a stellar explosion known as a supernova. This is an event so powerful that the light from this explosion can outshine the rest of the stars in its galaxy, which may well be in the order of few hundred billion stars. In this instance, what remains, the neutron star, is so dense that a teaspoon of it would weigh 10 million tons. Just for context, that’s about 10 million Ford Fiestas!!! In a teaspoon!!! These supernovae and neutron star collisions are not just bright, they also serve a useful purpose. When the universe was A supernova scatters chemical elements throughout the universe. formed, it was

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