The 2008 FBD Young Farmer of the Year competition is heating up for coveted title as entrants are now in. A considerable interest was shown this year from young farmers. There was a great response to the first year of the nomination process where individuals could nominate a young farmer for the ompetition. Each young farmer has subsequently received an application form to complete and return to the Macra Head Office. The Limerick County Round will take place in August (details to follow) and the National Final on 2nd September in Kilkenny.
Upcoming events:
6th July; North Tipperary Macra at holding a walking treasure hunt in Nenagh. It will commence at 2pm at Banba Square and the cost per team is 20. Contact Mary Guilfoyle on 0872433027 for further details.
6th July; Farm skills semi finals will take place at Bailieboro Show, Cavan and Dunmanway Show, Cork. Limerick contestants will participate at Dunmanway Show. The top three teams will qualify for the final a the Tullamore Show on August 10th.
12th-13th July Know Your NeighbourWeekend;. 13th July; a national fun-filled family event will take place Marley Park, Dublin between 2-5pm.
Callan Macra of Co. Kilkenny are organising a 26 County fundraising Tractor Drive from 15th to 20th of July, in aid of Lifeline, a Suicide Awareness organisation. The aim of the tractor drive is to give national exposure and financial help to this important organisation and to highlight the issue of suicide awareness and prevention. The group will be travelling through Co. Limerick on 15th and 16th July. They will visit the towns of Dromcolliher, NewCastle West and Abbeyfeale before travelling on Tarbert to take the Shannon ferry across to Co. Clare. Your support would be greatly appreciated during the trip. The group are currently looking for a location to leave the tractors near Abbeyfeale on 15th and if you can help, please contact Niall Quinlan on 0851208090 or at callanmacra@gmail.com
31st July; closing date for applications for AIB Club of the Year and Best New Member.
At last Spain the unachievers have won a trophy, as long i have followed soccer since 1970 i have seen Spanish teams with some of the Worlds greatest players basically bottle it when it came to the big stage .There are many reasons why this would have occurred politically divided within etc. Eamon Dumphy RTE pundit described Spain as a beautiful country, great people and culture in his delight at seem them winning Euros 2008.I Myself would share the same opinion as Eamon, down through the years i had families who’s son’s and daughters visited us to learn english from all parts of Spain ,and the return visits this is the way you get to know what Spainish are about .The Catalans from Barcelona,The Basques in Northern Spain,Madrid the Capital. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html#Geo
I have had the experience of having two students one from Madrid and one from Barcelona sharing the same room for a while ,we are not at war they said but there are differences ,when Barcelona and Madrid play each other well it’s almost a war.It is Interesting that this Spainish winning team has Catalans Fabregas (Arsenal),Iniesta,Xavi Hernández, Puyol from Barcelona F.C all who have had a tremedous tournament,combine this with Torres,Senna ,Villa and the Real Madrid players Casillas,Sergio Ramos managed by the Luis Aragonés who has seemed to unite Spain with this win. The problem i now face is all those telphone calls to Spain but well done to them.
which takes place this Sunday June29 at the Hilton Hotel ,Clancy’s Strand, Limerick City .The Hilton Hotel http://www.centralr.com/Hilton_Limerick_Hotel_Home.html will also run a buffet lunch from 12.30 – 2.30 ,50% of the charge will be donated to St.Gabriels. Contact Kate Sheahan at 086 0495280 for more information on how to participate in any of the sponsored events.
The New Hydrotherapy Pool Currently in Construction at the St.Gabriel’s Centre when completed will be of great benefit to all in the Mid-West Region .It is costing over 3million euros(2million has been raised by the JPMcManus Pro Am Golf and donated ) to build and there will be daily running costs also,this state of the art facility will be the only one of its kind in the Mid-West Region and will prove very beneficial to those who require this special treatment such as post op etc.
The annual Mallow Home and Garden Festival will take place at the Cork Racecourse from tomorrow June 27 to June 29.The Festival is a wonderful showcase of of all that’s exciting about gardening and modern interior decoration.There will be gardening tips from Charlie Wilkins,Deborah Begley,Mary C O Keefe and Neil Williams.Let’s hope the weather improves after today’s torrential downpours.
June 27 2.00pm – 8.00 pm,June 28 11.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m,June 29 11.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m.
As a keen gardening person myself please see the video of the past 16 years of worin my own home,it is a delightful pastime and consuming,a great hobby for all the family,the great outdoors plenty of fresh air.
The next Eucharistic Congress will be hosted in Dublin in 2012 as announced by Pope Benedict .The event is staged every four years and was last held here in 1932.This will be the 50th congress.For the next four years, parishes are invited to suggest how best to celebrate the 2012 Congress ,Croom celebrated it when it last held in 1932 .It is a week of celebrations, adoration, catechesis, cultural events, fraternal gatherings, and commitments to aid the poor.
“On Wings” is a new song which has penned by Jamie Bridgeman from Limerick as a tribute to his cousins Leanne Miller and Roby O ‘Riordan who died in a road accident on July 15 2006 http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Limerick39s-Leanne-to-put-road.4154871.jp .The song is been sang by Leanne Moore Your a Star Winner 2008.It is hoped that the single and video will highlight and bring home the dangers associated with speeding.
This morning Jamie Bridgeman,Leanne Moore and Sgt.Brian Downey Gardai Siochana appeared on Ireland Am interviewed by Mark Cagney .Sgt.Brian Downey remarked that 338 people had been killed on the roads in Ireland in 2007 ,129 of these were aged between 16 and 30 .It is hoped that the message of song which has the backing of http://www.garda.ie/roadsafetyCD.html will create awareness in particular for the 16 to 30 age bracket.
On Wings is available to download on www.downloadmusic.ie and on sale nationwide.
Clare and Tipperary will contest the Munster Senior Hurling Champioship Final in Limerick on the 20th of July .
Limerck: B Murray, D Reale, S Lucey, M O’Riordan, S Hickey, P O’Dwyer, M Foley (Capt.), M O’Brien, D O’Grady, M Fitzgerald (B Foley ), O Moran, N Moran, A O’Saughnessy, S O’Connor(P Tobin ), D Sheehan(.D Ryan )
Clare: P Brennan, P Vaughan, F Lohan, G O Grady,B Bugler, C Plunkett, P Donnellan, B O’Connell (Capt.), C Lynch,T Carmody D McMahon, J Clancy, T Griffin, N Gilligan, M Flaherty.
Limerick now face the backdoor route to play Dublin or Offaly next,draw next Sunday.A possible clash after that with either Galway or Waterford.
Camogie: Limerick were defeated in Kilmallock by Killkenny .
Football: Limerick exploits in the League Div.3 this season have been well written about, it turned out that the Shannonsiders just avoided relegation in defeating Letrim in their final game.A loss to Cork in the Munster Semi Final a travesty ! .The rest of the teams in Div 3 are having an amazing run of form ,yesterday in Croke Park saw Wexford reach their first Leinster Final with a Semi -Final win over Laois their first since 1956.On Saturday evening Fermanagh defeated the Football League Div 1 Champions Derry of 2008(Derry defeated Kerry in the final) to reach the Ulster Final,Down also in Limerick’s group play Armagh in the Ulster Semi Final next weekend so DIv 3 has turned out to have been a very competitive League.
