Buttevant

LOTTERY

The jackpot currently stands at €14,300 in Buttevant soccer club’s a weekly lottery and will continue to rise by €100 weekly, until won.

The draw is held weekly on Thursday night and the money raised from the draw is used to help with the club expenses.

EXAMS

The Junior Certifcate, and Leaving Certificate exams have been completed, bring to an end a very trying and stressful period, for students, teachers and parents. Our hopes and prayers are with the relevant students, in particular, and best wishes, are extended to them. Always remember that achieving maximum points should not put students under too much stress as life goes on regardless.

Now begins the long wait for the results.

DEFIBRILLATOR

A defibrillator training course, is currently being organised in the Buttevant area at which people will be trained in the use of this life-saving device in an emergency.

Dates, and times, for the course, will be made public, in the near future. Details from 0862898622.

CCTV

A new, and elaborate, CCTV system has been installed in the town area of Buttevant recently. This system is the most modern and technically efficient system available and is operating ‘twenty

The system is connected to the local Garda station and is also linked to systems in other stations throughout the North Cork Garda division.

CCTV recordings are kept on file for a month and all happenings and occurrences can be viewed, if required for security purposes, by appointed Gardai, and persons of authority who may have access to the system.

SUMMER CAMP

Buttevant Soccer Club, is promoting a summer camp, which will be held from Monday July17 to Friday July 21, inclusive. The camp is open to boys and girls, aged six to 12 years of age (born 2005-2010). The closing date is Friday 16 and an entry day will be held, at the clubhouse on Saturday June 17, at 1pm.

Full details fron 087-9266890/ or 086-3207906-. Early application is advisable.

HERITAGE

Buttevant Heritage Group has resumed its weekly tours of places of interest within the town and its environs. The local church is the meeting point, where the tours commence, and assembly is usually around 3pm.

Buttevant is, this year, celebrating 700 years of being designated “a walled town”.

MUSEUM

This column has long been an advocate for the provision of a local museum in Buttevant. Although the remains of Emperor Napoleon’s charger, Marengo, are no longer being returned to Ireland, the a museum should still be considered as there are many historical artefacts that could be put on display if the place became available.